Method for controlling home automation system

• US 20050177254A1
• Filed: 04/10/2002
• Published: 08/11/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Choi, Hwan Jong, Lee, Koon Seok, Baek, Seung Myun, Yoon, Hong Shik
• Granted Patent: US 7,251,533 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/83
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2814 Exchanging control software or macros for controlling appliance services in a home automation network arrangements for maintenance or administration involving configuration of the network and network elements H04L41/08
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 715/97 Instrumentation and component modelling, e.g. interactive control panel

Abstract

A method for controlling a home automation system is disclosed, in which a PC for controlling web sites, electric home appliances, and communication between the web sites and the electric home appliances is provided. The method includes a step for trying to communicate with web sites or electric home appliances by using a predetermined program, a step for displaying a web page or a local page according to the communication try result; a step for displaying a corresponding web page or a local page according to the number of connected electric home appliances; and a step for controlling a corresponding appliance by inputting a controlling button of the displayed page.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a home automation system the home automation system being provided with a website and a PC for controlling communication with the website and/or a home appliance, comprising steps of:

attempting communication with the web site and/or the home appliance using a predetermined program;

displaying a web page or a local page of the corresponding home appliance according to the communication attempt result;

displaying a web page or a local page of the corresponding home appliance according to the number of the home appliances being connected; and

controlling the corresponding home appliance according to a user command which is input as a user inputs an appliance control button on a screen of the corresponding appliance being displayed.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein in the second step for displaying the web or local pages corresponding to the communication attempt the corresponding web page is displayed if an internet operation program (IOP) built in the PC is connected to both the website and home appliance but the local page stored in the PC at the same period is displayed if the IOP is connected only to the home appliance.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein if a predetermined number of the home appliances is connected to the IOP, a web page or a local page of the corresponding home appliance is displayed according to the communication attempt.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein if more than a predetermined number of the home appliances are connected to the IOP, the user selects a home appliance he/she wants and a web page or a local page of the selected home appliance is displayed.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein a predetermined number means one.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the fourth step for controlling the corresponding home appliance includes steps of:

extracting a control code of the corresponding home appliance when the appliance control button is input; and

transmitting the control code to the corresponding home appliance through a communication port upon extracting the control code.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication port is an RS-232C-based one.

8. The method of claim 1, the method for controlling a home automation system further comprising a step of displaying the lived screen if the appliance control button is not input.