Home network system and method for operating the same
First Claim
1. A home network system comprising:
- one or more home appliances controlled by a control signal communicating with a network configured in a building, transmitting an alive message indicative of a normal operation state or a connection termination message indicative of a disconnection state; and
a network manager for transmitting/receiving signals to/from the home appliance over the network to perform an operation control function and a state monitoring function of the home appliance, and automatically disconnecting a corresponding home appliance from the network either when the home appliance is not found in the network on the condition that there is no alive message received from the home appliance during a predetermined period of time, or when receiving the connection termination message from the home appliance.
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Abstract
A home network system for controlling one or more home appliances connected to a network and a method for operating the same. If an alive message or a connection termination message is normally generated from the home appliance, or if the alive message or the connection termination message is not normally transmitted to a network manager due to a transmission failure in a communication path, the network manager automatically recognizes a network connection state of the home appliance using a network search process, performs a connection termination operation according to the recognized information, and updates network information, resulting in increased reliability and user'"'"'s convenience of the home network system.
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11 Claims
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1. A home network system comprising:
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one or more home appliances controlled by a control signal communicating with a network configured in a building, transmitting an alive message indicative of a normal operation state or a connection termination message indicative of a disconnection state; and
a network manager for transmitting/receiving signals to/from the home appliance over the network to perform an operation control function and a state monitoring function of the home appliance, and automatically disconnecting a corresponding home appliance from the network either when the home appliance is not found in the network on the condition that there is no alive message received from the home appliance during a predetermined period of time, or when receiving the connection termination message from the home appliance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for operating a home network system including one or more home appliances for transmitting/receiving signals over a network, and a network manager communicating with the home appliances over the network, comprising the steps of:
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a) transmitting an alive message and its transmission period to the network manager to indicate that the home appliance connected to the network is in a normal operation state;
b) upon receiving no alive message from any one of home appliances during the transmission period, determining whether the network is connected to the home appliance; and
c) deleting network information of the home appliance when the home appliance does not exist in the network, acquiring information of the home appliance when the home appliance exists in the network, updating information stored in a database (DB), and storing the updated information in the DB. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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