Method of controlling plurality of home devices using single controller and system thereof

• US 20060212136A1
• Filed: 02/09/2006
• Published: 09/21/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Sang-ho, Lee, Sung-jin
• Application Number:
  US11/349,928
• Publication Number:
  US 20060212136A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/19
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/41 Remote control of gateways
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/92 Universal remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/281 indicating a format for calling an appliance service function in a home automation network for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025
• 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

Abstract

A method of controlling a plurality of home devices using a single controller in a home network system, including a home server detecting home devices on a home network where the home server is provided to manage the home devices; the home server receiving control pulse codes of the home devices from a service provider of the home devices; the home server creating a key mapping table from the control pulse code; and the home server transmitting the key mapping table to one controller.

Claims

1. A method of controlling a plurality of home devices using a single controller, the method comprising:

detecting at a home server home devices on a home network, wherein the home server manages the home devices;

receiving at the home server control pulse codes of the home devices;

creating at the home server a key mapping table using the received control pulse codes; and

the home server transmitting the key mapping table from the home server to the home network by one controller which controls the home devices.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the home server receives the control pulse codes of the home devices from a service provider.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the detecting the home devices comprises:

receiving a profile message comprising profile information of the home devices;

determining whether to renew profile message information of the home devices; and

creating a home device management table if it is determined to renew the profile message information of the home devices.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the receiving the control pulse codes comprises:

requesting the control pulse codes from the service provider; and

receiving the control pulse codes from the service provider.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the creating the key mapping table comprises mapping the control pulse codes at the key mapping table so as to enable the controller to control the home devices.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the transmitting the key mapping table comprises:

requesting at the controller the key mapping table from the home server; and

synchronizing message communications between the controller and the home server.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the mapping table maps the control pulse codes of the home devices to a key table value so as to control a corresponding one of the home devices.

8. A system for controlling a plurality of home devices of a home network, the system comprising:

a home server which receives control pulse codes that are used to control the home devices, and creates a key mapping table using the received control pulse codes; and

a controller for receiving the key mapping table from the home server and detecting the home devices on the home network.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the control pulse codes are received from a service provider.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the home server comprises:

a device profile managing unit which detects the home devices of the home network and receives the control pulse codes from the service provider;

a key table processing unit which creates the key mapping table from the received control pulse codes; and

a message processing unit which transmits the key mapping table to one controller which controls the home devices.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the device profile managing unit comprises:

an automatic detecting unit which receives a home device profile message from the home devices sent; and

a code requesting unit which requests the control pulse codes from the service provider.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the key table processing unit includes a control pulse code mapping functioning unit which maps the key table which is used to control the home devices.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the mapping table maps the control pulse codes of the home devices to a key table value so as to control a corresponding one of the home devices.