APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING/MANAGING HOME NETWORK SERVICE BASED ON HOME NETWORK CONDITION

• US 20080120405A1
• Filed: 11/20/2007
• Published: 05/22/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: LEE, Chang-Eun, SON, Young-Sung, KIM, Dong-Hee, KU, Tai-Yeon, PARK, Jun-Hee, MOON, Kyeong-Deok
• Application Number:
  US11/943,066
• Publication Number:
  US 20080120405A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2809 indicating that an appliance service is present in a home automation network monitoring functionality H04L43/0817; discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services, H04L67/51
• 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 2012/285 Generic home appliances, e.g. refrigerators
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5058 Service discovery by the service manager

Abstract

Provided are an apparatus and a method for searching/managing a home network service based on a home network condition. The apparatus, includes: a service storing unit for storing a home network service; a device information analyzing unit for analyzing home network device information and checking a type of the home network device information; a service searching unit for searching a related home network service list according to the type of the home network device information in the home network service list; and a service operation managing unit for installing the home network service upon installation request of the user in the list of the searched home network service, and managing an operation of the home network service upon operation request of the user in the list of the installed home network service.

Claims

1. An apparatus for searching/managing a home network service based on a home network condition, comprising:

a service storing means for storing a home network service related to home network device information;

a device information analyzing means for analyzing home network device information acquired from a home network device and checking a type of the home network device information;

a service searching means for searching a related home network service list according to the type of the home network device information in the home network service list stored in the service storing means on the basis of the type of the checked device state information; and

a service operation managing means for installing the home network service upon installation request of the user in the list of the searched home network service, and managing an operation of the home network service upon operation request of the user in the list of the installed home network service.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a display means for displaying the searched home network service list to the user and receiving the installation and operation requests of the home network service from the user.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the service storing means updates a pre-stored home network service list through a wired/wireless network.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein when the type of the checked home network device information is device installation information, the service searching means searches a home network service related to the newly installed home network device after installation of the home network device, and divides the searched home network service list into a pre-installed home network service list and a non-installed home network service list, and transmits each of the pre-installed home network service list and the non-installed home network service list to the display means.

5. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein when the type of the checked home network device information is device state information, the service searching means searches a new home network service based on new device state information, and divides the searched home network service list into a pre-installed home network service list and a non-installed home network service list, and transmits each of the pre-installed home network service list and the non-installed home network service list to the display means.

6. A method for searching/managing a home network service based on a home network condition, comprising the steps of:

a) acquiring home network device information from a home network device;

b) analyzing the acquired home network device information and checking a type of the device state information;

c) searching a related home network service list according to the type of the home network device information in the pre-stored home network service list on the basis of the type of the checked device state information;

d) installing the home network service upon installation request of the user in the list of the searched home network service; and

e) managing the operation of the home network service upon operation request of the user in the list of the installed home network service.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising the step of:

f) displaying the searched home network service list to the user and receiving installation and operation request of the home network service from the user.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein in the step c), the pre-stored home network service list is updated through a wired/wireless network, and a related home network service list is searched according to the type of the home network device information in the updated home network service list.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein in the step c), when the type of the checked home network device information is device installation information and the home network device is installed, a home network service related to the newly installed home network device is searched and the searched home network service list is divided into a pre-installed home network service list and a non-installed home network service list and displayed to the user.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein in the step c), when the type of the checked home network device information is device state information, a new home network service is searched based on the new device state information and the searched home network service list is divided into a pre-installed home network service list and a non-installed home network service list and displayed to the user.