ACCESS, MONITORING, AND CONTROL OF APPLIANCES VIA A MEDIA PROCESSING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A system supporting at least access and control of at least one home appliance at a first location from a remote second location, the system comprising:
- one or more circuits operably arranged to communicate over a wired or wireless local area network, the one or more circuits operable to, at least;
receive a command, sent from the remote second location via a wired or wireless wide area network; and
pass the received command to the least one home appliance at the first location to allow at least access and control of the at least one home appliance.
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Abstract
A device and method for accessing, monitoring, and controlling home appliances in a media exchange network by establishing a communication link between a communication initiation device and at least one home appliance and communicating at least one command from the communication initiation device to the at least one home appliance via the communication link. The at least one home appliance then generates at least one response to the at least one command. The commands may include turning the home appliance(s) on and off, parameter adjustment commands, access commands, monitoring commands, mode change commands, and programming commands. Appliance responses may include powering on, powering off, changing a mode of operation, sending a status to the communication initiation device, adjusting an operational parameter, and changing a programmed operational step.
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12 Claims
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1. A system supporting at least access and control of at least one home appliance at a first location from a remote second location, the system comprising:
one or more circuits operably arranged to communicate over a wired or wireless local area network, the one or more circuits operable to, at least; receive a command, sent from the remote second location via a wired or wireless wide area network; and pass the received command to the least one home appliance at the first location to allow at least access and control of the at least one home appliance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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