EUI BASED REMOTE DATABASE FOR DYNAMIC DEVICE CONTROL

• US 20110182278A1
• Filed: 10/03/2008
• Published: 07/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Tsai, Leonard
• Application Number:
  US13/122,407
• Publication Number:
  US 20110182278A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/338
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 19/28 using pulse code
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/21 Programming remote control devices via third means
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/92 Universal remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]

Abstract

Systems and methods for controlling one or more appliances are provided. One or more appliances (150), each having one or more unique identifiers and one or more first network adapters can be in communication with one or more first networks (140). One or more network adapter devices (120) capable of bi-directional communication on the first network (140) and on one or more second networks (160) can be disposed on the first network (140). One or more appliance databases can be disposed in, on, or about the one or more second networks (160). One or more handheld controllers (110) can be in communication with the one or more network adapter devices (120) and the one or more appliances (150).

Claims

1. A system for controlling one or more appliances, comprising:

one or more first networks (140);

one or more appliances (150), each having one or more unique identifiers and one or more first network adapters disposed therein;

one or more network access devices (120) capable of bi-directional communication between the first network (140) and a second network (160), wherein one or more databases are disposed on the second network; and

one or more handheld controllers (110) having memory and one or ore first network adapters disposed therein.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more unique identifiers comprise an IEEE Extended Unique Identifier.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the Extended Unique Identifier comprises a 48-bit Extended Unique Identifier (EUI-48), a 60-bit Extended Unique Identifier (EUI-60), a 64-bit Extended Unique identifier (EUI-64), or any combination thereof.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more first network adapters comprise:

an Ethernet adapter, a Bluetooth®

adapter, an 802.11(b) Wi-Fi adapter, an 802.11(g) Wi-Fi adapter, an 802.11(n) Wi-Fi adapter, an RF adapter, an IR adapter, or any combination thereof.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the second network (160) comprises:

the Internet, a corporate intranet, a local area network, a wide area network, or any combination thereof.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more appliances (150) comprise one or more devices, systems or combination of systems and/or devices having one or more assigned IEEE Extended Unique Identifiers (“

EIUs”

).

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more appliances (150) comprise one or more electrical devices, audio devices, video devices, household appliances, computing devices, computer peripherals, communication devices, or any combination thereof.

8. The system of claim 2, wherein the one or more appliance databases comprise appliance control data indexed or accessed using all or a portion of the appliance'"'"'s Extended Unique Identifier.

9. The system of claim 2, wherein the Extended Unique Identifier comprises an Internet Protocol version 6 IEEE compliant Extended Unique Identifier.

10. A method for controlling one or more appliances, comprising:

connecting one or more appliances (150) having one or more unique identifiers and one or more first network adapters disposed therein to a first network (140);

connecting one or more network access devices (120) to the first network (140);

connecting the one or more network access devices (120) to a second network (160), wherein one or more databases comprising appliance control data is disposed in, on, or about the second network (160);

connecting one or more handheld controllers (110) having a memory disposed therein to the first network (140);

transferring the one or more unique identifiers from the one or more appliances (150) to the one or more network access devices (120) via the first network (140);

transferring the appliance control data from the appliance database disposed in, on, or about the second network (160) to the one or more network access devices (120); and

transferring the appliance control data from the one or more network access devices (120) to the memory in the one or more handheld controllers (110).

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the one or more appliances (150) comprise one or more devices, systems or combination of systems and/or devices having one or more assigned IEEE Extended Unique Identifiers (“

EUI”

).

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the one or more unique identifiers comprise:

a 48-bit Extended Unique Identifier (“

EUI-48”

), a 60-bit Extended Unique Identifier (“

EUI-60”

), a 64-bit Extended Unique identifier (“

EUI-64”

), or any combination thereof.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the one or more first network adapters comprise:

an Ethernet adapter, a Bluetooth®

adapter, an 802.11(b) Wi-Fi adapter, an 802.11(g) Wi-Fi adapter, an 802.11(n) Wi-Fi adapter, an RF adapter, an IR adapter, or any combination thereof.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the first network (140) comprises:

a corporate intranet, a wireless local area network, a wired local area network, a wireless wide area network, a wired wide area network, or any combination thereof.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the second network (160) comprises:

the Internet, a corporate intranet, a local area network, a wide area network, or any combination thereof.