APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING REMOTE USER INTERFACE SERVERS USING A MULTICAST MESSAGE IN A HOME NETWORK

• US 20120016930A1
• Filed: 07/18/2011
• Published: 01/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: SO, Young-Wan, Ryu, Young-Sun, Song, Jae-Yeon
• Granted Patent: US 8,930,444 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• 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 12/2816 Controlling appliance services of a home automation network by calling their functionalities arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station; in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom H04Q9/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2818 from a device located outside both the home and the home network access arrangements H04L12/2856; for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025; arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless eletrical link G08C17/00; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with remote control systems H04M11/007
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2823 Reporting information sensed by appliance or service execution status of appliance services in a home automation network device-related reporting H04L43/065; arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom H04Q9/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2838 Distribution of signals within a home automation network, e.g. involving splitting/multiplexing signals to/from different paths adaptations of television systems for transmission by electric cable for domestic distribution H04N7/106; hybrid transport H04L12/6418; home network arrangements specially adapted for distribution of digital video signals H04N7/24
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network

Abstract

An apparatus and method for controlling a Remote User Interface Server (RUIS) in a Remote User Interface Client (RUIC), wherein the method includes rendering an RUI page for controlling RUISs, receiving an input of a control command for controlling the RUISs from a user through the RUI page, generating a multicast control message for transmitting the input control command in a form of multicast, and transmitting the multicast control message to the RUISs.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a Remote User Interface Server (RUIS) in a Remote User Interface Client (RUIC), the method comprising:

rendering an RUI page for controlling RUISs;

receiving an input of a control command for controlling the RUISs from a user through the RUI page;

generating a multicast control message for transmitting the control command in a multicast manner; and

transmitting the multicast control message to the RUISs.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the multicast control message includes flag information indicating that the multicast control message includes the control command.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the input of the control command comprises receiving inputs of one or more control commands for corresponding RUISs among adjacent RUISs.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the multicast control message includes at least one of flag information indicating that the multicast control message includes the control command, a list of the control commands, a list of RUISs receiving the control command, and a Uniform Resource Location (URL) to which the RUISs having performed the control command will respond.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the RUI page uses an RUI page stored in advance in the RUIC.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining information for generating the RUI page from the RUISs; and

generating the RUI page using the information obtained from the RUISs.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a performance result response from the RUISs having performed an operation corresponding to the control command.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the performance result response is received from the RUISs by using an HTTP POST command.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the performance result response is received from the RUISs by using an HTTP GET command.

10. A Remote User Interface Client (RUIC) apparatus for controlling a Remote User Interface Server (RUIS), the RUIC apparatus comprising:

a browser for rendering an RUI page for controlling RUISs and receiving an input of a control command for controlling the RUISs from a user through the RUI page;

a control command processor for generating a multicast control message for transmitting the control command to the RUISs in a multicast manner; and

a multicast message handler for transmitting the multicast control message to the RUISs.

11. The RUIC apparatus of claim 10, wherein the multicast control message comprises flag information indicating that the multicast control message includes the control command.

12. The RUIC apparatus of claim 10, wherein the browser receives one or more inputs for corresponding RUISs among adjacent RUISs.

13. The RUIC apparatus of claim 10, wherein the multicast control message comprises at least one of:

flag information indicating that the multicast control message includes the control command;

a list of the control commands;

a list of RUISs receiving the control command; and

a Uniform Resource Location (URL) to which the RUISs having performed the control command will respond.

14. The RUIC apparatus of claim 10, wherein the RUI page uses an RUI page stored in advance in the RUIC.

15. The RUIC apparatus of claim 10, wherein the control command processor obtains information for generating the RUI page from the RUISs and generates the RUI page by using the information obtained from the RUISs.

16. The RUIC apparatus of claim 10, wherein the control command processor receives a performance result response from the RUISs having performed an operation corresponding to the control command.

17. The RUIC apparatus of claim 16, wherein the performance result response is received from the RUISs by using an HTTP POST command.

18. The RUIC apparatus of claim 16, wherein the performance result response is received from the RUISs by using an HTTP GET command.

19. A method for receiving a control command from a Remote User Interface Client (RUIC) by a Remote User Interface Server (RUIS), the method comprising:

receiving a multicast message from the RUIC;

identifying whether the multicast message is a multicast control message;

when the multicast message is the multicast control message, identifying whether there is a service to be controlled according to a control command included in the multicast control message;

when there is the service to be controlled according to the control command, identifying whether a resource for the service can be controlled; and

when the resource can be controlled, performing an operation corresponding to the control command.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the multicast control message includes at least one of flag information indicating that the multicast control message includes the control command, a list of the control commands, a list of RUISs to receive the control command, and a Uniform Resource Location (URL) to which the RUISs having performed the control command will respond.

21. The method of claim 19, further comprising transmitting a performance result of the control command to the RUIC in response to the multicast control message.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the performance result is transmitted to the RUIC by using an HTTP POST command.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the performance result is received by the RUIC from the RUISs by using an HTTP GET command.

24. A Remote User Interface Server (RUIS) apparatus for receiving a control command from a Remote User Interface Client (RUIC), the RUIS apparatus comprising:

a multicast message handler for receiving a multicast message from the RUIC; and

a control command reception processor for identifying whether the multicast message is a multicast control message, identifying whether there is a service to be controlled according to a control command included in the multicast control message when the received multicast message is the multicast control message, identifying whether a resource for the service can be controlled when there is the service to be controlled according to the control command, and controlling a performance of the control command when the resource can be controlled.

25. The RUIS apparatus of claim 24, wherein the multicast control message comprises at least one of:

flag information indicating that the multicast control message includes the control command;

a list of the control command;

a list of RUISs receiving the control command; and

a Uniform Resource Location (URL) to which the RUISs having performed the control command will respond.

26. The RUIS apparatus of claim 24, wherein the control command reception processor transmits a performance result of the control command to the RUIC in response to the multicast control message.

27. The RUIC apparatus of claim 26, wherein the performance result is transmitted to the RUIC by using an HTTP POST command.

28. The RUIC apparatus of claim 26, wherein the performance result is received by the RUIC from the RUISs by using an HTTP GET command.