VIRTUAL SMART HOME SYSTEM, SERVER, HOME GATEWAY BASED ON CLOUD COMPUTING AND SMART HOME SERVICE METHOD

• US 20120166538A1
• Filed: 12/22/2011
• Published: 06/28/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: SON, Young Sung, PARK, Jun Hee, SON, Ji Yeon, MOON, Kyeong Deok
• Application Number:
  US13/335,301
• Publication Number:
  US 20120166538A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• 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 12/2834 Switching of information between an external network and a home network access arrangements H04L12/2856
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/022 Multivendor or multi-standard integration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/044 comprising hierarchical management structures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

A smart home system based on a cloud computing includes: a home gateway connecting a home network device to an external network, the home network device being connected to a home network at each home. The system further includes and a cloud server, connected to the home gateway, for collecting contents information stored in the home network device and resource information of the home network information and performing a unified management of the contents information and the resource information at the each home.

Claims

1. A smart home system based on a cloud computing, comprising:

a home gateway connecting a home network device to an external network, the home network device being connected to a home network at each home; and

a cloud server, connected to the home gateway, for collecting contents information stored in the home network device and resource information of the home network information and performing a unified management of the contents information and the resource information at the each home.

2. A server apparatus based on a cloud computing, comprising:

a virtual home server for collecting contents information stored in a home network device and a resource information of the home network device from a home gateway connecting the home network device at home;

an overlay message module for receiving or transmitting the contents information or the resource information via the home gateway and an overlay messaging layer; and

a cloud server for controlling a cloud service, the cloud service performing a unified management of the contents information and the resource information transmitted from the virtual home server.

3. The server apparatus of claim 2, wherein the virtual home server includes:

a contents server for collecting the contents information stored in the home network device from the home gateway connecting the home network at the home;

a contents managing server for receiving the contents information stored at the home network device form the contents server and managing the contents information; and

a resource managing server for collecting the resource information of the home network device and managing the resource information.

4. A home gateway based on a cloud computing comprising:

a local service client for collecting contents information stored in a home network device connected to a home network at home and resource information of the home network device;

a home server for providing the contents information and the resource information collected from the local service client to a cloud server, the cloud server providing a cloud service;

an overlay message module for generating and transmitting to the cloud server an overlay message having the contents information and the resource information; and

a home networking module connected to the home network for interfacing data.

5. The home gateway of claim 4, wherein the contents information and the resource information managed in the cloud server are displayed on a display apparatus provided at the home.

6. The home gateway of claim 5, wherein the smart display module includes:

a contents keyword status browser for displaying a keyword which is used for searching for contents managed in the cloud server; and

a contents icon display for displaying a contents icon corresponding to a keyword chosen in the contents keyword status browser.

7. The home gateway of claim 6, wherein the contents keyword status browser displays the keyword in a tree structure.

8. The home gateway of claim 6, wherein the contents icon display displays a new icon differently from a previous contents icon when the new icon is added.

9. The home gateway of claim 4, wherein the local service client includes:

a contents client for collecting the contents information stored in the home network device;

a contents managing module for managing the contents information collected by the contents client; and

a resource managing module for collecting the resource information of the home network device and managing the resource information.

10. A smart home service method based on a cloud computing, comprising:

connecting a home network device to an external network by a home gateway, the home device being connected to a home network at home;

collecting a contents information stored in the home network device and a resource information of the home device by a cloud server implemented in the external network; and

performing a unified management of the collected contents information and the resource information.

11. The smart home service method of claim 10, wherein the collecting includes:

requesting a collection of the contents information stored in the home network device to the home gateway connecting the home device at the home;

collecting the contents information stored in the home network connected to the home network and the resource information of the home network by the home gateway; and

transmitting the contents information and the resource information to the cloud server.

12. The smart home service method of claim 10, wherein the contents information or the resource information is transmitted or received between the cloud server and the home gateway based on an overlay.