ELECTRIC DEVICE, POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME
First Claim
1. An electric device comprising:
- a communication unit to communicate with at least one of a gateway and a plurality of other electric devices; and
a controller to broadcast a request signal for searching for a gateway, communicate with the gateway on the basis of a search response signal after transmission of the gateway response signal from at least one of the gateway and the plurality of other electric devices, and transmit a registration request signal to a power management unit through the gateway.
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Abstract
An electric device includes a communication unit to communicate with at least one of a gateway and a plurality of other electric devices, and a controller to broadcast a request signal for searching for a gateway, communicate with the gateway on the basis of a search response signal after transmission of the gateway response signal from at least one of the gateway and the plurality of other electric devices, and transmit a registration request signal to a power management unit through the gateway. Thus, the electric device can be automatically registered/re-registered in the electric device or be deleted from the electric device, a power management system and electric devices can be easily managed. If the user moves the electric device from a current position to another position, the power management system recognizes the movement and informs the user of the recognition result.
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28 Claims
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1. An electric device comprising:
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a communication unit to communicate with at least one of a gateway and a plurality of other electric devices; and a controller to broadcast a request signal for searching for a gateway, communicate with the gateway on the basis of a search response signal after transmission of the gateway response signal from at least one of the gateway and the plurality of other electric devices, and transmit a registration request signal to a power management unit through the gateway. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A power management system comprising:
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a plurality of electric devices to perform communication over an ad-hoc network; a gateway to communicate with at least one electric device over the ad-hoc network, after an authentication request signal of at least one electric device is transmitted from the at least one electric device, perform authentication with the at least one electric device, and register the at least one electric device upon completion of the at least one electric device; and a power management unit to register the at least one electric device upon receiving information regarding the at least one electric device from the gateway. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of controlling an electric device which communicates with at least one of a gateway and a plurality of other electric devices, the method comprising:
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broadcasting a request signal for searching for a gateway; communicating with the gateway on the basis of a search response signal after transmission of the gateway response signal from at least one of the gateway and the plurality of other electric devices; and transmitting a registration request signal to the gateway and a power management unit. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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22. The method according to claim 22, wherein the transmission of the gateway search request signal includes:
transmitting an ID and IP address of the electric device that has generated the gateway search request signal.
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