ELECTRONIC DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING HOUSEHOLD ELECTRIC APPLIANCES

• US 20130035077A1
• Filed: 04/02/2012
• Published: 02/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: TSAI, Cheng-Yu
• Application Number:
  US13/437,045
• Publication Number:
  US 20130035077A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/00 Arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless electrical link
• 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 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor

Abstract

In a method for remotely controlling household electric appliances using an electronic device, a check request is acquired from a mobile phone. The electronic device transmits the check request to each of the household electric appliances. Then the electronic device acquires status information and an identifier of each of the household electric appliance, and transmits all the items of status information, and the identifiers, to the mobile phone. The electronic device further acquires an identifier and a control command of a target household electric appliance from the mobile phone, to turn on or turn off the household electric appliance as the case may be.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a storage system;

at least one processor;

one or more programs stored in the storage system and executed by the at least one processor, the one or more programs comprising;

a first acquisition module that acquires a check request from a mobile phone, wherein the check request requires status information of each of a plurality of household electric appliances;

a first transmission module that transmits the check request to each of the household electric appliances;

a second acquisition module that acquires the status information and an identifier of each of the household electric appliances;

a second transmission module that transmits all the status information and the identifiers to the mobile phone;

the first acquisition module that further acquires an identifier of a target household electric appliance and a control command for controlling the household electric appliance to be turned on or turned off from the mobile phone; and

the first transmission module that further transmits the control command to the household electric appliance corresponding to the identifier of the household electric appliance, and controls the household electric appliance to be turned on or turned off according to the control command

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device communicates with the mobile phone via a network communication unit of the electronic device.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein each of the household electric appliances comprises a BLUETOOTH device for communicating with the electronic device.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the electronic device communicates with each of the household electric appliances via a BLUETOOTH unit of the electronic device and the BLUETOOTH device of each of the household electric appliances.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the identifier is defined as a device number of each of the household electric appliances.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the status information comprise a power-on status or a power-off status, a power consumption value, an operating temperature, an operating current and an operating voltage of each of the household electric appliances.

7. A method for remotely controlling a plurality of household electric appliances using an electronic device, the method comprising:

(a) acquiring a check request from a mobile phone, wherein the check request requires status information of each of the household electric appliances;

(b) transmitting the check request to each of the household electric appliances;

(c) acquiring the status information and an identifier of each of the household electric appliances;

(d) transmitting all the status information and the identifiers to the mobile phone;

(e) acquiring an identifier of a target household electric appliance and a control command for controlling the household electric appliance to be turned on or turned off from the mobile phone; and

(f) transmitting the control command to the household electric appliance corresponding to the identifier of the household electric appliance, and controlling the household electric appliance to be turned on or turned off according to the control command

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the electronic device communicates with the mobile phone via a network communication unit of the electronic device.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein each of the household electric appliances comprises a BLUETOOTH device for communicating with the electronic device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the electronic device communicates with each of the household electric appliances via a BLUETOOTH unit of the electronic device and the BLUETOOTH device of each of the household electric appliances.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the identifier is defined as a device number of each of the household electric appliances.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the status information comprises a power-on status or a power-off status, a power consumption value, an operating temperature, an operating current and an operating voltage of each of the household electric appliances.

13. A non-transitory storage medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions capable of being executed by a processor of an electronic device, causes the electronic device to execute a method for remotely controlling a plurality of household electric appliances, the method comprising:

(a) acquiring a check request from a mobile phone, wherein the check request requires status information of each of the household electric appliances;

(b) transmitting the check request to each of the household electric appliances;

(c) acquiring the status information and an identifier of each of the household electric appliances;

(d) transmitting all the status information and the identifiers to the mobile phone;

(e) acquiring an identifier of a target household electric appliance and a control command for controlling the household electric appliance to be turned on or turned off from the mobile phone; and

(f) transmitting the control command to the household electric appliance corresponding to the identifier of the household electric appliance, and controlling the household electric appliance to be turned on or turned off according to the control command

14. The storage medium of claim 13, wherein the electronic device communicates with the mobile phone via a network communication unit of the electronic device.

15. The storage medium of claim 13, wherein each of the household electric appliances comprises a BLUETOOTH device for communicating with the electronic device.

16. The storage medium of claim 15, wherein the electronic device communicates with each of the household electric appliances via a BLUETOOTH unit of the electronic device and the BLUETOOTH device of each of the household electric appliances.

17. The storage medium of claim 16, wherein the identifier is defined as a device number of each of the household electric appliances.

18. The storage medium of claim 13, wherein the status information comprises a power-on status or a power-off status, a power consumption value, an operating temperature, an operating current and an operating voltage of each of the household electric appliances.