Access, monitoring, and control of appliances via a media processing system
First Claim
1. A system supporting access, monitoring, and control of appliances, the system comprising:
- a set top box at a first location;
at least one home appliance at the first location; and
a local area network operationally coupling the set top box to the at least one home appliance, via a wired or wireless connection, to allow access, monitoring, and control of the at least one home appliance, wherein the set top box passes commands sent from a remote second location to the at least one home appliance.
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Abstract
A method and system are provided for accessing, monitoring, and controlling home appliances in a media exchange network by establishing a communication link between a communication initiation device and at least one home appliance and communicating at least one command from the communication initiation device to the at least one home appliance via the communication link. The at least one home appliance then generates at least one response to the at least one command. The commands may include turning the home appliance(s) on and off, parameter adjustment commands, access commands, monitoring commands, mode change commands, and programming commands. Appliance responses may include powering on, powering off, changing a mode of operation, sending a status to the communication initiation device, adjusting an operational parameter, and changing a programmed operational step.
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30 Claims
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1. A system supporting access, monitoring, and control of appliances, the system comprising:
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a set top box at a first location; at least one home appliance at the first location; and a local area network operationally coupling the set top box to the at least one home appliance, via a wired or wireless connection, to allow access, monitoring, and control of the at least one home appliance, wherein the set top box passes commands sent from a remote second location to the at least one home appliance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 29, 30)
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15. A method of providing access, monitoring, and control of appliances via a communication network, the method comprising:
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identifying by a first system, at a first location, at least one home appliance communicatively coupled to a second system, the second system at a remote second location; establishing a communication link between the first system and the at least one home appliance via the communication network; verifying authorization fur control of the at least one home appliance by the first system; communicating, from the first system, at least one command to the at least one home appliance via the communication network, if the verifying is successful; refraining from communicating at least one command to the at least one home appliance via the communication network, if the verifying is not successful; receiving, at the first system, at least one response from the at least one home appliancc, if a command was communicated; and wherein commands are sent from the first location to the at least one home appliance at the second location. via a wide area communication network. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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