Access, monitoring, and control of appliances via a media processing system
First Claim
1. A system supporting at least access and control of at least one home appliance at a first location from a remote second location, the system comprising:
- one or more circuits operably arranged to communicate over a wired or wireless local area network, the one or more circuits operable to, at least;
identify at least one home appliance communicatively coupled to the one or more circuits;
verify authorization for passage of one or more commands, said one or more commands received at the first location via a wired or wireless wide area network from the second location, to the at least one home appliance; and
enable passage of the received one or more commands to the least one home appliance at the first location, to allow at least access and control of the at least one home appliance.
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Abstract
A device and method 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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26 Claims
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1. A system supporting at least access and control of at least one home appliance at a first location from a remote second location, the system comprising:
one or more circuits operably arranged to communicate over a wired or wireless local area network, the one or more circuits operable to, at least; identify at least one home appliance communicatively coupled to the one or more circuits; verify authorization for passage of one or more commands, said one or more commands received at the first location via a wired or wireless wide area network from the second location, to the at least one home appliance; and enable passage of the received one or more commands to the least one home appliance at the first location, to allow at least access and control of the at least one home appliance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of supporting at least access and control of at least one home appliance at a first location from a remote second location, the method comprising:
performing, with at least one computing device, at least the following; identifying at least one home appliance communicatively coupled to the one or more circuits; verifying authorization for passage of one or more commands, said one or more commands received at the first location via a wired or wireless wide area network from the second location, to the at least one home appliance; and enabling passage of the received one or more commands to the least one home appliance at the first location, to allow at least access and control of the at least one home appliance. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage comprising one or more code sections executable by a processor to perform a method enabling a set top box device to at least access and control one or more home appliances from a location remote from the set top box device, the non-transitory computer-readable storage comprising instructions to perform:
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identifying at least one home appliance communicatively coupled to the one or more circuits; verifying authorization for passage of the one or more commands, said one or more commands received at the first location via a wired or wireless wide area network from the second location, to the at least one home appliance; and enabling passage of the received one or more commands to the least one home appliance at the first location, to allow at least access and control of the at least one home appliance. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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