Apparatus and method for creating control code for home network appliance according to resolution of control device

• US 8,201,141 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2005
• Issued: 06/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Yoon, Su-jeong, Kwon, O-shik, Song, Kwan-woo, Kim, Sun-hyung
• Primary Examiner(s): Dao, Thuy
• Assistant Examiner(s): Aguilera, Todd
• Application Number:
  US11/311,395
• Publication Number:
  US 20060156281A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,366 Days
• Field of Search: 715/200, 715/700, 700/1
• US Class Current: 717/106
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/282 based on user interaction within the home receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2825 Reporting to a device located outside the home and the home network access arrangements H04L12/2856; for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with telemetering systems H04M11/002
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display

Abstract

An apparatus and a method for creating a control code for a home network appliance according to resolution of a control device which can automatically create a control code for a home network appliance according to the resolution of the control device and can perform a testing of the device even in the case in which the home network appliance is not bound. The apparatus includes a first receiving unit to receive a first HTML file that provides a graphic user interface composed of fragmented images, a resource management unit to create a pseudo code that defines a matching relation between an image ID of the image and a behavior function for controlling the home network appliance or collecting a state of the home network appliance, a user interface (UI) code creating unit to create a second HTML file on which the matching relation is reflected with reference to the created pseudo code, and a script code creating unit to create a script code that is called by the second HTML file to control the home network appliance or collect the state of the home network appliance.

Claims

1. A method for creating a control code for a network appliance according to resolution of a control device, the method comprising:

receiving, by a first receiving unit, a first hypertext markup language (HTML) file that provides a graphic user interface composed of a fragmented image;

creating by a resource management unit, a pseudo code that defines a matching relation between an image identifier (ID) of the fragmented image that constitutes the first HTML file and a behavior function for controlling the network appliance or collecting a state of the network appliance;

creating, by a user interface (UI) code creating unit, a second HTML file on which the matching relation is reflected with reference to the pseudo code; and

creating, by a script code creating unit, a script code that is called by the second HTML file to control the network appliance or collect the state of the network appliance,

wherein the second HTML file is created by applying the pseudo code to the first HTML file having a different resolution.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the script code is called by the second HTML file to be reused.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pseudo code is an extensible markup language (XML) code.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising receiving the image ID, a behavior function matching the image ID and a condition of the behavior function.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising performing a test of the control or the state collection of a specified network appliance that is not bound using the second HTML file and the script code.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, further comprising arranging at least one of the second HTML file and the script code in a network server.

8. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the script code is called by the second HTML file to be reused.

9. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pseudo code is an extensible markup language (XML) code.

10. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a second receiving unit which receives the image ID, a behavior function matching the image ID and a condition of the behavior function.

11. The apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the script code creating unit creates the script code with reference to the received image ID, the received behavior function matching the image ID, and the received condition of the behavior function.

12. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a test unit which performs a test of the control or the state collection of a specified network appliance that is not bound using the second HTML file and the script code.

13. The apparatus as claimed in claim 12, further comprising an arrangement unit which arranges at least one of the second HTML file which is tested and the script code in a network server.

14. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the received first HTML file is an incomplete HTML file to which the behavior function is not connected.

15. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the network appliance is an external network appliance distinct from the apparatus.

7. An apparatus for creating a control code for a network appliance according to a resolution of a control device, the apparatus comprising:

a first receiving unit which receives a first hypertext markup language (HTML) file that provides a graphic user interface composed of a fragmented image;

a resource management unit which creates a pseudo code that defines a matching relation between an image identifier (ID) of the fragmented image that constitutes the first HTML file and a behavior function for controlling the network appliance or collecting a state of the network appliance;

a user interface (UI) code creating unit which creates a second HTML file on which the matching relation is reflected with reference to the pseudo code; and

a script code creating unit which creates a script code that is called by the second HTML file to control the network appliance or collect the state of the network appliance,

wherein the UI code creating unit creates the second HTML file by applying the pseudo code to the first HTML file having a different resolution,

wherein at least one of the first receiving unit, the resource management unit, the UI code creating unit, and the script code creating unit is implemented by hardware.