Home control gateway and gateway control method thereof

• US 9,345,054 B1
• Filed: 05/28/2015
• Issued: 05/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Proeasy Network Solutions Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Proeasy Network Solutions Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Lu, Hsing-Hung
• Primary Examiner(s): WANG, TED M
• Application Number:
  US14/723,479
• Time in Patent Office: 355 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

A home control gateway and a gateway control method are provided. The home control gateway includes a gateway management module, a first communication circuit, and a second communication circuit. The gateway management module records registers. The gateway management module sets a value of a first register as a first value when an incoming called-number corresponding to the incoming called-signal received by the first communication circuit via a mobile phone network is one of the pre-stored phone numbers. The gateway management module sets the value of the second register as the first value in response to a connection request received by the second communication circuit via a local network. And, the gateway management module activates a home control function corresponding to the second register when the values of the first register and the second register are both the first value.

Claims

1. A home control gateway, comprising:

a microprocessor unit;

a gateway management module coupled to the microprocessor unit and recording a first register and a second register, wherein the gateway management module provides an operating interface to access the second register;

a storage module coupled to the microprocessor unit, wherein the storage pre-stores one or more mobile communication device numbers;

a first communication circuit coupled to the microprocessor unit, wherein the first communication is configured to connect to a mobile phone network; and

a second communication circuit coupled to the microprocessor unit, wherein the second is configured to connect to a local area network,

wherein the first communication circuit receives an incoming called-signal via the mobile phone network, and the incoming called-signal comprises an incoming called-number,

wherein the gateway management module sets a value of the first register as a first value when the incoming called-number is identical to one of the mobile communication device numbers,

wherein the second communication circuit receives a connection request via the local area network, and the connection request is configured to access the operating interface and instruct to set a value of the second register as the first value,

wherein the gateway management module sets the value of the second register as the first value in response to the connection request,

wherein the gateway management module activates a home control function corresponding to the second register when the value of the first register and the value of the second register are both set as the first value.

2. The home control gateway according to claim 1, further comprising:

a timer coupled to the microprocessor unit,

wherein the gateway management module activates the timer when the value of the first register is set as the first value,

wherein the gateway management module closes the timer and re-sets the value of the first register as a second value when a timing value of the timer is greater than a predetermined timing threshold.

3. The home control gateway according to claim 1,

wherein the gateway management module initially sets the second register to be at a read-only status,

wherein the gateway management module re-sets the second register to be a rewritable status when the incoming called-number is identical to one of the mobile communication device numbers.

4. The home control gateway according to claim 1, wherein the mobile communication device numbers are pre-stored by a manual input method.

5. The home control gateway according to claim 1, wherein the mobile communication device numbers are pre-stored by a machine learning method.

6. The home control gateway according to claim 1, wherein an amount of the mobile communication device numbers is less than a predefined value.

7. The home control gateway according to claim 1, wherein the operating interface is accessed by a web browser or a mobile application.

8. The home control gateway according to claim 1, wherein the local area network is a wired local area network or a wireless local area network.

9. A gateway control method executed by a home control gateway providing an operating interface, the gateway control method comprising:

pre-storing one or more mobile communication device numbers by a storage module of the home control gateway;

receiving an incoming called-signal comprising an incoming called-number via a mobile phone network by a first communication circuit of the home control gateway;

setting a value of a first register as a first value when the incoming called-number is identical to one of the mobile communication device numbers by a gateway management module of the home control gateway;

receiving a connection request via a local area network by a second communication circuit of the home control gateway, wherein the connection request being configured to access the operating interface and instruct to set a value of a second register as the first value;

setting the value of the second register as the first value in response to the connection request by the gateway management module of the home control gateway; and

activating a home control function corresponding to the second register by the gateway management module of the home control gateway when the value of the first register and the value of the second register are both set as the first value.

10. The gateway control method according to claim 9, further comprising:

activating a timer when the value of the first switch is set as the first value by the gateway management module of the home control gateway; and

closing the timer and re-setting the value of the first register as a second value when a timing value of the timer is greater than a predetermined timing threshold by the gateway management module of the home control gateway.

11. The gateway control method according to claim 9, further comprising:

initially setting the second register to be a read-only status by the gateway management module of the home control gateway; and

re-setting the second register to be a rewritable status when the incoming called-number is identical to one of the mobile communication device numbers by the gateway management module of the home control gateway.

12. The gateway control method according to claim 9, wherein the step of pre-storing the one or more mobile communication device numbers includes:

pre-storing the one or more mobile communication device numbers by a manual input method.

13. The gateway control method according to claim 9, wherein the step of pre-storing the one or more mobile communication device numbers includes:

pre-storing the one or more mobile communication device numbers by a machine learning method.

14. The gateway control method according to claim 9, wherein an amount of the mobile communication device numbers is less than a predefined value.

15. The gateway control method according to claim 9, wherein the operating interface is accessed by a web browser or a mobile application.

16. The gateway control method according to claim 9, wherein the local area network is a wired local area network or a wireless local area network.