Patent ID: 6850149
Filing Date: 2005-02-01
Classification: G08B,H04M

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for controlling a home appliance network having at least one or more home appliances comprising: an external communication means, physically separate from a home including the home appliance network, for accepting an input of an operation control command to control the operation of the home appliances, wherein the external communication means includes a home page of a corresponding communication service provider through an Internet, and the home page receives the operation control command from a user; a radio communication network for transmitting the operation control command input to the home page by dialing a cellular phone number and transmitting data representing the operation control command over a cellular network; and an internal communication means, located within the home including the home appliance network, the internal communication means answering the dialed cellular phone number, receiving the data representing the operation control command, and transmitting the operation control command to a home appliance of the home appliance network.