Patent ID: 7366498
Filing Date: 2008-04-29
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling a home network system in a multi-user environment, the method comprising: registering a plurality of users by prestoring their user identification (ID) data into a memory of a digital television receiver serving as a master device coupled to a plurality of slave devices, the digital television receiver including: prestoring user-specific control settings preset by each registered user into the memory according to selections made by a corresponding registered user selecting from the OSD menu displaying home network control options of at least one slave device; receiving user ID data from a prescribed user of the digital television receiver; authenticating the prescribed user when the prescribed user is determined to be one of the registered users based on the received user ID data; and automatically controlling functions of the at least one slave device according to the pre-stored user-specific control settings of the authenticated user in response to the user ID data inputted to the master device controller by the authenticated user.