Patent ID: 7256704
Filing Date: 2007-08-14
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A home appliance control system comprising: a plurality of home appliances provided in a building and controlled in response to control information transmitted over an Internet, said home appliances generating information about their controlled status and transmitting the generated status information over the Internet; a phoneline network alliance provided in the building; an external Internet network provided outside of the building; a phoneline network alliance connector that connects said home appliances to said phoneline network alliance such that said home appliances transmit and receive said status information and control information via said phoneline network alliance, wherein said phoneline network alliance connector comprises: a network that connects said phoneline network alliance connector to said external Internet network and controlling the connection such that said phoneline network alliance is connected to said external Internet network; wherein each of said home appliances connected to said home appliance control system receives data in an Ethernet standard format; and wherein said second adapter is connected to said built-in communication module to connect said home appliances to said phoneline network alliance so as to enable transmission and reception of data of said Ethernet standard format between said home appliances and said phoneline network alliance.