Patent ID: 7415310
Filing Date: 2008-08-19
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A home automation system for controlling appliances comprising: at least one controller having at least one indicator, where the controller is in communication with a network; at least one slave device in communication with the network, where the slave device has a one or more operational states; at least one status server, where the status server maintains a database comprising a list of the slave devices and a list of slave device states, and where the status server is in communication in the network with the controller and the slave device; and at least one scene server separate from the status server, where the scene server maintains a database of scene information comprising a one or more room settings parameters for the controllers, and where the scene server is connected in communication in the network with the controller and the slave device, where the network is configured to route a plurality of commands between the controller, the scene server, the status server, and the slave devices, where one of the at least one status server comprises a main status server.