Patent ID: 6889510
Filing Date: 2005-05-10
Classification: F25B,F25D,G06F

Abstract:
1. A networking system for a refrigerator, comprising: an accessing station provided in a main body of the refrigerator, wherein the accessing station allows other electric appliances to wirelessly access to the Internet; a wireless interface provided in the refrigerator main body, making a wireless access to the accessing station; a home network controlling module provided in the refrigerator main body, including a home networking interface accessing a home network constructed with a plurality of electronic home appliances that are provided outside the refrigerator main body, and a home network controlling unit supplying data about statuses of the plurality of electronic home appliances collected through the home networking interface to the wireless interface; and a wireless terminal provided as a separate unit from the refrigerator main body, making a wireless connection to the home network controlling module via the wireless interface through the accessing station of the refrigerator main body, to then display the status data of the electronic home appliances supplied through the wireless interface.