Patent ID: 7516187
Filing Date: 2009-04-07
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A home server that controls a home communications network connecting a plurality of home appliances, the home server comprising: an internet protocol client module configured to create and forward to a central portal server a key message when a varied internet protocol address allocated to the home server for using the internet network varies, the key message including the varied internet protocol address, and a user identification and a user password allocated to a manager of the home server, wherein the central portal server is configured to store the varied internet protocol address to enable remote control of the home server, wherein the central portal server is configured to update the varied internet protocol address when the user identification and the user password are authenticated, to enable the remote control of the home server, and wherein the home server periodically transmits an update message after a connection with the central portal server, the update message comprising the varied internet protocol address, the user identification and the user password.