Patent ID: 9182247
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: G01D,G06F,G08B,H04B,H04L,Y02B,Y04S

Abstract:
1. An electric home appliance, comprising: a first component that consumes energy; a first communicator connected to the electric home appliance to allow communication between the electric home appliance and a second component connected to a second communicator, the first communicator being disposed on the electric home appliance; and a communication link between the first component and the first communicator, wherein communication information between the electric home appliance and the second component comprises information related to energy, wherein the information related to energy comprises at least one of time-based pricing, curtailment, grid emergency, grid reliability, energy increment, or operation priority, wherein the first communicator comprises: a first communication part for communication with the first component; a second communication part for communication with the second component; a first memory that stores information received from the first component; a second memory that stores information received from the second component; and a processor that performs information processing, and wherein the first communicator transmits the information stored in the first memory to the second communicator without a request for information to the first component, when the first communicator receives a message for requesting the information from the second communicator.