Patent ID: 7136940

Claim:
An Internet refrigerator, comprising: a server controller that transmits a display signal to a client Web pad on the basis of a remote display protocol such that data processed in said Internet refrigerator is displayed through said client Web pad; a main controller that performs refrigeration associated functions; an application program driver that drives a plurality of application programs installed in said Internet refrigerator; and an Internet data processor that processes data transmitted and received over an external Internet network, wherein said client Web pad is detachably mounted on an outer surface of said Internet refrigerator, receives a first display signal and a second display signal transmitted from said Internet refrigerator and displays the received display signals; wherein said server controller includes an application program module that outputs a control signal to said application program driver in response to an execution command input from said client Web pad to drive one of said application programs corresponding to the input execution command, and transmits said first display signal to said client Web pad so that the corresponding application program can be displayed through said client Web pad; wherein said server controller includes a multimedia module that transmits said second display signal to said client Web pad so that multimedia data transmitted from at least one of a television and a radio can be displayed through said client Web pad, and wherein said server controller is configured to perform a home server function of transmitting and receiving signals to and from a plurality of home appliances connected to a home network.