Patent ID: 7251533

Claim:
A method for controlling a home automation system, the home automation system being provided with a website and a PC for controlling communication with the website and/or at least one home appliance, comprising steps of: attempting communication with the website and/or the at least one home appliance using a predetermined program; displaying a web page or a local page of a corresponding home appliance according to a communication attempt result; displaying a web page or a local page of the corresponding home appliance based on the number of the home appliances that are connected; and controlling the corresponding home appliance according to a command input via an appliance control button on a linked screen associated with the corresponding appliance; wherein when displaying the web or local pages corresponding to the communication attempt, the corresponding web page is displayed if Internet Operation Program (IOP) built in the PC is connected to both the website and home appliance and the local page stored in the PC is displayed if the IOP is connected only to the home appliance.