Patent ID: 7602673

Claim:
A timer control device controlling at least one timer-controlled device having a timer built therein via a network, the timer control device comprising: a timer setting unit setting an operating time and an operating method of the timer built in the timer-controlled device; a timer absolute time provider providing a standard time of an area in which the timer control device is located; a control message generator generating a control message the, control message comprising: a control method field indicating either an absolute time start-timer start (S-S) condition or an absolute time start-timer stop (S-E) condition, wherein S-S condition controls the timer of the timer-controlled device to increase as time proceeds, and the S-E condition controls that timer of the timer-controlled device to decrease as time proceeds; an absolute time field indicating the time zone and the standard time provided from the timer absolute time provider; and a timer time field indicating an operating time of the timer of the timer-controlled device in accordance to characteristics of the timer controlled device, wherein the control message generator combines the operating time and operating method of the timer of the timer setting unit with the standard time of the timer absolute time provider; and a control message transmitter transmitting the control message generated by the control message generator to the timer-controlled device.