Patent ID: 7865198

Claim:
A method for a message exchange service between a mobile terminal and at least one residential device located in a home of a subscriber by way of a home network system, said home network system including: a home network serving node (HNSN) system located outside the home, and communicable with the mobile terminal over the Internet; an SMS (Short Message Service) server communicable with the HNSN system; and an indoor residential gateway (RG) located inside the home and connected to a plurality of residential devices including the at least one residential device; said method comprising: transmitting a message from the mobile terminal to the at least one residential device by: connecting the mobile terminal to said HNSN system through the Internet by executing a client program in said mobile terminal and entering a user ID and a password; after said connecting and entering, selecting the at least one residential device, among the residential devices in said home, as a destination for said message; after said selecting, preparing said message; determining a location of said indoor RG when said prepared message is sent by said mobile terminal via the SMS server; determining whether the at least one residential device selected by said mobile terminal among said residential devices is available; delivering said message to said indoor RG in accordance with the determined location of the said indoor RG when it is determined that said at least one residential device selected by said mobile terminal is available; and upon receipt of said message, said indoor RG delivering said message to the at least one residential device, and causing said message to be displayed by said at least one residential device.