Patent ID: 7006507

Claim:
A digital home information integrating system comprising: a first digital information network coupled to a first group of apparatuses; a second digital information network coupled to a second group of apparatuses; integrating and converting means coupled to the first and second digital information networks for transmitting and receiving digital information between the first and second digital information networks; and home-to-outside connecting means; wherein said second digital information network comprises at least an electric power line system; and wherein the first digital information network is coupled to the home-to-outside connecting means through first network connecting means and the second digital information network is coupled to the home-to-outside connecting means through second network connecting means; and wherein digital information received by or transmitted from the second digital information network comprises sensor detected information and information other than the sensor detected information, the sensor detected information including power consumption information; and wherein said digital information received by or transmitted from the second digital information network is subjected to protocol conversion and data speed conversion; and wherein digital information received by or transmitted from the electric power line system is modulated in a spread spectrum system.