Patent ID: 7109846

Claim:
A system for controlling at least one residential property in a plurality of connected residential networks ( 40 ), the system comprising: a remote control unit ( 10 ) arranged to control residential properties, which remote control unit ( 10 ) via an interconnecting network ( 20 ) is in connection with an access network ( 30 ), which is provided and managed by a telecommunications operator ( 35 ), each connected residential network ( 40 ) is divided into an open branch ( 50 ) containing content terminals such as a personal computer ( 52 ) and an inter-active information terminal ( 54 ), and a secure branch ( 60 ), characterised in that a service gateway ( 70 ) is arranged in any one of the open ( 50 ) or secure branches ( 60 ) of the residential network ( 40 ), the secure branch ( 60 ) is provided with sub-controller means ( 62 , 64 , 66 , 68 ), each of which is in bi-directional connection with at least one sensor ( 63 , 65 , 67 , 69 ), the sub-controller means ( 62 , 64 , 66 , 68 ) being adapted to activate various residential properties, measurement values from the sensors ( 63 , 65 , 67 , 69 ) are transmitted via the sub-controller means ( 62 , 64 , 66 , 68 ) to the service gateway ( 70 ), where they are compiled, and the service gateway ( 70 ) is controlled by the remote control unit ( 10 ) in a way that measurement values from different sensors ( 63 , 65 , 67 , 69 ) are combined.