Patent ID: 7809786

Claim:
An apparatus for remotely controlling at least one household appliance, comprising: a built-in Web server installed in said household appliance for assigning an Internet Protocol (IP) address to the household appliance on the basis of a MAC address information of said household appliance in which the built-in Web server is installed and extracting control information associated with the assigned IP address from a control signal sent through an external communication network, said built-in Web server including: a communication interface for interfacing said household appliance to said external communication network; and a communication controller for receiving said control signal through said communication interface and extracting said control information from the received control signal; a household appliance control unit for controlling the operation of said household appliance according to the control information extracted by said built-in Web server, generating information about the entire operation of said household appliance controlled according to said control command, and transferring the generated information to said external communication network via said communication interface; a display processor for displaying the generated information; and a drive means for driving said household appliance according to said control command.