Patent ID: 8170722

Claim:
A method to integrate an electrical operated appliance into an automation network of premises by introducing an identifying data of at least one of a location and a type of said electrical operated appliance via one of loading said identified data into a memory associated with said electrical operated appliance for storing setting data and appending original commands protocol of a remote control of said electrical operated appliance; said location is arbitrary set and said electrical operated appliance is operated by at least one of receiving operate command and responding by transmitting status command via at least one of a remote control circuit included in said apparatus and a relay circuit, said remote control circuit include a digital signal processor, at least one of a receiver and a transmitter for at least one of receive and transmit signal of said remote control and at least one of a setting switch and said memory, said method comprising the steps of: a. assigning arbitrarily said location to said premises; b. introducing said data via said at least one of a setting switch and loading said data into said memory for at least one of said storing and appending; c. updating commands of said automation network with particulars selected from a group comprising said location, said type, a portion of original commands, a whole of said original commands, a portion of the appended commands, the whole of said appended commands and combinations thereof; and d. propagating a signal between said automation network and said electrical operated appliance for at least one of operating said electrical operated appliance and acknowledging status of at least one of said electrical operated appliance and said relay circuit.