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US 2006/0190940 A1Published application
Service framework for a home network
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsKyle Kim, In-ho Park, Sang-ho Lee
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Abstract
A service framework which can control devices to be controlled according to a device/service profile by creating the device/service profile to control a plurality of the controlled devices. Accordingly without using a middleware with a complicated structure, it is possible to control home devices.
Claims16
A service framework in a home network having a plurality of devices to be controlled, comprising:
- a server which provides at least one of a device profile and a service profile so as to control devices to be controlled;
- and
- a service client including the plurality of devices to be controlled by the at least one of the device profile and the service profile provided by the server.
A controlling method of a home network including a service client having a plurality of devices to be controlled and a server for controlling the service client, the method comprising:
- registering at least one of a device profile and a service profile of controlled devices to the server, in order to control respective controlled devices;
- and
- allowing the service client to control the controlled devices according to a transmitted message based upon the at least one of the device profile and the service profile which is registered to the server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.