Remote control system for home appliances and method thereof

A method of controlling an appliance, comprising:

• checking the interrupt of the mobile terminal occurs or not by the appliance;
• detecting whether the mobile terminal approaches within a certain distance for a period by polling to check the approach of the terminal if no interrupt occurs;
• setting a network connection between the appliance and the terminal by transmitting information related to the appliance from the appliance to the terminal through a radio protocol;
• transmitting a plurality of predefined control codes to the terminal through a radio protocol;
• inputting voice or character control command in the terminal to control the appliance;
• interpreting the inputted voice or character control command through recognition process;
• transforming the control command to a control code to control the appliance;
• comparing the transformed control code with the received predefined control codes;
• transmitting the control code to the appliance in case of the controllable control code of the appliance;
• controlling a function of the appliance if corresponding control code exists;
• generating the control result controlled by the appliance and transmitting the information to the terminal;
• and
• receiving the control result by the terminal and showing it.

An apparatus of controlling a home appliance by use of a control code supplied from a mobile terminal, the apparatus comprising:

• transmitting/receiving means for transmitting, from the appliance, detailed information related to the appliance to the terminal through a radio protocol, and receiving a plurality of control codes from the appliance transmitted to the terminal;
• detecting means for detecting approach of the mobile terminal within a certain distance for a certain period through polling;
• network connection setting means for setting a network connection between the terminal and the appliance, if the terminal approaches to the appliance within a certain distance;
• input means for inputting control commands using voice or character and for transforming it to the corresponding control code for controlling the appliance;
• appliance controlling means for comparing the control codes received through the transmitting/receiving means with an inputted control code and in case of the controllable control code of the appliance, transmitting it to the appliance controlling a corresponding function of the appliance;
• and
• response processing means for generating the control result controlled by the appliance controlling means, and transmitting the information to the terminal through, the transmitting/receiving means.

A computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions for performing the method of controlling an appliance, comprising:

• checking the interrupt of the mobile terminal occurs or not by the appliance;
• detecting whether the mobile terminal approaches within a certain distance for a certain period by polling to check the approach of the terminal if no interrupt occurs;
• setting a network connection between the appliance and the terminal by transmitting information related to the appliance to the terminal through a radio protocol;
• transmitting a plurality of pre-defined control codes to the terminal through a radio protocol;
• inputting voice or character control command in the terminal to control the appliance;
• interpreting the inputted voice or character control command through the recognition process;
• transforming the control command to a corresponding control code to control the appliance;
• comparing the transformed control code to the appliance in case of the controllable control code of the appliance;
• controlling a function of the appliance if corresponding control code exists;
• generating result information controlled by the appliance and transmitting the information to the terminal;
• and
• receiving the control result information by the terminal and showing it.