US 8,045,970 B2Granted

Gateway for remote control and system and method for implementing remote control

AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

InventorsBo Yang, Minglei Zuo, Jianfei Ma, Zhiyong Zhang

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Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a gateway for remote control and system as well as a method for implementing remote control. The user side calls a telephone number to which the gateway for remote control corresponds, and the gateway for remote control puts through the call and controls a controlled device according to the information from the user side. It is possible to know and control the controlled device of the local network through the gateway for remote control that need not be online all the time. The voice prompt is defined by the own internal device of the local network, so as to enhance the expansibility and compatibility of the gateway. The user can directly control the device of the network through dialing a phone number. Embodiments of the invention are not restricted by the area, and the expense thereof is very low.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A gateway for remote control, at least comprising:

an information receiving and processing module coupled to a phone line and configured to receive and process control information sent through the phone line by a user;
an information transmitting module respectively coupled to the information receiving and processing module and the phone line, configured to receive device state information of a controlled device and send the device state information to the user through the phone line, wherein the device state information which is in the form of a voice file is received from the controlled device if the device state information reported from the controlled device carries the voice file;
a controlling signal generating module coupled to the information receiving and processing module and configured to generate corresponding controlling signal according to the control information received by the information receiving and processing module and a corresponding relationship between controlled device description information and the controlled device established and stored in the gateway for remote control;
and
a controlling signal sending module respectively coupled to the controlling signal generating module and the controlled device, and configured to send controlling signal generated by the controlling signal generating module to the controlled device coupled to the controlling signal sending module;
wherein establishing the corresponding relationship between the controlled device description information and the controlled device includes:
the controlled device accessing the gateway for remote control, and the gateway for remote control acquiring description information of the controlled device;
recording description information of the controlled device, and establishing the corresponding relationship between the description information of the controlled device and the controlled device by the gateway for remote control;
wherein in the process of the gateway for remote control acquiring description information of the controlled device, the description information of the controlled device comprises at least one of:
a voice file reported by the controlled device;
a location path where the voice file is stored which is reported by the controlled device to the gateway for remote control, wherein the path is a website of the manufacturer in an external network or the address of the device in the local network, and the gateway for remote control acquires the voice file from the location path as the state information of the controlled device upon accessing the network;
and
different voice files for describing the controlled device, wherein the different voice files are established by the gateway for remote control according to situation of the controlled devices.

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A system based on a gateway for remote control, comprising:

a phone line, a gateway for remote control, and a controlled device;
wherein
the gateway for remote control is configured to receive device state information of the controlled device and process control information sent through the phone line by the user, generate corresponding controlling signal according to the control information and a corresponding relationship between controlled device description information and the controlled device stored in the gateway for remote control, send the controlling signal to the controlled device, and establish the corresponding relationship between the controlled device description information and the controlled device;
wherein the device state information which is in the form of a voice file is received from the controlled device if the device state information reported from the controlled device carries the voice file;
wherein establishing the corresponding relationship between the controlled device description information and the controlled device includes:
the controlled device accessing the gateway for remote control, and the gateway for remote control acquiring description information of the controlled device;
recording description information of the controlled device, and establishing the corresponding relationship between the description information of the controlled device and the controlled device by the gateway for remote control;
wherein in the process of the gateway for remote control acquiring description information of the controlled device, the description information of the controlled device comprises at least one of:
a voice file reported by the controlled device;
a location path where the voice file is stored which is reported by the controlled device to the gateway for remote control, wherein the path is a website of the manufacturer in an external network or the address of the device in the local network, and the gateway for remote control acquires the voice file from the location path as the state information of the controlled device upon accessing the network;
and
different voice files for describing the controlled device, wherein the different voice files are established by the gateway for remote control according to situation of the controlled devices.

9 more elements

A method for implementing remote control, comprising:

receiving, by a gateway for remote control, a call from a user, and putting through the call;
receiving, by a gateway for remote control, device state information of a controlled device;
sending, by the gateway for remote control, the device state information to the user;
and
receiving and processing, by the gateway for remote control, control information sent through a phone line by the user;
generating, by the gateway for remote control, corresponding controlling signal according to the control information and a corresponding relationship between controlled device description information and the controlled device stored in the gateway for remote control;
sending, by the gateway for remote control, the controlling signal to the controlled device;
wherein the device state information which is in the form of a voice file is received from the controlled device if the device state information reported from the controlled device carries the voice file;
establishing the corresponding relationship between the controlled device description information and the controlled device, including:
the controlled device accessing the gateway for remote control, and the gateway for remote control acquiring description information of the controlled device;
recording description information of the controlled device, and establishing the corresponding relationship between the description information of the controlled device and the controlled device by the gateway for remote control;
wherein in the process of the gateway for remote control acquiring description information of the controlled device, the description information of the controlled device comprises at least one of:
a voice file reported by the controlled device;
a location path where the voice file is stored which is reported by the controlled device to the gateway for remote control, wherein the path is a website of the manufacturer in an external network or the address of the device in the local network, and the gateway for remote control acquires the voice file from the location path as the state information of the controlled device upon accessing the network;
and
different voice files for describing the controlled device, wherein the different voice files are established by the gateway for remote control according to situation of the controlled devices.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 11/619,448Filed 3 Jan 2007 · continuation
Priority: CN 2005 1 00806916 Jul 2005
Published: US 2007/0149189 A128 Jun 2007
Granted: 25 Oct 2011
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

H04M 11/007
Telephonic communication systems specially adapted for combination with other electrical systems: with remote control systems
H04L 12/2803
Characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks]: home automation networks
H04L 12/2818
Controlling appliance services of a home automation network by calling their functionalities: from a device located outside both the home and the…
H04L 12/283
Home automation networks: processing of data at an internetworking point of a home automation network