Method and apparatus for controlling home network devices using rich site summary service
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorSun-bal Kim
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Abstract
A method of controlling at least one home network device, in which a home network periodically connects to a rich site summary (RSS) server, fetches a control command for the at least one home network device, and controls the at least one home network device on the basis of the fetched control command.
Claims29
A method of controlling at least one home network device by using a rich site summary (RSS) service, the method comprising:
- registering a control command, received from a user terminal, in an RSS server;
- periodically connecting to the RSS server and fetching the control command from the RSS server by a controlling unit for the at least one home network device;
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- controlling the at least one home network device by the controlling unit based on the fetched control command.
An apparatus for controlling at least one home network device by using a rich site summary (RSS) service, the apparatus comprising:
- a command fetch unit which periodically connects to an RSS server and fetches a control command from the RSS server for at least one home network device;
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- a control unit which controls the at least one home network device based on the fetched control command,
- wherein the control command is received by the RSS server from a user terminal and is registered in the RSS server.
A system which controls a plurality of home network devices, the system comprising:
- a user terminal which transmits a control command input at the user terminal;
- a rich site summary (RSS) server which receives the control command from the user terminal and registers the control command therein;
- the plurality of home network devices;
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- a plurality of controlling units, wherein each of the plurality of controlling units comprise a command fetch unit which periodically connects to the RSS server and fetches the control command from the RSS server, and a control unit which controls one of the plurality of home network devices based on the fetched control command,
- wherein each of the plurality of home network devices comprise a different controlling unit of the plurality of controlling units.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.