KR100838694B1 - System to service the home-network under the hnxml - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a service in HNXML, an XML-based language that is easy to interwork with the Internet infrastructure, so that a user can control, monitor, and set up home appliances by accessing his home network through a PC or a mobile phone anytime, anywhere. A home network service system based on HNXML. In a home network system, a control command is generated as an HNXML document (6) by accessing a remote user control terminal through a wired or wireless Internet network (4) to control a home network. A service server 5; A home gateway (8) for receiving the HNXML document (6) via a public telephone network (7) and having an interpreter capable of interpreting the HNXML document (6); HNXML-based home, characterized in that the middleware 11 is built, including a home server 10 for controlling, setting and monitoring the network-connected home appliances using the menu provided on the TV 13 screen A network service system.

HNXML, Service Framework, Home Gateway, Home Server, RS232, PLC

Description

Home Network Service System based on HNWML {SYSTEM TO SERVICE THE HOME-NETWORK UNDER THE HNXML}

1 is a HNXML-based home gateway and home server implementation.

2 is an overall configuration diagram of an HNXML-based home network service system of the present invention using the home gateway and home server of FIG. 1;

* Description of the main parts of the drawings *

5: service server 6: HNXL document

7: Public telephone network 8: Home gateway

9: HNXML Interpreter 10: Home Server

11: middleware 12: RS232

13: TV 14: PLC

The present invention relates to an HNXML based home network service system for controlling a home network system in a wired or wireless manner.

General home network service is designed to be jointly designed and provided with the manufacturer of the target home appliance, and in the case of a manufacturer that provides all home appliances in the form of a package, a home appliance service infrastructure is provided so that only home appliances can be interlocked. Has been provided with a closed market structure that links subordinate services to telecommunications and construction companies.

This lowers the openness and scalability of the home network system, and serves as a technical difficulty in the application of the home network system as well as a high price, which is an obstacle to spread to the general user.

In addition, most of these conventional home network systems are designed based on IP, and the allocation and setting of the IP is another obstacle.

Therefore, in order to solve this problem, a standard plan for interworking among various home appliances is desperately needed.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention for solving the above problems is a standard home based on XML, which is a framework level standard extensibility notation language that can coexist with conventional standards and provide and provide home network services regardless of platform. The present invention relates to an HNXML-based home network service system that provides a network protocol.

It is also an object of the present invention to provide a home network service system based on HNXML for interfacing home appliances on a home network through middleware on a home server when providing a home network service through a home gateway.

An object as described above is a service server 5 for generating a control command as an HNXML document 6 by connecting to a remote user control terminal through a wired or wireless network 4 so as to control the home network in a home network system. )Wow; A home gateway (8) for receiving the HNXML document (6) via a public telephone network (7) and having an interpreter capable of interpreting the HNXML document (6); HNXML-based home, characterized in that the middleware 11 is built, including a home server 10 for controlling, setting and monitoring the network-connected home appliances using the menu provided on the TV 13 screen Achieved by a network service system.

In addition, according to the present invention, the home gateway 8 forms a network with the home appliances with a built-in PLC modem through the PLC communication 14, it is preferable to control, monitor and set parameters of each home appliances .

In addition, according to the present invention, it is preferable that the home server 10 has an STB or a PVR configured to have an active standby mode, to have a CPU capable of mounting middleware, and to provide a user interface module.

In addition, according to the present invention, the STB or PVR has a built-in RS232 communication port, it is preferable that the communication between the gateway and the middleware of the server.

In addition, according to the present invention, the HNXML interpreter 9 is preferably controlled by the home server 10 and RS232 communication (12).

In addition, according to the present invention, the gateway box or board is designed to be embedded in or near the home server, the external communication network is connected to the PSTN network using the telephone modem, the home network is embedded with a PLC modem to use the power line It is desirable to do it.

Hereinafter, the HNXML-based home network service system of the present invention will be described in detail with the accompanying drawings.

1 is an implementation diagram of an HNXML-based home gateway and a home server, and FIG. 2 is an overall configuration diagram of an HNXML-based home network service system including a home gateway and a home server of FIG. 1.

As shown in FIG. 1, the HNXML-based home network service system of the present invention is a home gateway and a home built with a Home Network eXtensible Markup Language (HNXML), a new extensible notation language of a framework level for home home network services. Including server.

When providing various home network services (Remote Control, Security, Home Automation, Health, etc.) through the home gateway as shown in FIG. 1, the home network can be provided through middleware (UPnP, HnCP / LnCP, HAVi, Jini, etc.) on the home server. It is to connect home appliances with network (RS232, Ethernet, PLC, IEEE1394, Bluetooth, RF, etc.).

Therefore, the proposed HNXML is a framework level standard language for linkage between services and middleware.

That is, a service created based on HNXML is to be linked with the platform by the HNXML interpreter embedded in the home gateway.

Therefore, service providers can be provided through the standard HNXML embedded gateway when developed according to the HNXML standard regardless of platform.

Figure 2 shows the overall configuration of the HNXML-based home network service system of the present invention.

The HNXML defines the main functions of control commands, monitoring, and setting of home appliances in the form of tags, and the device, network infrastructure, protocol, and data format according to the main attributes. .

In the implementation of the home gateway, the external communication network is based on a public telephone network, and is implemented with RS232 (12) with a local home server, which is an internal communication network, and a remote home appliance is implemented with a PLC that is a power line communication.

The HNXML is a framework level standard language for linkage between services and middleware.

That is, a service created based on HNXML is to be linked with the platform by the HNXML interpreter embedded in the home gateway.

Therefore, service providers can be provided through standard HNXML embedded gateway if developed according to HNXML standard regardless of platform.

In this proposal, XML-based basic tags and attributes for control commands commonly generated in home appliances are defined as follows.

<power_on device = 'airconditioner'>: control

<get_data device = 'airconditioner' parameter = 'target_temp' value = ■>: Monitoring

<set_data device = 'airconditioner' parameter = 'target_temp' value = ■>: setting

Since it is an extensible notation language, new home appliances can be added and deleted, new control commands can be added and deleted, and new kinds of data can be added and deleted.

The figure shows the most efficient system for integrating a home gateway with an interpreter capable of interpreting such a HNXML-based standard language with a home server. The user control terminal, service server 5, HNXML document, home gateway, It is composed of HNXML interpreter, middleware and home server.

That is, the user is provided with a home network service by accessing the service server 5 through the wired / wireless Internet network 4 to the PC 2 or the mobile phone 3, which is a user control terminal at a remote location.

In other words, when the desired service is selected, it is made into an HNXML document 6 and delivered to the home gateway 8 via the public telephone network 7.

The HNXML interpreter 9 embedded in the home gateway is controlled through the RS232 communication 12 with the home server 10.

The home server 10 may be newly set while controlling and monitoring a networked home appliance through a UI menu provided through a TV 13 screen with a built-in middleware 11 for control.

At this time, the home gateway 8 enables the configuration control, monitoring and parameter setting of the network with home appliances including the PLC modem such as the refrigerator 15, the boiler 16, the lamp 17 and the like through the PLC communication 14. do.

The home server 10 selects STB or PVR as a device capable of providing an active standby mode, having a middleware-mounted CPU, and providing a user UI module.

In general, in case of AV home appliances such as STB / PVR, RS232 communication port is built-in, so that communication between middleware of gateway and server is designed.

In this case, the gateway box or board is designed to be built in or near the home server, and the external communication network connects the PSTN network using the telephone modem, and the home network uses the PLC modem to use a power line that does not require installation.

The utility of this platform allows users to access the service via wired or wireless Internet using a PC or a mobile phone from an external remote location, while at home, using the STB / PVR remote control via the TV screen.

For this purpose, it is not necessary to secure or set up a separate IP, and it is designed to use the PSTN network through the telephone modem which is advantageous in terms of port availability on the existing living room wall as the external communication network, and the power line network through the PLC modem as the internal communication network.

As described in detail above, the HNXML-based home network service system of the present invention provides a service in HNXML, an XML-based language that is easy to interwork with the Internet infrastructure, so that a user can access a home network at home anytime, anywhere through a PC or a mobile phone. To control, monitor and set up home appliances.

In addition, the HNXML-based home network service apparatus of the present invention does not need to allocate or set IP separately because an external communication network is provided based on a telephone line, and internal communication is performed on a PLC basis to separate a network for a home appliance having a built-in PLC module. It can be provided without the installation of the line, and the home server can be connected to the TV screen, and it is possible to use the STB or PVR (Personal Video Recorder) which can always activate the standby mode, so that no additional equipment is required. It can easily provide home network service in using existing home appliances and infrastructure, and furthermore, home gateway can extend external and internal communication networks to other wired and wireless networks.

In addition, the HNXML-based home network service system of the present invention is based on XML, an open standard language, and designed to be interoperable based on RS232 so that AV home appliances such as STB / PVR, which have weak network functions, can be used as a home server. In addition, it is possible to minimize the obstacles to the proliferation of home network services by designing the network through the PSTN telephone modem and PLC power line modem that have high port availability in the home.

Although the technical idea of the HNXML-based home network service system of the present invention has been described with the accompanying drawings, this is by way of example and not by way of limitation. In addition, it is obvious that any person skilled in the art can make various modifications and imitations without departing from the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

Claims (6)

A home network system, comprising: a service server (5) for connecting to a remote user control terminal via a wired or wireless Internet network (4) to control a home network and generating a control command as an HNXML document (6); A home gateway (8) for receiving the HNXML document (6) via a public telephone network (7) and having an interpreter capable of interpreting the HNXML document (6); HNXML-based home, characterized in that the middleware 11 is built, including a home server 10 for controlling, setting and monitoring the network-connected home appliances using the menu provided on the TV 13 screen In the network service system, The home server (10) is an HNXML-based home network service system, characterized in that the active standby mode, the middleware is equipped with a CPU capable of mounting the CPU and STB or PVR is provided to provide a user interface module. delete delete The method of claim 1, The STB or PVR has a built-in RS232 communication port, HNXML-based home network service system characterized in that the communication between the gateway and the middleware of the server. The method of claim 1, The HNXML interpreter (9) is HNXML-based home network service system, characterized in that the control by the home server (10) and RS232 communication (12). The method of claim 1, The gateway box or board is designed to be built in or near a home server, and an external communication network is connected to a PSTN network using a telephone modem, and a home network is equipped with a PLC modem to use a power line. HNXML based home network service system.

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