KR20030035781A - Device for controllig home appliances based on the internet and super information highway - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An Internet high-speed network-based household appliances control apparatus is provided to control various kinds of household appliances mounted at a remote site through a communication terminal. CONSTITUTION: An Internet network(25) is connected to a user's communication terminal and then transmits and receives a control signal. A manager system(35) is connected to the Internet network and then transmits and receives the control signal to/from the user's communication terminal. The manager system(35) controls and manages generally to a household appliances control system. A wire telephone network(17) is connected to the Internet network and then transmits and receives the control signal to/from the manager system. A home information system(70) is connected to the wire telephone network and then transmits and receives the control signal to/from the manager system. The home information system(70) controls the appliances by the control signal.

Description

DEVICE FOR CONTROLLIG HOME APPLIANCES BASED ON THE INTERNET AND SUPER INFORMATION HIGHWAY}

The present invention relates to a home appliance control system based on the Internet high-speed network, in particular, a control system of a home appliance based on the Internet high-speed network and a conventional telephone network for controlling various home appliances, etc. installed at a certain place in a remote place through a communication terminal It is about.

In the Internet, IP (Internet Protocol) is a protocol used to send data from one computer to another on the Internet. An IP address is an IP address that has been given the concept of matching a physical network address for efficient routing on the Internet. IP addresses can be used to identify the network on which the host resides, as well as identify the only host on the network. DNS (Domain Name Server), on the other hand, is a system that translates IP addresses to locate Internet domain names. The DNS server maintains a database of domain names and their corresponding IP addresses and provides them to the desired computer. For example, if you provide your DNS server with the domain name www.terms.co.kr, it will point you to the IP address 210.91.227.136. However, it is impractical and inefficient to keep only one list of domain names and IP addresses in the center, so the list of domain names and IP addresses is distributed throughout the Internet according to the organizational system. A domain name is an Internet address that is easy to remember and meaningful to people, but it requires a numerical IP address to actually find a computer on the Internet.

In recent years, many families nationwide are receiving services from high-speed networks. By the way, service providers of high-speed communication networks that are spreading at home are giving floating IP which is changed frequently from home computers. In addition, in such a dynamic IP environment, since the IP changes from time to time, it is difficult to access the computer with only the IP from the outside.

Therefore, there has been a problem in controlling home appliances remotely via a computer in a general home connected to a high speed communication network.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a control system for controlling home appliances based on the Internet high speed network and the existing telephone network.

In order to achieve the above object, the first embodiment of the present invention is a home appliance control system for controlling one or more devices installed at a certain place in a remote place based on a communication network,

The home appliance control system,

A communication terminal of a user for generating and transmitting and receiving a control signal for controlling the one or more devices;

An internet network connected to the communication terminal of the user to transmit and receive the control signal;

An operator system connected to the Internet network, which transmits and receives the communication terminal and the control signal of the user through the Internet network, and controls and operates the home appliance control system as a whole;

A wired telephone network connected to the Internet network and including a wired telephone station for transmitting and receiving the control signal to and from the operator system; And

And a home information system connected to the wireline network and transmitting and receiving the control signal to and from the operator system, and transmitting and receiving the control signal to and from the one or more devices, such that the one or more devices are controlled according to the control signals. Characterized in that,

A second embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object is a home appliance control system for controlling one or more devices installed at a certain place in a remote place based on a communication network,

The home appliance control system,

A communication terminal of a user generating one or more control signals for controlling the one or more devices, and transmitting and receiving the control signals;

A wired and / or mobile communication telephone network connected to and communicated with the communication terminal of the user;

The communication terminal is a wired telephone, the wired telephone is connected to a wired telephone network including a wired telephone station for connecting a wired telephone of the telephone network,

The communication terminal is a mobile communication telephone, the mobile communication telephone is connected with a mobile communication telephone network of the telephone network, the mobile communication network is connected with the wired telephone network,

An operator system connected to the wired telephone network, transmitting and receiving the control signal to and from the wired telephone telephone and mobile communication telephone of the user through the wired telephone network, and controlling and operating the home appliance control system as a whole;

An internet network connected to the operator system and communicating control signals with the operator system;

The internet network is connected to the wired telephone network,

A home information system connected to the wireline network and communicating the control signal with the operator system and communicating the control signal with the one or more devices such that the one or more devices are controlled in accordance with the control signals. It is characterized by.

Advantages, features, preferred embodiments, and the like of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a home appliance control system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram of a home appliance control system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a detailed configuration diagram of a home information system that is a sub-system of a home appliance control system according to the present invention.

4 is a flowchart of a method for controlling home appliances according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart of a method for controlling home appliances according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart of a modification of the control method according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a system configuration diagram when a satellite broadcasting receiver is included in the home appliance control system of FIG. 2.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a control system of a home appliance when a storage medium is included in the satellite broadcasting receiver of FIG. 7.

FIG. 9 is a detailed configuration diagram of a home information system that is a sub-system of the home appliance control system including the satellite broadcasting receiver shown in FIGS. 7 and 8.

** Explanation of symbols for main parts of drawings **

10: communication terminal 15: mobile communication telephone network

17: wired telephone network 20: gateway server

25: Internet network 30: Router

35: operator system 40: operation server

45: customer database 50: billing database

55: video database 60: backup database

65: representative telephone service exchange 67: ARS server

70: home information system 75: ADSL modem

80: telephone network signal path 85: control box

90: RF Keyboard / MoUTM 95: Regular Phone

100: TV 105: storage means

110: VOIP 115: Ethernet

120: DTMF 125: MPEG

130: HOMENET 135: USER I / F

The communication terminal user of the present invention is a mobile phone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), an Internet terminal (PC, etc.), a general telephone, a TRS (Trunked Radio System) terminal, a GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) terminal, TDMA Refers to a general user using similar conventional / future terminals such as a time division multiple access (CDMA) terminal and a code division multiple access (CDMA) terminal.

The mobile communication telephone network according to the present invention refers to all mobile communication telephone networks that may exist in the conventional / future system such as CDMA, TDMA, TRS, and GSM.

The ultra high speed network according to the present invention exists in the prior art and the future, such as x Digital Subscriber Line (xDSL) Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line (SDSL), Very High-data Rate Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL), Cable Modem, etc. It refers to all communication networks that enable high speed communication of voice and data communication.

The home appliance of the present invention includes a refrigerator, air conditioner, audio, video, boiler, computer, digital video disk (DVD), personal video recorder (PVR), digital camera, camcorder, and the like connected to a camera, method camera, visitor Refers to all devices that may exist in the past / future such as identification cameras and telephones. In addition, in the present invention, although the home appliance is an object of remote control as an example, the present invention may be expanded and applied to all devices that can be controlled remotely without being limited thereto.

1 is a block diagram of a home appliance control system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

1, the home appliance control system according to the first embodiment of the present invention is a communication terminal 10, mobile communication telephone network 15, gateway server 20, the Internet 25, router 30, the operator The system 35 and the home information system 70 are comprised.

The communication terminal 10 according to the present invention uses an IP (internet protocol) address of the operator system 35, an identification signal for identifying a user (user ID, etc.), and a control box 85 in the home information system 70. The control signal for controlling the home appliance 100 is transmitted to the operator system 35 using the wired / mobile communication networks 15 and 17 and the internet network 25. The user may access the operator system 35 by directly inputting the IP address or the domain name of the operator system 35 in the communication terminal 10 or by clicking on the icon with the IP address iconized.

The communication terminal 10 according to the present invention includes a portable information device such as a mobile phone, a PDA and the like. Devices such as mobile phones and PDAs are connected to the Internet network 75 through the mobile communication network 15, and directly connected to the Internet network 25 without passing through the mobile communication phone network 15 when using a general personal computer (PC). Can be connected to the operator system 35 according to the invention.

The gateway server 20 serves as an entrance in the process of transmitting a signal from the mobile communication telephone network 15 to the Internet network 25.

The operator system 35 according to the present invention is configured to include an operation server 40, a customer database 45, a charging database 50, an image database 55 and a backup database 60.

Operation server 40 of the present invention receives the user's connection ID for identifying the user transmitted from the communication terminal (10). Then, from the telephone number data previously stored in the customer database 45, the telephone number of the user matching with the transmitted user's access ID is searched and found. In addition, an access key of a user having an attribute including an ID of the user and a telephone number matching the same is generated.

The access key of the user is transmitted to the control box 85 in the user's home via the Internet network 25 and the wired telephone network 17, and contains the access key data of the user through the telephone network signal path 80. Then, a program inside the control box 85 is driven by the access key to be connected to the operator system 35. Thus, the control box 85 (including the home appliance 100 connected with the control box), the operator system 35, and the user's communication terminal 10 establish a state in which they are interconnected by a high-speed communication network. And, for this purpose, the control box 85 or the operator system turns off the wire in advance of the connection state of the telephone.

The customer database 45 of the present invention stores and stores information including data such as user IDs, passwords, home telephone numbers of the users, and the like.

The billing database 50 of the present invention stores and stores information about the cost of using the paid information provided by the operator according to the present invention.

The video database 55 of the present invention periodically stores and updates data information including a program schedule, a movie, a video, etc. of an affiliated video service company.

The backup database 60 of the present invention stores the information backed up in the customer database 45, the charging database 50, and the image database 55 at predetermined intervals in a databank.

The operator system 35 of the present invention may separately install and operate databases capable of providing corresponding contents for providing services of other contents. Such content includes video on demand (VOD), audio on demand (AOD), games, news, home shopping, the Internet, and security.

The home information system 70 of the present invention is a high speed network modem 75, a telephone network signal path 80, a control box 85, RF keyboard / mouse 90, a general telephone (95), TV, etc. It is configured to include a household device 100, a storage means 105.

The high speed modem 75 (ex. ADSL modem) is the object of control such as data stored in various databases 45, 50, 55, 60 from the operator system 35, the control box 85 and the TV connected thereto. It is installed where a control signal for controlling the home appliance 100 and the like enters. The high speed modem of the present invention includes all connection means capable of connecting a high speed network and a home control device in the related art.

The telephone network signal path 80 is a passage through which a connection key for initializing the home information system 70 and a general voice telephone signal enter.

The control box 85 of the present invention detects the access key received from the operator system 35 and automatically connects the operator system 35 to the Internet via a high speed network.

The RF keyboard / mouse 90 is a user interface of the control box 85, which allows a user to transmit a predetermined control signal to the operator system 35 using the RF keyboard / mouse 90. The RF keyboard / mouse 90 may be replaced with any kind of device capable of a control box and a user interface.

The storage means 105 is a device for storing various data received from the operator system 35 and TV program data compressed in the control box 85 and the like.

2 is a block diagram of a home appliance control system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

2, the home appliance control system according to the second embodiment of the present invention is a communication terminal 10, mobile communication telephone network 15, the Internet 25, router 30, operator system 35, home In this case, the information system 70 is configured to be connected to the operator system 35 through the wired telephone network 17 on the communication terminal 10.

The operator system 35 according to the second embodiment of the present invention further includes a representative telephone service exchanger 65 and an ARS (Automatic Response System) server 67 connected thereto. If the user inputs the representative telephone number (for example, 700-**** can be given as the representative number) of the operator system 35 according to the present invention through the communication terminal 10, the operator system 35 It is connected to the main telephone service exchange 65 in the inside.

In the connected state, the user inputs a user identifier and a home device 100 control signal for identifying the user as desired according to the instruction of the announcement data stored in the ARS server 67. The representative telephone service exchanger 65 receives a call connection request signal, a control signal, and the like from the communication terminal 10 and transmits the signal to the operation server 40.

The operation server 40 of the present invention refers to a control signal for controlling the home appliance 100 inputted from the representative telephone service exchanger 65, and a corresponding user among telephone numbers previously stored in the operator system 35 with reference to the user ID. Find a phone number that matches the ID and use it to generate a user's access key. The generated access key is transmitted to the control box 85 in the user's home via the wired telephone network 17 via the Internet network 25, and is connected with the same contents as described in FIG. It is operated to control the home appliances (100) remotely.

Separately, instead of using ARS through the representative telephone service exchanger 65 to control signals for the home appliance 100, a control menu may be directly loaded on the communication terminal 10 and controlled through the control menu.

When the user's communication terminal 10 connects to the representative telephone service exchange 65 through the wired telephone network 17 and the user's identification and authentication is completed, a control menu from the operation server 40 is displayed on the user's communication terminal 10. Is loaded. Under this environment, the user can control the control box and the household device 100 connected thereto through the high speed communication network by using the control menu of the internet browser loaded on the communication terminal 10.

3 is a detailed configuration diagram of a home information system according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the home information system according to the present invention includes a high speed modem (75), a general telephone (95), a home appliance (100) such as a TV, an RF keyboard / mouse (90), a storage means (105), and a control. The structure including the box 85 is comprised.

In addition, the control box 85 according to the present invention includes a VOIP 110, an Ethernet 115, a DTMF detector / modem 120, an MPEG 125, a HOMENET 130, and a USER I / F 135. It is configured to include.

Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) 110 of the present invention enables a telephone in a conventional home to communicate with an Internet telephone, or maintains the function of a conventional telephone. In addition, the state of the high-speed communication network is detected so that when the communication speed is significantly reduced, the mode is automatically switched to the conventional telephone.

Ethernet 115 of the present invention is an interface for communicating a signal through a network such as a local area network (LAN) coming from a high speed network converter with a control box 85, which is a control box 85 and an operator system 35. Connect to the high speed network.

The Dual Tone Multi-Frequency (DTMF) detector / modem 120 detects an access key signal or a general voice telephone signal coming from the operator system 35 and, in the case of a voice telephone signal, the telephone connected to the control box 85. It transmits a signal to communicate, and in the case of a connection key signal, initializes the software of the control box 85 to perform network connection between the operating system 35 and the high speed network.

Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) 125 transmits a broadcast signal transmitted along an airwave TV receiver (antenna) connected to a control box 85 or a cable TV receiver line 82 to a control signal transmitted from an operator system 35. It is a component that compresses with a standardized compression algorithm and transmits it to the storage means, or decodes the compressed data coming from the operator system 35 and reproduces it on the TV 100.

The HOMENET 130 receives a control signal generated from the communication terminal 10 from the operator system 35, and the control box 85 controls the home appliance 100 connected to the control box 85. It is a component that allows a user to confirm and acquire the information of the household appliance 100 via the operator system 35 with the information of the 100.

The USER I / F (Interface) 135 of the present invention is a component in which a user transmits an input signal to the control box 85 using an input device such as an RF (Radio-Frequency) keyboard / mouse 90.

4 is a flowchart of a method for controlling home appliances according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the control method according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described.

Step 1 (S10): The user accesses the operator system 35 having the IP address of the operator system 35 through the wired / mobile communication telephone network 15, 17 and / or the internet network 25 on the communication terminal 10. Connect. At this time, the operator's web is loaded on the user's communication terminal 10.

Step 2 (S20): The user inputs and transmits the user's ID and password through the communication terminal 10. The communication terminal 10 of the user is logged in after the ID / password authentication procedure in the operator system 35 of the present invention.

Step 3 (S30): After logging in to the operator system 35, a phone number matching the user ID corresponding to the user's identifier is extracted, and a connection key having the phone number attribute is generated. In the customer database 45 of the present invention, telephone numbers of a plurality of users are already stored.

Step 4 (S40): The generated access key is transmitted from the operator system 35 to the equipment of a telephone station having a dialing function in the wired telephone network 17 to be connected through the high speed communication network between the control box 85 and the operator system 35. Perform initial setup for.

Step 5 (S50): The wireline telephone station receiving the access key performs dial-up to a home corresponding to the access key.

Step 6 (S60): The telephone company which has dialed checks whether it is busy and transmits to the operator system 35 that if the telephone line is busy, it is not possible to talk right now, otherwise the access key is assigned to the designated home. Use to make a call. The operator system 35 performs the initial set-up again when the operator does not receive a current call signal.

Step 7 (S70): The DTMF detector / modem unit 120 in the control box 85 of the home information system 70 detects the tone signal coming in through the telephone line. If the detection result does not have a predetermined signal type, the DTMF detector / modem unit 120 transmits an error signal to the operator system 35, and the operator system 35 having received the error signal causes the initial setup to be performed again. It may be.

Step 8 (S80): When the detected tone signal is read, the normal telephone signal goes to the normal telephone (95) call mode, and if the access key signal is sent to the Ethernet 115, in this case, the web browser driving step Is switched. At this time, the wired telephone connection is turned off in the control box 85 or the operator system 35.

Step 9 (S90): When the web browser is driven, the control box 85 is assigned a floating IP from the high speed network operator and is automatically connected to the operator system 35.

Step 10 (S100): The control box 85 and / or the home appliance 100 is controlled according to the control signal transmitted from the communication terminal 10 to the operator system 35.

In this case, a control signal transmitted from the user's communication terminal 10 and stored in the operator system 35 controls the control box 85 and / or the home appliance 100 connected to the control box (ex. The operator system 35). In the case where a service for downloading data such as a movie stored in the control box 85 is desired), or a control signal transmitted from the communication terminal 10 is transmitted to the control box 85 to control the box 85. May control the household appliance 100. (ex. reservation recording using home TV)

Step 11 (S110): The operator system 35 monitors whether the household device 100 connected with the control box 85 has completed the desired operation. When it is necessary to perform one or more operations according to the control signal, the next operation is performed after the completion of the first operation.

In addition, when the operation is not completed, the operator system 35 continuously transmits a control signal to the control box 85 to perform the continuous operation.

Step 12 (S120): When the home appliance 100 completes all the operations, the control box 85 transmits the operation completion signal to the operator system 35, and the operator system 35 transmits the operation completion signal to the communication terminal 10. ) In the form of a voice or text message.

Step 13 (S130): The operator system 35 controls the control box 85 of the home information system 70 to perform in the standby mode. When the control box 85 performs the standby mode, power consumption is reduced compared to the operation mode. Meanwhile, the high speed network is disconnected through the Internet.

5 is a flowchart of a method for controlling home appliances according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

5, a control method according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.

Step 1 (S15): The user transmits a call connection request signal to the representative telephone service switchboard 65 installed in the operator system 35 through the wired telephone network 17 using the communication terminal 10.

Step 2 (S25): transmits a call connection request signal to the representative telephone service exchanger 65 of the operator system 35, is connected to the representative telephone service exchanger 65 and receives a predetermined response from the communication terminal 10, the ARS server. According to the instruction information stored in (67), user authentication is performed through a predetermined procedure.

The flow procedure after step 2 performs the same steps as the procedure flows from step 3 to step 13 (S30 to S130 of Fig. 4) of the first embodiment of Fig. 4.

That is, the control signal for controlling the control box 85 and / or the operator system 35 is selected according to the instruction information stored in the ARS server 67 for the control signal for controlling the control box 85. The selected control signal performs the same steps, such as being stored in the customer database 45 of the operator system 35 or transmitted directly to the control box 85.

6 is a flowchart of a modification of the control method of the domestic appliance according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in Fig. 6, a predetermined procedure is established in accordance with the instruction information stored in the ARS server 67 in step S25, connected to the representative telephone service exchange 65 of the operator system in step S15 of Fig. 5; After completing the user authentication, the operator system 35 and the communication terminal 10 is connected to the high-speed communication network. The operator's control menu is loaded on the communication terminal 10. The operator's web page is configured to include a control menu for control.

In addition, as a modification according to the first embodiment of the present invention, when a user inputs a user identification ID and a password for confirmation of the user on the communication terminal 10, for authentication and generation of a connection key for the user, An authentication / connection key generation system is installed in each communication terminal 10 to perform authentication for the user in the communication terminal 10, and generate an access key including the attribute of the user's home telephone number. May be transmitted to the control box 85 via the operator system 35. When the access key reaches the control box 85, the control box 85, the operator system 35, and the communication terminal 10 are connected to each other by a high speed communication network.

FIG. 7 is a system configuration diagram when a satellite broadcasting receiver is included in the home appliance control system of FIG. 2. As shown in FIG. 7, the present invention in FIG. 7 includes a satellite broadcast receiver I / F 200, a satellite broadcast receiver 210, a satellite broadcast receiver antenna, a satellite 230, a transmission antenna, and a satellite broadcaster 220. And program provider 240.

The satellite broadcasting reception I / F 200 is a component that connects analog video / audio signals and digital video / audio signals output from the satellite broadcasting receiver to home information equipment.

The satellite broadcast receiver 210 is a component for reproducing a digital broadcast using a satellite and sending it to the home information device 100 of the present invention. And, the satellite broadcast receiving antenna is a component that receives the digital signal transmitted through the satellite and delivers it to the satellite broadcast receiver (210).

The satellite broadcasting service provider 220 provides a broadcasting service using the satellite 230, and provides various broadcasting contents, and provides two-way communication with each household using the telephone network 17, thereby providing PPV service, data broadcasting service, and two-way home shopping / internet service. In addition, by utilizing the characteristics of digital broadcasting, various broadcasting services are provided in DVD quality and CD quality.

The program provider 240 prepares various broadcasting contents and provides them to the satellite broadcasting service provider 220, and also provides a program guide representing a program schedule to the operation server 40 and the satellite broadcasting service provider 220.

Referring to Figure 7, the operation of the satellite broadcasting receiver 210 and the home information device 70 will be described.

The operation server 40 is supplied with a program schedule (or program guide) from the program provider 240 of the satellite broadcasting company 220. Using the information, the operation server 40 decodes and displays the program schedule table on its homepage for easy searching by the user.

A remote user connects to the operation server 40 as a communication terminal and selects a program and other information to reserve using the satellite broadcasting program guide provided by the operation server 40.

The operation server 40 transfers the access key through the telephone network 17 to find the corresponding telephone number of the user access ID with the information selected by the user. The home information device 100 which has received the access key receives the satellite broadcasting program reservation information selected by the user from a remote location by accessing the operation server 40 through a high-speed network.

The home information apparatus 100 converts and compresses an AV signal received through the satellite broadcasting reception I / F unit 200 into a digital signal using the received reservation information and stores it in the HDD. This allows the user to reserve and record a desired satellite broadcast program from a remote location.

And, step by step description of the operating method of the system shown in FIG.

Step 1: The user connects to the operator system 35 having the IP address of the operator system 35 on the communication terminal 100 via wired / mobile communication telephone networks 15 and 17 and the Internet network 25. At this time, the operator's web is loaded on the user's communication terminal 10.

Step 2: The user enters the user ID and password through the communication terminal 10 and transmits. The communication terminal 10 of the user is logged in after the i / password authentication procedure in the operator system 35 of the present invention.

Step 3: After logging in to the operator system 35, a phone number matching the user ID corresponding to the user's identifier is extracted, and a connection key having a phone number attribute is generated. In the customer database 45 of the present invention, telephone numbers of a plurality of users are already stored.

Step 4: The user selects a program and a broadcast time for which the operation server 40 is to make a scheduled recording by searching the program table indicated by the program guide signal provided from the program provider. The operation server 40 stores this information.

Step 5: The generated access key is transmitted from the operator system 35 to the equipment of a telephone station having a dialing function in the wired telephone network 17, and the wired telephone station receiving the access key dials the home corresponding to the access key. -up)

Step 6: The DTMF detector / modem unit 120 in the control box 85 detects the tone signal coming through the telephone line. In the case of the connection key as a result of reading the detected tone signal, a signal is sent to the Ethernet 115, whereby the home information appliance 110 and the operation server 40 are connected by a high speed network.

Step 7: In this step, the operation server 40 transmits the reservation recording information selected by the user to the information device 100 using the connected high speed network. Using this information, the home information appliance 100 performs an operation for the desired program reservation.

Step 8: The home information appliance 100 transmits to the operation server 40 the result of setting up the reserved recording function instructed by the user to the remote user. The operation server 40 sends the result to the communication terminal 10 in the form of a message such as voice or text.

Step 9: The operator system 35 controls the control box 85 of the home information system 70 to perform the standby mode. When the control box 85 is performed in the standby mode, power consumption is reduced compared with the operation mode. Meanwhile, the connection to the high speed network over the Internet will be broken.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a control system of a home appliance when a storage medium is included in the satellite broadcasting receiver of FIG. 7. In the invention of FIG. 8, there is a storage device 250 such as an HDD in the satellite broadcast receiver 210 (a kind of DVR) so that the satellite broadcast receiver 210 can record satellite broadcasts on its own. It is a combination example of a device.

In the invention of FIG. 8, a device capable of making a reservation recording at a user's home, not a remote location, having a storage device 250 in a satellite broadcasting receiver 210 or a DVR, is connected to a home information device 300 according to the present invention for reservation recording at a remote location. And to control the home appliance 300 using a high speed network.

An operation example of the present invention shown in FIG. 8 is as follows.

The operation server 40 is supplied with a program schedule (or program guide) from the program provider 240 of the satellite broadcaster 220. Using this information, the operation server 40 decodes and displays the program schedule table on the homepage for easy searching by the user.

The user at the remote site is connected to the Internet server 25 by the PC 12, the PDA, the mobile phone 10, etc. to the operation server 40, and the program to be reserved using the satellite broadcasting program guide provided by the operation server 40; Select Other Information.

The operation server 40 transfers the access key through the telephone network 17 to find the corresponding telephone number of the user access ID with the information selected by the user. The home information device 300 receiving the access key receives the satellite broadcasting program reservation information selected by the user from a remote location by accessing the operation server 40 through a high speed network.

The home information device 300 such as a TV transmits the received reservation information from the set top box I / F unit 125 to the satellite broadcasting reception I / F unit 200. Thereafter, the home information device 300 checks whether the information of the reservation recording function is stored in the satellite broadcasting receiver 210, and then transmits the processing result of the reservation recording function to the operation server 40 again using a high speed network. The operation server 40 transmits this information to the communication terminal 10 of the remote location to the user to recognize that the reservation recording function has been completed.

The satellite broadcasting receiver 210 decodes the satellite broadcasting signal from the satellite broadcasting reception antenna using the program reservation information received from the satellite broadcasting reception I / F 200, analyzes the program guide signal, and reserves the user's reservation at a preselected remote location. According to the recording information, the digital video / audio signal is stored in the HDD in the component part.

The operation method of the system shown in FIG. 8 is the same as the operation method of the system shown in FIG. 7 from the first to sixth and ninth steps, and only the seventh and eighth steps are described.

Step 7: In this step, the operation server 40 transmits the reserved recording information selected by the user to the information device 300 using the connected high speed network. This information is sent to the satellite broadcasting receiver 210 through the set top box I / F 125 of the home information appliance, and the satellite broadcasting receiver 210 is set to make a reservation recording according to the selected reservation recording information. .

Step 8: The home information device 300 checks whether the reservation recording information has been transmitted from the satellite broadcasting receiver 210, and then transmits the result to the operation server 40 to set up the reservation recording function instructed by the user to the remote user. . The operation server 40 sends the result to the communication terminal 10 in the form of a message such as voice or text.

FIG. 9 is a detailed configuration diagram of a home information system that is a sub-system of the home appliance control system including the satellite broadcasting receiver shown in FIGS. 7 and 8.

According to the present invention, by connecting the communication terminal, the operating system and the home information system to the high-speed network using a connection key having the property of the telephone number to the problem caused by the IP changes frequently in the environment of the dynamic IP, mobile phones, With a communication terminal such as a PDA, the home appliance can be controlled via the operator system, and the operator system establishes a database storing the user's desired information, so that the user can access the operator's system and provide the desired information. There is a significant effect that can be transferred to the system.

While the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described using specific terms, such descriptions are for illustrative purposes only, and it is understood that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the following claims. Should be done.

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Home appliance control system that controls one or more devices installed at a certain place from a remote place based on a communication network, The home appliance control system, A communication terminal of a user for generating and transmitting and receiving a control signal for controlling the one or more devices; An internet network connected to the communication terminal of the user to transmit and receive the control signal; An operator system connected to the Internet network, which transmits and receives the communication terminal and the control signal of the user through the Internet network, and controls and operates the home appliance control system as a whole; A wired telephone network connected to the Internet network and including a wired telephone station for transmitting and receiving the control signal to and from the operator system; And And a home information system connected to the wireline network and transmitting and receiving the control signal to and from the operator system, and transmitting and receiving the control signal to and from the one or more devices, such that the one or more devices are controlled according to the control signals. , The communication terminal transmits an identifier for identifying the user for initial access to the operator system, the operator system generates an access key including an attribute of a telephone number matching the identifier of the user, The access key is transmitted to the wireline telephone station of the wireline telephone network through the Internet network, and the wireline telephone station receives the connection key, dials up, and transmits to the home information system having the telephone number included in the attribute of the access key. Home appliance control device, characterized in that to be connected to the operator system. The method of claim 1, And the communication terminal connects to the operator system using a unique IP address identifying the operator system. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control signal is stored in the operator system, and the stored control signal is transmitted to the home information system. Home appliance control system that controls one or more devices installed at a certain place from a remote place based on a communication network, The home appliance control system, A communication terminal of a user generating one or more control signals for controlling the one or more devices, and transmitting and receiving the control signals; A wired and / or mobile communication telephone network connected to and communicated with the communication terminal of the user; The communication terminal is a wired telephone, the wired telephone is connected to a wired telephone network including a wired telephone station for connecting a wired telephone of the telephone network, The communication terminal is a mobile communication telephone, the mobile communication telephone is connected with a mobile communication telephone network of the telephone network, the mobile communication network is connected with the wired telephone network, An operator system connected to the wired telephone network, transmitting and receiving the control signal to and from the wired telephone telephone and mobile communication telephone of the user through the wired telephone network, and controlling and operating the home appliance control system as a whole; An internet network connected to the operator system and communicating control signals with the operator system; The internet network is connected to the wired telephone network, A home information system connected to the wireline network and communicating the control signal with the operator system and communicating the control signal with the one or more devices such that the one or more devices are controlled in accordance with the control signals; , The communication terminal transmits an identifier for identifying the user for initial access to the operator system, the operator system generates an access key including an attribute of a telephone number matching the identifier of the user, The access key is transmitted to the wireline telephone station of the wireline telephone network through the Internet network, and the wireline telephone station receives the connection key, dials up, and transmits to the home information system having the telephone number included in the attribute of the access key. Home appliance control device, characterized in that to be connected to the operator system. The method of claim 4, wherein The operator system includes a representative telephone service exchanger and an ARS system, wherein the communication terminal is connected to the operator system using the representative telephone of the representative telephone service exchanger. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, And said operator system comprises a user database containing basic information of users, including telephone numbers, IDs, and passwords of users. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, The control signal is stored in the operator system, and the stored control signal is transmitted to the home information system.