KR100529875B1 - Remote Control System's Structure of Home Appliance Network - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a structure of a remote control system for home appliances that enables centralized management of multiple home network networks by a central portal server. The present invention relates to an internet terminal connected to a wired / wireless network to transmit and receive data, and to a plurality of home appliances. A home server connected to a connected home network network to control and manage the plurality of home appliances, and a web page for outputting the control state of the home appliance or the home server to the Internet terminal, and controlling the home appliance through the web page. It is configured to include a central portal server for transmitting and receiving data with the home server through the Internet network to enable the input and confirmation of the command, the remote controller easily manipulates the web page driven by the central portal server It is possible to control the operation of home appliances in the network, and also to operate the home server. By reducing the load it is advantageous to increase the processing speed of the remote control.

Description

Remote Control System's Structure of Home Appliance Network

The present invention relates to a structure of a home appliance remote control system, and in particular, the central portal server is driven by a remote controller via a central portal server capable of exchanging data with a home server managing a home network connected to a plurality of home appliances. The present invention relates to a structure of a home appliance remote control system that allows a remote controller to input a control command and check a control result through a web page.

In recent years, construction of a home appliance network system that connects a plurality of home appliances to a network installed in a home or a building to mutually control the plurality of home appliances has been greatly increased. In addition, research is being conducted for a remote control system of a home appliance that enlarges a control area by allowing the remote terminal to be remotely controlled using a remote terminal at a place outside a home or a building.

However, as shown in the block diagram of the home appliance remote control system connected to the conventional home network of Figure 1, the conventional home appliance remote control system is a remote terminal (C1 to Cn) that can be connected to the home server that manages the home network network By using, by directly controlling the home server (H) it was able to transmit a command to the home appliances (h1 to hn) to be controlled.

Therefore, since the data throughput required for receiving a control command input from a remote terminal, processing the same, and outputting a control signal to control the home appliance is sufficient, it is stable enough to handle the workload on the home server. The cost burden for building a home server system was high.

In addition, since the home server administrator in each home or building must update the operating program, the latest application, and the hardware provided for the efficient operation of the home appliance network system and the home appliance remote control system, the procedure is complicated and necessary. There is a problem that the cost is considerable.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems of the prior art, the object of which includes a central portal server capable of data interworking with a home server for managing a home network network connected to a number of home appliances, the central portal server The control command for each home appliance can be input through the web page to be driven, and the result according to the input command can be checked. If the data of either the home server or the central portal server is changed through data interworking, the control command can be changed together. It is to provide a structure of a home appliance remote control system to enable centralized management of multiple home network networks by the central portal server.

The structure of the home appliance remote control system according to the present invention for solving the above problems is connected to the Internet network wired or wirelessly to the Internet terminal for transmitting and receiving data, and to enable the input and confirmation of the control command for each home appliance A web page driver for driving a web page; The home server is configured to include a home server application program to perform a control command transmitted from the Internet terminal through the web page, and the input and confirmation of the control command of the home appliance or home server in the Internet terminal And a central portal server configured to include an application program processing unit for executing an application program execution command transmitted from the internet terminal through the web page driven to be enabled.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a diagram illustrating a hierarchical structure of a home appliance remote control system of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a central portal server of the home appliance remote control system of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a home appliance remote control of the present invention. 5 is a block diagram of the home server of the system, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the overall structure of the home appliance remote control system of the present invention.

2 is a diagram schematically illustrating a structure and a corresponding layer of a central portal server and a home server constituting a remote control system of a home appliance according to the present invention. The structure of the central portal server and a home server is a hardware, a system layer, and a service. It is divided into layer and application layer.

The hardware layer refers to the physical device itself of the central portal server.

The system layer is composed of essential elements for the system of the central portal server, and is composed of a secure socket layer system, an IIS server, and a database based on an operating system.

The secure socket system is a layer created to manage the safety of message transmission in a network and exists between a web browser or an application such as HTTP and the TCP / IP layer of the Internet. Here, "socket" refers to a socket method in which data is exchanged between client and server programs on a network or between program layers of the same computer. The central portal server of the present invention can manage the security of user control by authenticating or denying the access of the central portal server through a specific web page by using the secure socket layer.

Therefore, all communication between the central portal server and the home server of the present invention is handled in a secure socket method requiring input and authentication procedures of a user's ID and password. In addition, in order to maintain the security socket, the home server transmits a connection maintenance signal to the central portal server and requests to maintain the connection.

As described above, the connection maintaining signal and the series of request messages are classified and processed, thereby ensuring a quick response time and reducing the workload of the central portal server.

Internet Information Server (IIS) Server is the name of Microsoft's family of Internet servers for Windows NT, including Web, HTTP, FTP, and Gopher. IIS includes a set of programs to create and manage web pages or search engines, and to support the creation of Web-based applications using databases.

It also facilitates the management of all services and users provided by the central portal server from a single window (or console). This administrative window has the advantage that it is easy to add and modify to suit the user, and it is easy to link with various Microsoft applications, so the stability and efficiency are high.

The database may store data of the central portal server. All user information and applications related to the plurality of home network networks are stored.

The service layer includes a database manager unit for directly controlling the database, a request handler, a database access API, an IP update server, a gateway interface, a database interworking unit, and the like.

The application layer, which is the uppermost layer, includes an updater for updating data changed by the control of an application program and a remote controller, and a data recovery unit for temporarily storing user information that may be lost due to an abnormality of a home server.

The database access API (hereinafter referred to as an API) is an interface through which an operating system can process a request to another application, and is used when an application communicates with a system program such as an operating system or a database management system. Speak your language or message format.

The IP update server receives the changed IP from a home server connected to a home network provided with a floating IP (Internet Protocol) from an Internet service provider, and stores and manages the changed IP.

With reference to Figure 2 the structure and role of each component of the central portal server and home server operating in the same layer, the structure and role of each component of the central portal server will be described in detail with reference to FIG. The structure and role of each component of the home server will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 4. 5 is a diagram illustrating the overall structure and data flow of the central portal server and home server.

The database 50 stores environment information of a plurality of home network networks and data of application programs.

The web page driving unit 60 drives a web page allowing the remote controller to input and confirm a control command. Accordingly, as the web page is accessed through a terminal connectable to the Internet network 10, it is possible to check a state of the home network and input a control command.

The web page is composed of a main page, a page for device control and monitoring, a user program page, and the like, as a graphic user interface for a user's mutual communication is provided.

In addition, the application program processing unit 70 allows an application program selected by a remote controller to be executed on the web through the web page. Such application programs include home appliance control and monitoring programs, phone books, schedulers, address books, and the like, and can delete, add, or modify data of applications running on the web pages.

The application program processing unit 70 schedules data interworking of the controller's application program and performs interworking of thread data in the worker's environment. The thread refers to relevant information of an individual user of a program that can process a plurality of users at the same time. Since the information is required to service one individual user or a specific service request, the central portal server 40 may select each application program in the system. Managed by each thread's task and allow user to execute and manage task list.

In addition, the wrapper 71 is a configuration program that assists in executing data or other programs that frame the main data, and sets an activity range and enables execution of important programs. This wrapper also adds to the header or trailer of the transmission message during data communication or encapsulates the message so that only the intended recipient can see the message, thereby making access to change the data hidden during data communication or storage of the database 50. Can be used to determine authority.

The data manager 80 manages the data changed by the application program processor 70. The data manager 80 controls the data changed by the application program processor to be stored in the database 50. The data changed by the application program processor is stored in the database 50 ′ of the home server 30 and is configured as a database interlocking unit 82 for interworking with the database 50 of the central portal server 40.

Since the database 50 of the central portal server 40 stores information of a plurality of home network networks, the storage capacity and data processing load are considerable, so that the database manager 81 manages data storage and loading tasks separately. . Therefore, the database manager unit 81 manages the connection with the database 50 and provides an API (application program interface) for executing a request of the database.

The database interworking unit 82 stores data changed through the webpage of the webpage driving unit 60 in the database 50 of the central portal server and in the database 50 'of the home server. Make sure the data on the server and home server are the same.

The IP update server unit 90 manages IP addresses used by a plurality of home network networks. In particular, the home server 30 connected to the home network network transmits a variable IP address to the IP update server unit 90 of the central portal server 40 to control the home network network using the dynamic IP. . The IP update server unit 90 receives the IP address and requests an update from the database manager 81 managing the database to store the IP address in the database 50.

In addition, the connection maintenance signal is received from the home server 30, and the connection state of the home server is updated in the database 50. If the home server 30 is reconnected with the central portal server 40, the interworking request signal is output to the database interlocking unit 82 such that the data of the home server 30 and the data of the central portal server 40 are interlocked. do.

The data transmission / reception unit 100 is connected to the home server 30 and the remote controller 20 to transmit and receive data with the home server 30 through the central portal server 40 and the Internet network 10. The gateway interface module 101 transmits request data incorporating a control command, and the request handler module 102 receives request data from the home server 30.

The gateway interface module 101 generates a secure socket connection with each gateway of a plurality of home network networks, receives a control request from the remote controller 20 or the application program processing unit 70, and the home server 30. After receiving the request data to the home server receives an acknowledgment signal from the home server.

The request handler module 102 checks the port of the central portal server 40 and receives a request from the connected home server 30, and then sends the request to the respective application program processing unit 70 and the module corresponding thereto. Forward it. After receiving the request data, the home server 30 transmits an acknowledgment signal to perform a more stable transmission and reception function. The central portal server 40 configured as described above and the home server 30 connected in a secure socket method are configured as follows.

The database 50 'of the home server 30 stores control information of a plurality of home appliances connected to a home network, and the webpage driver 60' provides a home server and a user of the home appliance to each home appliance. It runs a web page that allows input and confirmation of control commands for the web page, which provides a web-based graphical user interface for control and monitoring and allows other applications on the home server to run on the web page. .

The home server application 70 'enables a user-selected program to be executed through the web page, and the database interlocking unit 82' allows the data changed by the home server application 70 'to be changed from the central portal. It is stored in the database 50 of the server 40 to schedule and process the interworking in order to interwork with the database 50 'of the home server 30.

The IP update client 90 'manages the transmission and update of the IP address so that the floating IP address used by the home network is identified by the central portal server 40. The IP address transmitted from the IP update client 90 'of the home server 30 is transmitted to the IP update server unit 90 of the central portal server 40 to display information of the corresponding home network in the database 50. Update.

The data transmission / reception unit 100 ′ transmits / receives data with a home server through the Internet network. The data transmission / reception unit 100 ′ transmits request data including a connection with the central portal server 40 and a control command of the user in the home, and the central portal server. A gateway interface module 101 'for receiving an acknowledgment signal from the central portal server and a request handler module 102' for receiving request data from the central portal server and transmitting an acknowledgment signal of the request data to the central portal server. It is composed.

Although the structure of the home appliance remote control system according to the present invention as described above with reference to the illustrated drawings, the present invention is not limited by the embodiments and drawings disclosed herein, a plurality of home servers and a plurality of remote control Self-connected central portal server is configured to perform a remote control, the technical concept of the present invention can be applied.

The structure of the home appliance remote control system of the present invention configured as described above is a central storage and data processing place of data of a user's application program by controlling a plurality of home servers indirectly connected to a home network using a central portal server. By using a central portal server to centrally manage a plurality of home network network to prevent the overload of the home server. In addition, it is possible to propose an optimized environment for each home network by storing individual information about multiple home servers, thereby ensuring low cost, high efficiency, and wide range of scalability. There is an effect that can facilitate the input of the control command and the result confirmation.

1 is a block diagram of a home appliance remote control system connected to a conventional home network;

2 is a diagram showing a hierarchical structure of a home appliance remote control system of the present invention;

3 is a configuration diagram of a central portal server of a home appliance remote control system of the present invention;

4 is a block diagram of a home server of the home appliance remote control system of the present invention;

5 is a view showing the overall structure of a home appliance remote control system of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols on main parts of the drawings>

10: Internet network 20: remote controller

30: home server 40: central portal server

50, 50 ': Database 60, 60': Web page driver

70, 70 ': application processing unit 80: data management unit

90: IP update server unit 90 ': IP update client unit

100, 100 ': data transceiver

Claims (11)

Remote control of home appliances comprising an internet terminal connected to the internet network by wire or wireless, a home server connected to a home network connected to a plurality of home appliances, and a central portal server for transmitting and receiving data with the home server through the internet network In the structure of the system, The home server may include: a web page driver for driving a web page to enable input and confirmation of control commands for the respective home appliances; It is configured to include a home server application for enabling a control command transmitted from the Internet terminal through the web page, The central portal server is an application program for executing an application program execution command transmitted from the Internet terminal through the web page is driven to enable the input and confirmation of the control command of the home appliance or home server in the Internet terminal Structure of a home appliance remote control system comprising a processing unit. The method of claim 1, The central portal server includes a data manager for managing data changed by the application program processor; A database in which information of a plurality of home network networks is stored and data which is changed according to management of the data management unit is stored or updated; And a data transmission / reception unit configured to transmit data transmitted from the data management unit to the home server through the internet network, and transmit data received from the home server to the data management unit. Structure. The method of claim 1, The central portal server and the home server is a structure of a home appliance remote control system, characterized in that connected to the secure socket method requiring the input and authentication of the user's ID and password. The method of claim 2, The data manager comprises: a database manager unit configured to store data changed by the application program processor in the database; And a database interlocking unit configured to transmit data changed by the application program processor to a database of the home server so as to interoperate with the database in which the data changed by the database manager is stored. rescue. The method of claim 2, The data transmission / reception unit comprises: a gateway interface module for transmitting request data for connecting to the home server and request data including a control command transmitted through the internet terminal to the home server; And a request handler module for receiving data transmitted from the home server. The method of claim 2, The data transmission / reception unit comprises: a gateway interface module for transmitting request data for connecting to the home server and request data including a control command transmitted through the internet terminal to the home server; And a request handler module for receiving data transmitted from the home server. delete The method of claim 1, The home server includes a database storing control information of a plurality of home appliances connected to a home network; A database interlocking unit for transmitting the data changed by the application program to a database of the central portal server so as to interwork with the database; And a data transceiver for transmitting and receiving data to and from the central portal server through the internet network. The method of claim 8, The data transmission / reception unit includes: a gateway interface module configured to transmit connection request data with the central portal server and request data embedded with a control command input through a web page of the home server to the central portal server; And a request handler module for receiving request data transmitted from the central portal server. The method of claim 8, The home server includes an IP update client for managing the transmission and update of the IP address so that the floating IP address used by the home network network is identified by the central portal server. rescue. delete