WO2007052205A1 - Reglage d'un dispositif dans un reseau - Google Patents

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WO2007052205A1
WO2007052205A1 PCT/IB2006/053997 IB2006053997W WO2007052205A1 WO 2007052205 A1 WO2007052205 A1 WO 2007052205A1 IB 2006053997 W IB2006053997 W IB 2006053997W WO 2007052205 A1 WO2007052205 A1 WO 2007052205A1
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Weiran Wang
Jingwei Tan
Donghai Yu
Liang Gan
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/436—Interfacing a local distribution network, e.g. communicating with another STB or one or more peripheral devices inside the home
    • H04N21/43615—Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/41—Structure of client; Structure of client peripherals
    • H04N21/4104—Peripherals receiving signals from specially adapted client devices
    • H04N21/4131—Peripherals receiving signals from specially adapted client devices home appliance, e.g. lighting, air conditioning system, metering devices
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/443—OS processes, e.g. booting an STB, implementing a Java virtual machine in an STB or power management in an STB
    • H04N21/4431—OS processes, e.g. booting an STB, implementing a Java virtual machine in an STB or power management in an STB characterized by the use of Application Program Interface [API] libraries

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  • the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for setting a device, in particular to a method and apparatus for setting a device in home network.
  • Home automation standard enables various types of devices and services provided by various types of service providers be controlled by one unified controller.
  • Such standard includes CEBUS, X-IO, HAVi, HomeAPI, Jini, etc.
  • CEBUS Consumer Electronic BUS
  • X-IO are communication protocols for home automation
  • HAVi Home Audio/Video Interoperability
  • HAVi Home Audio/Video Interoperability
  • HomeAPI Home Application Programming Interface
  • Jini provides the mechanism for establishing, searching, communicating and using services in distributed system.
  • the design of Jini structure makes full use of the platform- independency of the Java program code, services communicating to each other through providing service protocol.
  • a central control station and a number of remote controllers are configured in the home automation system.
  • the central control station could control various home devices through home network, wherein these home devices include television set, DVD player, PDR (personal digital recorder), CD player, personal computer, handy, PDA (personal digital assistant), and set-top box, etc.
  • the central control station could be a home computer in the home network or a home media center.
  • the remote controller could be the sub-controller in a specific area of a home for controlling the home devices in the home network. When controlling the home devices in a home network, the attributes of the home devices in the home network usually need to be set.
  • World Electric Appliance Ltd. has disclosed a method for setting the attributes of the home devices in a home network.
  • the user could store the contents being played on a home device and the attribute settings of the device in a central server or a remote controller, and recall the contents played and the attribute settings of the device when re -playing the contents.
  • this patent application has such defect that the attribute of the device could only be shared in the same or similar devices.
  • the existing method of setting the attribute of device in the network involves only a transmission of the attribute of the device in the network, but the various scenes when the user uses the device are not taken into account.
  • the attributes of devices in the network vary, and the tasks to be completed using the device vary each time, so the attribute settings pre-stored in the network could not be directly used, thus a lot of manual adjustment should be performed. Therefore, it is very inconvenient for the user to control the home devices in the home network.
  • the updating of the attributes of the home devices could also results in the changes of attributes of the home devices in the home network, and these changes make the user spend a lot of time and energy to make adaptive adjustment when using the devices. Therefore, there is the need for a method for setting a device in a network, which could conveniently and quickly set the attribute of the device according to the information of use scene.
  • the present invention is an improvement to the technical solution of prior art.
  • the present invention could conveniently and quickly set the attribute of the device according to difference information of the scenes of using the device.
  • One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a method for setting a device connected to a network, wherein the device comprises at least one attribute, comprises the steps of:(a) obtaining information of use scene of the device; (b) receiving a recommendation for setting the attribute; (c) setting the attribute according to the recommendation, the attribute matches with the information of use scene of the device.
  • the recommendation is from a central database of the network, the method further comprises the step of matching the recommendation with the information of use scene of the device.
  • the setting method of the present invention also includes the step of step of sending a request to a central database of the network, the request comprises the information of use scene of the device, wherein receiving step comprises receiving the recommendation from the central database, the recommendation is matched with the information of use scene of the device.
  • the recommendation is from another /more devices of the network
  • the method further comprises the step of matching the recommendation with the information of use scene of the device.
  • the setting method of the present invention also includes sending request to another/more devices of the network, the request comprises the information of use scene of the device, wherein receiving step comprises the step of receiving the recommendation from the another/more devices, the recommendation is matched with the information of use scene of the device.
  • the information of use scene of the device comprises attribute information of the device, task information of the device or identity information of a user.
  • the present invention further provides a method of recommending setting of a device connected to a network, wherein the device comprises at least one attribute, comprises the steps of:(a) receiving a request from the device for recommending setting the attribute, the request includes information of use scene of the device; (b) generating a recommendation for setting the attribute, the attribute matches with the information of use scene of the device; and (c) sending the recommendation to the device.
  • the present invention further provides an apparatus for setting a device connected to a network, wherein the device comprises at least one attribute, comprises: a obtainer for obtaining information of use scene of the device; a receiver for receiving a recommendation for setting the attribute; a set for setting the attribute according to the recommendation, the attribute matches with the information of use scene of the device.
  • the present invention further provides an apparatus for recommending setting of a device connected to a network, wherein the device comprises at least one attribute, comprises: a receiver for receiving a request from the device for recommending setting the attribute, the request includes information of use scene of the device; a generator for generating a recommendation for setting the attribute, the attribute matches with the information of use scene of the device; and a sender for sending the recommendation to the device.
  • the user when the user is using a device in the home network, he could set the attribute of the device according to the information of use scene the device and a recommendation from the central processor or other devices in the network, so that different types of devices that have the same attribute could share the attribute settings.
  • the whole attribute settings process of the device is convenient and quick, and the time and frequency for the user to make adjustment according to use scene is reduced, thus control of the devices in home network becomes quicker and more convenient.
  • the user's input of the attribute settings of a newly added device, input of the attribute settings of any one of the available devices in the home network, or input of the attribute settings of the central database of the home network could in each case update the attribute settings having the same attribute of the devices in the home network.
  • the attribute settings process of the device in the home network is a continuous learning and updating process, which makes the control of the devices in the home network more intelligent.
  • the attribute of the device of the home network could be set respectively according to different users of the home network.
  • the attribute of the device of the home network could be set respectively according to the scenes of the user at different time and at different areas of a home, so that the control of the device in the home network becomes more humanized.
  • FIG. 1 is the schematic drawing of the flowchart of the method for setting the attribute of the user device according to one embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig. 2 is the schematic drawing of the flowchart of the method for recommending the attribute of the user device according to another embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig. 3 schematically shows a schematic drawing of a system for setting the attribute of user device according to the present invention
  • Fig. 4 schematically shows a schematic drawing of another system for setting the attribute of user device according to the present invention.
  • Fig. 1 is the schematic drawing of the flowchart of the method for setting the attribute of the user device according to one embodiment of the present invention.
  • the DVD (Digital Video Disk) player in the home network sets the attribute of the DVD according to the information of use scene the DVD and the recommendation from the home media center in the home network.
  • the home media center is a kind of home multimedia control device, which could control various home devices through the home network.
  • the home devices include television set, DVD player, CD player, PDR (Personal Digital Recorder), personal computer, handy, personal digital assistant (PDA) and digital set-top box, etc.
  • the home media center is a multimedia control means which could execute one or more of the following functions: the function of home television set associated with television control; home media function associated with multimedia document (e.g., media documents of picture or photo/music/movie or the like) management; home theatre function associated with CD/DVD/VCD player; and the home network function for providing all the solutions for entertainment, information, communication, home security and home automation.
  • Typical home media center has strong storage function and network communication function, meanwhile, it is the gateway of the home network.
  • Typical home media center software includes the "Media Center” from J. River.
  • Typical home media center operation system is the “Media Center Version” of Microsoft.
  • Typical home media center personal computer having the Microsoft operation system is the “Media Center Personal Computer” of HP.
  • Typical home media center personal computer having Linux open source code is "MythTV”.
  • the information of the use scene of a device could include a device newly adding to the home network, a device carrying out a new task (e.g., the DVD player of the home network plays a new DVD), etc.
  • the information of use scene of a device is based on the instruction of the user using the DVD player.
  • the instruction could be from the DVD player or from home media center.
  • the instruction could be pre-programmed according to the user' s habit.
  • the information of use scene of the DVD player is obtained according to the instruction.
  • the information of use scene could include the attribute information of the
  • DVD player (e.g., when the DVD player is newly added to the home network), or it could also include the task information of the DVD player (e.g., when the DVD player is playing a new DVD).
  • the information of use scene could include both the attribute information of the DVD player and the task information of the DVD player.
  • the information of use scene of the DVD player could further include the identity information of the user who is currently using the DVD player.
  • the attribute of the DVD player itself determines which attributes of the DVD player need to be set, and in which range the attributes to be set could be set. For example, the user could select the language of playing, subtitle, screen mode, and audio codec techniques of the DVD player.
  • various home devices may be manufactured by different manufacturers, while each manufacturer has its own method of naming the attribute of the device, so the same attribute of different home devices may have different names of attribute.
  • attribute of volume of the DVD of a manufacturer it is named as volume
  • loudness it may be named as loudness
  • the attribute could be further processed by using the ontology technology, that is, retrieving the database of the correspondence between the device attributes and the definition words to find the definition words indicating the meaning of the device attribute.
  • the task information of the DVD player includes the information of contents played by the DVD player.
  • DVD player has the function of playing CD, VCD or DVD disc.
  • the audio codec technology of each CD, VCD or DVD disc may be different. Wherein, when playing DVD disc, the options for the available languages and subtitles of the DVD are also different.
  • the user may have different preferences for the attributes of the DVD player.
  • the user has different choices according to different preferences: when playing CD, the user prefers to using DTS (Digital Theatre System) audio codec technology; when playing VCD, the user prefers to using Dolby 2.0 audio codec technology; and when playing DVD, the user prefers to using Dolby 5.0 audio codec technology.
  • DTS Digital Theatre System
  • the information of use scene of the DVD player is as shown in Table 1.
  • Table 1 is the information of use scene of the DVD player which is edited by XML (Extensible Markup Language). It could be seen from table 1 that the information of using the DVD player includes the device attributes of the DVD player itself and the task attributes of the DVD player.
  • the device attributes of the DVD player itself are volume selection, screen mode selection and selection of audio codec technology.
  • the task attributes of the DVD player are language selection, subtitle selection and selection of audio codec technology.
  • the request includes the information of use scene of the DVD player (step S 120).
  • the home media center includes a central database for connecting all the home devices in the home network, the central database including the attribute settings of all the home devices.
  • the central database could be stored on a server of the home network, and it could be originated directly from the input of the user with respect to the attribute settings, or from the input of the user with respect to the attribute settings of different home devices in the network (see steps S240 and S250 for the details).
  • the central database could use one data list including the identity information of all the devices in the home network, the attribute information of all the devices and the user's corresponding attribute setting values.
  • Table 2 is a part of the attribute setting table of all the home devices in the central database, being edited by XML. It could be seen from table 2 that the attribute settings of all the home devices that correspond to the personal preference of the user are that the language is English; the subtitle is Chinese; the volume is 18; the screen mode is 4:3, the audio codec is Dolby; the video codec is SDTV (Standard Definition Television).
  • the DVD player sends a request to the home media center in the home network.
  • the request requests for setting the attributes of the DVD player and includes the information of use scene of the DVD player.
  • the request is as shown in Table 3.
  • Table 3 is a request table that requests setting the DVD player.
  • the table is also edited by XML. It could be seen from table 3 that according to the information of use scene of the DVD player, the attributes to be set include language selection; subtitle selection; volume selection; screen mode selection and audio codec selection.
  • step S130 receives a recommendation from the home media center (step S130).
  • a recommendation regarding the attribute settings of the DVD player is received, wherein the recommendation is given based on the information of use scene of the DVD player as shown in table 3.
  • the central database is matched to the information of use scene so as to obtain the recommendation.
  • the recommendation for setting the attribute of the DVD player from the home media center is as shown in Table 4.
  • the recommendation for setting the attribute of the DVD player from the home media center is as follows: the language is English, the subtitle is Chinese; the volume is 18; the screen mode is 4:3, the audio codec technology is Dolby.
  • Video codec does not need to be set in the DVD player playing, so although there is attribute setting of video codec in the central database (Table 1) of the home media center, the recommendation (Table 3) of the attribute setting of the DVD player from the home media center does not include recommendation of video codec because use scene the DVD player does not involve the selection of video codec.
  • steps S 120 and S 130 could also be realized by the following method: in step S 120, a request for setting the attribute of the DVD player is sent to one or more other home devices in the home network, the request including the information of use scene.
  • Other home devices in the home network could be television, CD player, Personal Digital Recorder (PDR), handy, Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), and digital set-top box, or they could be the refrigerator, the micro-oven, the washing machine and the air conditioner, etc.
  • the 1394 bus provides an ideal digital interface for the home devices in the home network.
  • 1394 adopts peer-to-peer transmission mode and the fair competition principle. All the devices connected to the bus have the opportunity of transmitting data to the bus without the control of a host.
  • 1394 supports asynchronous transmission and synchronous transmission, and it could plug and play, wherein 1394b also supports closed loop connection mode, which is friendly to the user.
  • other home devices in the home network could adopt peer-to-peer transmission mode to make recommendation of attribute setting to the DVD player.
  • step S 130 the recommendation is received from the one/more devices, the recommendation matches with the information of use scene.
  • the matching process is completed in another one/more devices. Each device matches the attribute setting values stored therein to the received requests, and recommends the result of the match to the DVD player.
  • step S 140 sets the attribute of the device (step S 140).
  • the attribute of the DVD player is set according to the recommendation for the attribute setting of the DVD player from the home media center, thus the attribute setting of the DVD player could be automatically done without too much manual input.
  • setting of the DVD player could also be done in another manner, i.e., obtaining the information of a scene of using the device, receiving a recommendation for attribute setting from a central database of the network or another one/more devices of the network, matching the recommendation to the information of scene of using, and setting the attribute of the DVD player according to the result of matching.
  • Such manner of realization differs from the two manners of realization as mentioned in the previous step S 130 in that: the recommendation received by the DVD player is now a recommendation that has not been matched yet, e.g., a list including all the attribute settings of an other device with some of the attributes of the other device being not consistent with the attributes of the DVD player; the matching is performed according to the recommendation and information of use scene; and the process of matching takes place at the DVD player.
  • the recommendation received by the DVD player is a matched recommendation, and the matching process takes place in a central database of the network or at another one/more devices of the network.
  • the attribute settings of the DVD player could be further adjusted according to the user's input, and the method of adjusting is as follows:
  • step S150 receives a user's input (step S150).
  • the user's input could be input from the DVD player, or it could be input from the remote controller of the DVD player.
  • the input could relate to the setting of the attribute that has not been matched, or it could relate to the adjustment of the setting of the attribute that has been matched.
  • the attribute settings of the DVD player are changed into the following: volume is 13, selection of audio codec technology changes from Dolby into DTS. DTS (Digital Theatre System) and Dolby are two completely different audio codec technologies.
  • step S 160 adjusts the attribute of the device (step S 160). According to the user's input, the two attributes of volume and audio codec technology of the DVD player are adjusted.
  • the setting update table is as shown in Table 5.
  • the adjusted settings are sent to the central database of the home media center or to the other home devices in the home network.
  • a setting update table of the DVD player is sent to the central database of the home media center or to the other home devices in the home network.
  • the user changes the settings of the same attribute of all the home devices.
  • the attribute settings made by the user to all the home devices are as shown in table 6.
  • the attribute settings made by the user to all the home devices could be updated continuously.
  • the information of use scene of the DVD player could further include the user's identity information.
  • the user's identity information There are many known methods for obtaining the user's identity information, for example, obtaining the user' s identity information according to the user' s name that is used to log on the home media center; and obtaining the user's identity information by NFC identification technology.
  • the recommendation for setting the attribute of the DVD player could either be from the home media center of the home network or be from other home devices in the home network. As long as the recommendation is made according to the information of use scene of the DVD player, the DVD player could directly use the recommendation to set the attribute, thus it is convenient and quick.
  • Fig. 2 is the schematic drawing of the flowchart of the method for setting the attribute of the user device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
  • This embodiment introduces the method for the home media center in the home network to set the attribute of the DVD according to the recommendation of use scene the DVD player.
  • the home media center in the home network includes a central database which includes the attribute settings of all the home devices in the home network.
  • receives a request for setting the DVD player which includes the information of use scene the device.
  • the information of use scene could include the attribute information of the DVD player or the task information of the DVD player, and it could also include the identity information of the user (step S210).
  • the recommendation matches with the information of use scene of the
  • the recommendation is matched to the information of use scene of the DVD player.
  • some of the attributes of the DVD player may not be set, and may need user's input. In this case, it could be seen in steps S 150 and S 160.
  • home devices in the home network include television, CD player, PDR (Personal digital Recorder), personal computer, handy, Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), and digital set-top box, and refrigerator, micro-oven, washing machine and air conditioner, etc.
  • the home devices in the home network could be grouped on the basis of type into multimedia file playing device, temperature control device, housework processing device, etc.
  • a certain rule could be adopted.
  • the priority setting rule could be adopted, i.e., preferentially setting according to the user's language selection in the multimedia file playing device, such as television, CD player, and PDR.
  • the conflict setting rule could also be adopted, i.e., setting by selecting one of the languages, such as English, that is selected most frequently by all the home devices in the home network.
  • step S230 sends the recommendation (step S230).
  • the recommendation of attribute setting generated in step S220 is sent to the DVD player.
  • the central database could be further adjusted according to the user's input.
  • the adjusting method is as follows:
  • step S240 receives an input (step S240).
  • the input could be either from the adjustment of the attribute setting of the DVD player (corresponding to step S 170) or from the user's direct input into the central database.
  • step S250 updates the setting (step S250).
  • the attribute settings of all the home devices in the central database of the home media center are updated.
  • step S210 may not include the information of use scene the device, then step S220 is omitted.
  • the recommendation sent in step S230 is the data of all the attribute settings in the central database. Under such circumstance, the matching process is finished at the side of the DVD player.
  • the recommending process of the attribute setting of the DVD player may not be finished in the home media center of the home network, but in other home devices of the home network, that is, the other home devices process the request of the DVD player, and make a recommendation to the DVD player according to the attribute settings of the other home devices.
  • Fig. 3 schematically shows a schematic drawing of a system for setting the attribute of user device according to the present invention.
  • a system 30 for setting the attribute of user device comprises an apparatus 220 which is connected to a home network, and a recommending apparatus 100.
  • the home network could also comprise other device 240, device 260 and device 280, etc.
  • Apparatus 220 could be any one selected from the home devices of television, CD player, PDR (Personal Digital Recorder), personal computer, handy, personal digital assistant (PDA), digital set-top box, refrigerator, micro-oven, washing machine, air- conditioner, etc.
  • Apparatus 220 includes an obtainer 221, a receiver 222 and a set 223.
  • Apparatus 220 could also include a sender 224, a storage medium 227, a user interface 226 and an adjuster 225.
  • Recommending apparatus 100 could be a part of the home media center in the home network.
  • the home media center in the home network comprises a central database which includes the attribute settings of all the home devices in the home network.
  • the central database could be stored in a storage medium.
  • the recommending apparatus 100 comprises a receiver 110, a matcher 130 and a sender 140.
  • Recommending apparatus 100 could also comprise generater 120, a storage medium 160 and a user interface 150.
  • the obtainer 221 is used for obtaining the information of use scene apparatus 220.
  • the information of use scene could include the attribute information of apparatus 220 (e.g., when apparatus 220 is newly added to the home network), or it could also include the task information of apparatus 220 (e.g., when the apparatus 220 is carrying out a new task).
  • the information of use scene could include both the attribute information of apparatus 220 and the task information of apparatus 220, and it could further include the identity information of the user who is currently using the apparatus 220.
  • the sender 224 is used for sending a request for recommending attribute settings to the recommending apparatus 100, the request including the information of use scene apparatus 220.
  • the receiver 222 is used for receiving the recommendation from the recommending apparatus 100, the recommendation matches with the information of use scene apparatus 220.
  • the recommendation could include the attribute settings matched to all the information of use scene, and it could also include the attribute settings matched to part of the information of use scene.
  • the receiver 222 is also used for sending the matched recommendation to the set 223.
  • the sender 224 and the receiver 222 could be any wired or wireless network communication interface, such as Zigbee interface, Intranet interface, etc.
  • the set 223 is used for setting the attribute of apparatus 220 according to the matched recommendation from the receiving means 222.
  • the storage medium 227 is used for storing the attribute settings obtained by the set 223.
  • the storage medium 227 could be volatile storage medium, such as static random access memory (SRAM), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), or it could be nonvolatile storage medium, such as erasable programmable memory (EPROM), FLASH, etc.
  • SRAM static random access memory
  • DRAM dynamic random access memory
  • EPROM erasable programmable memory
  • FLASH erasable programmable memory
  • the user interface 226 is used for displaying the information of use scene obtained by the obtainer 221.
  • the user could directly input the attribute settings of apparatus 220 according to the information of use scene so as to set the attribute of apparatus 220.
  • the user interface 226 could be user-interactive means like the keyboard, the display, etc.
  • the user interface 226 is also used for displaying the recommendation for setting the attribute received by the receiver 222 and matched to the information of use scene.
  • the user interface 226 also displays the attribute settings that are not matched.
  • the adjuster 225 is used for adjusting the attribute settings of apparatus 220 according to the user's input received by the user interface 226, and for storing the adjusted attribute settings into the storage medium 227.
  • the adjuster 225 is also used for sending the adjusted attribute settings to the recommending apparatus 110 through the sender 224.
  • the adjuster 225 and the set 223 could be one and the same means.
  • the receiver 110 is used for receiving the request for recommending attribute settings from the apparatus 220, the request includes the information of use scene apparatus 220.
  • the receiver 110 sends the information of use scene to the matcher 130 to obtain a recommendation for attribute settings matched to the information of use scene.
  • the receiver 110 is also used for receiving the adjusted attribute settings from apparatus 220 and for sending the adjusted attribute settings of apparatus 220 to the generator 120 to update the attribute settings of the relevant home devices in the central database.
  • the matcher 130 is used for generating a recommendation for attribute settings matched to the information of use scene apparatus 220 according to the received information of use scene apparatus 220 and the central database in the storage medium 160.
  • the recommendation could include all the attribute settings matched to the information of use scene apparatus 220. When there are no matched items, it could also include part of the attribute settings.
  • the sender 140 is used for sending the recommendation matched to the information of use scene apparatus 220 to apparatus 220.
  • the sender 140 and the receiver 110 could also be any wired or wireless network communication interface.
  • the storage medium 160 stores a central database that connects a plurality of home devices in a home network, the central database including the attribute settings of all the home devices in the network.
  • the user interface 150 is used for receiving the user's input, wherein the input could be settings with respect to any one or more attributes of all the home devices in the central database.
  • the generator 120 is used for generating updated attribute settings of all the home devices of the network according to the received updated attribute settings from apparatus
  • the generator 120 could also be used for generating new attribute settings of all the home devices of the home network according to the user's input on the user interface 150. By means of such settings, the recommending apparatus 100 could continuously learn and update the attribute settings of all the home devices of the home network.
  • the recommending apparatus 100 could also be other devices in system 30, such as a part of device 240, device 260 and device 280.
  • the storage medium 160 of the recommending apparatus 100 stores the attribute settings of an individual device, and the matcher 130 matches the information of use scene apparatus
  • Fig. 4 schematically shows a schematic drawing of another system for setting the attribute of user device according to the present invention.
  • the system 40 for setting the attribute of the user device is substantially the same as system 30, which comprises an apparatus 220 connected to a home network, and a recommending apparatus 100.
  • the home network could also include other device 240, device 260 and device 280, etc.
  • the system 40 for setting the attribute of the user device differs from the aforementioned system 30 mainly by that: in system 30, the matcher is in the recommending apparatus 100, while in system 40, the matcher 228 is in the apparatus 220 that needs to perform attribute setting.
  • Apparatus 220 of system 40 comprises additionally a matcher 228 which is used for matching the recommendation for attribute settings from the receiver 222 to the information of use scene from the obtainer 221, wherein the recommendation is not matched yet.
  • the information of use scene obtained by the obtainer of apparatus 220 of system 40 is sent to the matcher 228, and/or to the user interface 226, wherein the information of use scene does not need to be sent to the recommending apparatus 110 through the sender 224.
  • the sender 224 of apparatus 220 of system 40 only needs to send the adjusted attribute settings to the recommendation device 110.
  • the recommending apparatus 110 in system 40 does not need the matcher 130. 2. What is sent by the sender 140 in system 40 is the recommendation for setting the attribute that has not been matched.
  • different types of home devices in the home network that have the same attribute could share the attribute settings, for example, the DVD player, the television, the CD player and the MP3 player, etc. could share the attribute of the same audio codec technology; the air-conditioner and the heater could share the same attribute of temperature control; the DVD player, the air-conditioner, the television, the washing machine and the micro-oven could share the same language settings.

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La présente invention se rapporte à un procédé et à un appareil permettant de régler un dispositif. Un procédé selon l'invention, qui permet de régler un dispositif connecté à un réseau et comportant au moins un attribut, comprend les étapes consistant : à obtenir des informations liées au contexte d'utilisation du dispositif ; à recevoir une recommandation destinée à régler l'attribut ; et à régler l'attribut en fonction de la recommandation, l'attribut concordant avec les informations de contexte d'utilisation du dispositif. L'invention permet à l'utilisateur qui utilise un dispositif dans le réseau domestique de régler facilement l'attribut du dispositif.
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