Abstract: The present invention discloses an upgrade apparatus and its method for a home network system which can automatically upgrade software. The upgrade apparatus for the home network system is installed in the home network system having a first storage unit in which at least one protected program has been installed, and includes n upgrade means for deciding whether a second storage unit separated from the first storage unit stores an upgrade file corresponding to the protected program, and upgrading the protected program by using the upgrade file according to the decision result.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a home network management system which can perform processing, conversion and transmission of data between a plurality of client devices and a plurality of home appliances. The home network management system resides in a home master device connected to at least one home appliance through a first network and connected to at least one client device through a second network separated from the first network, and is controlled by a central processing means of the home master device.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a home network system and a configuration apparatus thereof which can efficiently configure a new home appliance in the home network system comprised of various home appliances. The home network system includes at least one slave device, and a plurality of master devices connected to the slave device through a predetermined network, wherein at least one master device includes a master means for controlling an operation of the slave device and monitoring a status thereof, and a slave means for responding to the request of the other master devices.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a home network system which can achieve communication between a home master device and a remote control server by using a predetermined message structure. The home network system includes a home master device connected to a plurality of home appliances, and a remote control server connected to the home master device through a first network, for transmitting/receiving a message between a user terminal and the home master device. The message transmitted/received between the home master device and the remote control server includes at least a product code unit of the corresponding home appliance, a message code unit for notifying a transmission/reception direction of the message, parameter units under the definition of the message, and a number unit of parameters.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a security confirmation system which can achieve efficient communication by optimizing an amount of transmitted data, and a method thereof. The security confirmation system includes a home master device connected to at least one security device through a first network based on a predetermined protocol, for receiving predetermined security information from the security device, generating a service security data having the security information, and transmitting the service security data, and a user terminal connected to the home master device through a second network separated from the first network, for receiving and displaying the service security data.

Abstract: A method for recognizing an electronic appliance in multiple control system for controlling at least one electronic appliance is disclosed, which includes the steps for setting each ID including a variable value and a fixed value to the electronic appliances, determining whether the electronic appliances of the same model exist among the connected electronic appliances on connecting the electronic appliances to the multiple control system by reading corresponding ID and analyzing the ID value; changing the ID of the connected electronic appliance in case that the electronic appliances of the same model exist; and recognizing the corresponding electronic appliance as the changed ID.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a home network system (100) which can easily control home appliances by performing a preset control command for a predetermined event when the event is generated. The home network system (100) includes at least one slave device (60), and a master device (50) connected to the slave devices (60) through a predetermined network (90). The master device (50) stores an event file including an externally-inputted generation condition of a predetermined event and a control command for the event, and transmits an event set file including at least the generation condition of the event to the slave device (60) corresponding to the generation condition of the event, and the slave device (60) stores the event set file and transmits an event notification file to the master device (50) when the event is generated, so that the master device (50) can receive the event notification file and make the corresponding control command performed.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a home network system using a living network control protocol. The home network system includes: at least one electric device; first and second networks based on a predetermined living network control protocol (LnCP); an LnCP access device connected to the electric device through the second network; and a network manager connected to the LnCP access device through the first network, for controlling and monitoring the electric device.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a home network system using a living network control protocol. The home network system includes: an electric device having at least two heterogeneous function means; a network based on a predetermined protocol; and a network manager for controlling and/or monitoring the electric device through the network, the electric device including a packet processing device having one node address provided by the network manager, generating a packet having the node address, transmitting the packet to the network manager, address from the network manager, and enabling the heterogeneous function means corresponding to a command included in the packet to execute the command.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a home network system (1) using a living network control protocol. The home network system (1) includes: at least two electric devices (41-49); and a network based on a predetermined protocol for connecting the electric devices (41-49), wherein a message transmitted between one electric device (41-49) and the other electric device (41-49) includes a command code field implying an operation that is to be performed by the other electric device (41-49), and an argument field according to a version of a protocol applied to one electric device (41-49) for performing the operation.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a home network using a living network control protocol. The home network system includes: a network based on a predetermined protocol; at least electric device connected to the network; and a network manager connected to the network, for controlling and/or monitoring the electric device, when the protocol includes an application layer for handling a message for controlling and monitoring the electric device, a network layer for network-connecting the electric device to the network manager, a data link layer for accessing shared transmission medium, and a physical layer for providing a physical interface between the electric device and the network manager, wherein the physical layer further includes a special protocol for providing an interface with a dependent transmission medium, and the network layer further includes a home code control sub-layer for managing a home code for network security when accessing the dependent transmission medium.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a home network system using a living network control protocol.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a home network system using a living network control protocol.

Abstract: A home network system and a method for exchanging standards of the same are disclosed. The home network system includes a first electric home appliance group operated as a first operation system; a second electric home appliance group operated as a second operation system; and an exchanging part for exchanging standards between the first electric home appliance group and the second electric home appliance group so as to control appliances of the second electric home appliance group in the first electric home appliance group or to monitor an operational state of the second electric home appliance group in the first electric home appliance.

Abstract: A method for setting a product address in a home network system is disclosed. The method includes a step for requesting a temporary address in which a network controller designates redundant addresses with a predetermined range to each product and requests an arbitrary address among the redundant address as a temporary address; a step for designating a temporary address in which each product designates an arbitrary address among the redundant addresses as a temporary address and informs to a network controller; and a step for confirming an address in which the network controller sequentially sets one of the redundant addresses for each address not doubled among informed temporary addresses from each product.

Abstract: A system and a method for remote controlling and monitoring electric home appliance are disclosed. The system includes a first electric home appliance having a master function, a second electric home appliance having a slave function, and a communication line path for communicating between the first and second electric home appliances.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a security confirmation system which can achieve efficient communication by optimizing an amount of transmitted data, and a method thereof. The security confirmation system includes a home master device connected to at least one security device through a first network based on a predetermined protocol, for receiving predetermined security information from the security device, generating a service security data having the security information, and transmitting the service security data, and a user terminal connected to the home master device through a second network separated from the first network, for receiving and displaying the service security data.

Abstract: Disclosed is a network control system for home appliances that satisfies the characteristics of low-cost and high-efficiency with respect to currently used appliances adopting a low-performance microcomputer. The system is constructed to define a master/slave type communication structure with respect to the respective appliances; construct a network by connecting the appliances through the serial communication function; and enable the appliances to communicate with one another if a predetermined communication event is produced. According to the system, an optimized network for the home appliances can be implemented, and operation states of the respective appliances can be displayed through the co-operation among the appliances, thereby maximizing the user convenience.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a home network management system, and more particularly to, connection handling, service management, and channel handling devices of a home network management system which can perform processing, conversion and transmission of data between a plurality of client devices and a plurality of home appliances. A channel handling device of the home network management system residing in a home master device connected to at least one home appliance through a first network and connected to at least one client device through a second network separated from the first network, and being controlled by a central processing means of the home master device, transmits/receives a first type of packet between a first device within the home master device and the home appliance.

Abstract: Disclosed is a network control system for home appliances that satisfies the characteristics of low-cost and high-efficiency with respect to currently used appliances adopting a low-performance microcomputer. The system is constructed to define a master/slave type communication structure with respect to the respective appliances; construct a network by connecting the appliances through the serial communication function; and enable the appliances to communicate with one another if a predetermined communication event is produced. According to the system, an optimized network for the home appliances can be implemented, and operation states of the respective appliances can be displayed through the co-operation among the appliances, thereby maximizing the user convenience.