Device identification and control in network environment

Details Device identification and control in network environment Device identification and control in network environment

2006-06-27

2006-06-27

Huynh, Kim (Department: 2182)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Network-to-computer interfacing

C709S208000, C709S220000, C709S225000, C709S228000, C710S008000, C710S015000, C710S036000, C710S062000, C340S315000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07069345

ABSTRACT:
A control network for home appliances comprises a module for interfacing an appliance to the network. The module adopts the identity of the appliance when the module and the appliance are being interconnected. The appliance comprises a tag, e.g., in its power plug, with identifying information that gets read by the module and transferred to a controller. The module itself can have a location dependent identifier to enable topology dependent software applications.

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