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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2016
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Jae-hwi Jang, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyun-soo Park, Seoul, KR;
Young-jin Park, Bucheon-si, KR;
Jong-hyun Shin, Suwon-si, KR;
Kyu-suk Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A method of controlling operations of a participating controlled device in a network that includes a control device and the participating controlled device, the method including: receiving operation limiting information from the participating controlled device, the operation limiting information including combinations of allowed operations from among a plurality of operations that the participating controlled device is capable of performing, and power consumption levels that are relative amounts of power consumption of the combinations of allowed operations; setting a power consumption level corresponding to the participating controlled device, from among the power consumption levels, based on information regarding time-based price and the operation limiting information; and controlling the operations of the participating controlled device based on the set power consumption level.