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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2002
Sang Kyun Lee, Kyungki-do, KR;
Ki Tae Oh, Kyungki-do, KR;
Yeon Kyoung Lee, Kyungki-do, KR;
Chang Ho Kim, Seoul, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A home appliance networking system and a method for controlling the same. The home appliance networking system includes a plurality of passive home appliances controlled according to control commands sent over an internal network constructed for a home networking system, and a plurality of active home appliances for transmitting the control commands for the passive home appliances to the internal network. The plurality of active home appliances transmit different control commands each assigned a unique number to a specific one of the plurality of passive home appliances. The specific passive home appliance is controlled according to only a latest one of the input control commands.