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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
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;
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 comprises a plurality of passive home appliances for transmitting and receiving data to/from an internal network of a home networking system. The passive home appliances are controlled according to control commands received over the internal network. The home appliance networking system further comprises a plurality of active home appliances that transmit the control commands for the passive home appliances to the internal network, and a network manager that manages the internal network and controls data transmission and reception of the plurality of passive home appliances and the plurality of active home appliances.