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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2005
Yoshihiro Hori, Gifu, JP;
Kazuya Ogawa, Mizuho, JP;
Etsuko Sugimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Takemura, Aichi, JP;
Yoshinori Hatayama, Komaki, JP;
Yoshihiro Hori, Gifu, JP;
Kazuya Ogawa, Mizuho, JP;
Etsuko Sugimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Takemura, Aichi, JP;
Yoshinori Hatayama, Komaki, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to realize an in-home network system that is capable of smoothly controlling an appliance even when a new kind of appliance that has not been obtained conventionally is connected to an in-home network or even when an unusual, special use form is set in a network. A controller of the present invention compares a device type of an appliance connected to an in-home network with a skeleton stored in a skeleton DB. When a skeleton rule in accordance with the appliance type is not stored in the skeleton DB, a request for acquisition of the skeleton rule of the appliance is transmitted to a service agent. In addition, when the location of an appliance is moved, the controller sends a request for transmission of a new rule format to be added due to the movement to the service agent.