Server for Real-Time Home Appliance Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current home appliance management systems lack real-time control and efficient communication methods, limiting user convenience and effective monitoring and control of various home appliances.
Innovation Solution
A server system that enables real-time control and communication with home appliances through a communication module and processor, allowing for data exchange with mobile terminals and appliances, managing login sessions, assigning control rights, and providing monitoring and software update capabilities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a home appliance management system is implemented without real-time control capabilities, then the system complexity is reduced, but user convenience and monitoring effectiveness deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary component that mediates between the mobile terminal and home appliances. The server manages communication protocols, handles authentication, and coordinates control commands, thereby providing real-time control functionality without requiring the home appliance itself to be overly complex. This intermediary approach allows the appliance to remain relatively simple while still enabling advanced user interactions through the server's processing capabilities.
2Ease of operation
If real-time control and monitoring features are added to home appliances, then user convenience is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The communication module in the home appliance is designed to perform multiple functions: it handles data transmission, receives control commands, provides status monitoring, and supports firmware updates. By making the communication module multi-functional, the patent reduces the need for separate dedicated components for each function, thereby improving user convenience with remote control and monitoring while limiting the increase in overall device complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple communication modes are supported for different functions, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The server acts as a protocol intermediary that handles the complexity of multiple communication modes. The mobile terminal and home appliances communicate through standardized protocols via the server, which translates and manages different communication requirements. This allows the system to support diverse communication modes (real-time control, monitoring, firmware updates) without requiring each device to implement complex multi-protocol stacks, thereby improving adaptability while limiting device complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A server includes a memory, a communication module configured to exchange data with a mobile terminal or a home appliance, and a processor configured to receive login information from the mobile terminal based on a first communication mode, to perform login based on the login information, to receive a session maintenance request from the mobile terminal based on a second communication mode after login, and to initialize a session duration according to the session maintenance request. Thus, it is possible to control the home appliance in real time via the server.