Server Web Browser Remote Control Eliminates Apps
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems for remotely controlling home devices are complex and require additional applications, limiting user convenience and ease of access.
Innovation Solution
A server system that includes a terminal, a home device access server, and a personal server, allowing for remote control of home devices through a web browser without additional applications by exchanging data and network information, enabling access to home device lists and control commands.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If additional applications are required for remote control, then control functionality is achieved, but user convenience and ease of access deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The server system enables the web browser to perform multiple functions including remote control access, device listing, and command transmission. By making the web browser universal for these operations, the system eliminates the need for separate dedicated applications, thereby improving user convenience while maintaining control functionality
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the functions of remote control, device discovery, and command execution into a single web-based interface. By combining these previously separate functions into one unified web browser interface, the system reduces the number of applications users need to install and switch between, thus improving ease of operation
2Ease of operation
If web browser-based control is implemented, then ease of access improves, but data exchange complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The server acts as an intermediary between the web browser and home devices. It receives control commands from the web browser, translates them into appropriate device-specific protocols, and manages data exchange with home devices. This intermediary role simplifies the web browser interface while handling the complexity of data exchange internally
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a virtual representation of home devices and their control interfaces within the web browser environment. By copying device functionality into the web-based interface, users can access device controls through familiar web browsing without dealing with underlying communication protocol complexities
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AI summary
Disclosed are a server, and a home device remote control system including the same. The server includes a first interface unit to exchange data with a terminal, a second interface unit to exchange data with a home device access server, a third interface unit to receive product information and network information of at least one home device, a storage unit to store the product information and the network information of the at least one home device, and a processor to control network information of the server to be transmitted to the home device access server via the second interface unit and, upon receiving an access request for the at least one home device from the terminal based on a web screen displayed in response to a web browser operated by the terminal, to control the network information of the at least one home device to be transmitted to the terminal. Consequently, it is possible to easily and conveniently remotely control the home device through the terminal.