SMART HOME APPLIANCE, SMART HOME CONTROL UNIT, SMART HOME SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCORPORATING A SMART HOME APPLIANCE INTO A SMART HOME SYSTEM

A method for incorporating a smart home appliance (20) into a smart home system (10), an appropriate smart home appliance (20), an appropriate central control unit (40) and an appropriate smart home system (10) are described. The method comprises the steps of providing a data storage medium (30) whi...

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Main Author SCHRÖDER, SÖNKE
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 24.09.2014
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
PHYSICS
PRESENTATION OF DATA
RECOGNITION OF DATA
RECORD CARRIERS
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
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Summary:A method for incorporating a smart home appliance (20) into a smart home system (10), an appropriate smart home appliance (20), an appropriate central control unit (40) and an appropriate smart home system (10) are described. The method comprises the steps of providing a data storage medium (30) which is associated with the smart home appliance (20) and which stores setup data for incorporating the smart home appliance (20) into the smart home system (10), of reading the setup data stored on the data storage medium (30) using the central control unit (40) of the smart home system (10) and of forming a communication channel between the smart home appliance (20) and the central control unit (40) on the basis of the setup data. Preferably, the data storage medium is a chip card or an RFID tag which are able to be read on a contact basis and/or contactlessly by the central control unit (40).
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20120790787