摘要 |
THERE IS DISCLOSED AN INTERGRATED PROGRAMMABLE SYSTEM (100) FOR CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF A NUMBER OF ELECTRICAL AND/OR ELECTRONIC APPLIANCES OF A PREMISES, THE APPLICATION BEING CONTROLLABLE ELECTRICALLY,ELECTRONICALLY, WIRELESSLY, BY INFRARED AND/OR BY RADIO FREQUENCY, THE SYSTEM INCLUDING A CENTRAL DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS,E.G. A HOME SERVER (106) , OR A CENTRAL CONTROLLER (120), CONNECTED WITH A COMMON DIGITAL COMMUNICATION BACKBONE (124), AND THE CENTRAL DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS IS CONNECTABLE WITH THE APPLIANCES VIA THE DIGITAL COMMUNICATION BACKBONE.[FIG.1] |