INTERNET APPLICATION CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

A control system coupled to the Internet includes at least one device (37-39), a master controller (36) operable to control the operations of the at least one device (37-39), a network (34) interconnecting the at least one device (37-39) and the master controller (36), at least one Internet application (23-26) executing on a node in the Internet, and a control network portal (12) coupled between the network and the Internet operable to enable the Internet application (23-26) to be controlled as a device coupled to the network under the control of the master controller (36).