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Internet control system and method

US7213061B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 28, 2000
Grant dateMay 1, 2007
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Expiry dateApr 28, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2012/285
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A control system of the present invention includes at least one device, a network interconnecting the at least one device, a control network portal coupled between the network and the Internet, and a master controller coupled to the network and operable to control the operations of the Internet and the at least one device, the Internet is controllable as a device coupled to the network.

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