Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110307594 | NETWORK SYSTEM - Provided is a network system. | 12-15-2011 |
20120206273 | NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Provided is a network system including an advanced metering infrastructure, an energy management system, a computer, and a diagnostic program. The advanced metering infrastructure interactively communicates with a power supply source and measures energy from the power supply source. The energy management system is connected to the advanced metering infrastructure to communicate with it and controls an operation of an electric product based on operation information of the electric product or energy information from the power supply source. The computer is connected to the electric product or energy management system to communicate with the electric product or energy management system. The diagnostic program is performed by the energy management system or computer and diagnoses a trouble of the electric product. An electric product having a trouble is remotely diagnosed to provide a quick countermeasure, thereby detecting the cause of the trouble without a service engineer and improving a user's convenience. | 08-16-2012 |
20120209445 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING NETWORK SYSTEM - A method of controlling a network system is provided. The method of controlling a network system includes recognizing power information comprising a peak time period and an operation time period of an energy consumption component and changing the operation time period when the peak time period is included in at least portion of the operation time period of the energy consumption component. | 08-16-2012 |
20130204444 | NETWORK SYSTEM - Provided is a component for a network system, which includes a control part and a power consumer unit. The control part recognizes energy information or additional information except for the energy information. The power consumer unit is controlled to maintain a target value, and is repeatedly turned on or off. An on-period or off-period of the power consumer unit is varied depending on information recognized by the control part. | 08-08-2013 |
20130211612 | NETWORK SYSTEM - A network system is provided. The network system includes: at least one component selected from an energy receiving unit receiving energy and an energy management unit managing the energy receiving unit. The energy receiving unit or the energy management unit receives energy rate related information; an energy usage amount or a usage rate of when the component is controlled on the basis of at least the energy rate related information is less than that of when the component is controlled without the basis of at least energy rate related information; if the energy rate related information is high cost information, a function of one component constituting the energy receiving unit is limited; and an operating time or an output of the energy receiving unit is adjusted in correspondence to the limited function of one component. | 08-15-2013 |
20130221749 | NETWORK SYSTEM - A network system is provided. The network system includes: at least one component of an energy supply unit supplying energy and an energy management unit managing the energy supply unit. An amount of energy used or energy charge of the energy supply unit is adjustable. An amount of energy used or energy charge when the component is controlled on the basis of information related to at least usage charge may be less than that when the component is controlled not on the basis of the information related to at least usage charge. Also, the energy supply unit has a power saving mode to determine a driving method or a driving time of the energy supply unit on the basis of the information related to energy charge. | 08-29-2013 |
20130227150 | NETWORK SYSTEM - Provided is a network system. The network system includes a first component performing a preset function, the first component having a first device code and a second component exchanging information with the first component to be communicably connected to the first component, the second component having a second device code. When a command for communicable connection is inputted into the first component or the second component, a connection sequence is generated from the component in which the command is inputted to exchange an IP address and the device code of each of the components between one component generating the connection sequence and the other component receiving the connection sequence. | 08-29-2013 |
20130245851 | NETWORK SYSTEM - A network system is provided. The network system includes: at least one component selected from an energy receiving unit receiving energy and an energy management unit managing the energy receiving unit. The energy receiving unit or the energy management unit receives energy rate related information; an energy usage amount or a usage rate of when the component is controlled on the basis of at least the energy rate related information is less than that of when the component is controlled without the basis of at least energy rate related information; if the energy rate related information is high cost information, a function of one component constituting the energy receiving unit is limited; and an operating time or an output of the energy receiving unit is adjusted in correspondence to the limited function of one component. | 09-19-2013 |
20130274937 | COMPONENT FOR NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - Provided are a component for network system and a method of controlling the same. The method includes: inputting a driving factor of the component or the other component; and predicting result information when the component or the other component is driven based on the inputted driving factor. | 10-17-2013 |
20130304271 | NETWORK SYSTEM - A network system includes at least one unit selected from between an energy consumption unit receiving energy and an energy management unit managing the energy consumption unit, wherein an energy usage amount or an energy usage cost of the energy consumption unit are controllable, and the energy usage amount or the energy usage cost when the unit is controlled based on information associated with at least an energy cost is smaller than an energy usage amount or an energy usage cost when the unit is controlled without using the information related to at least the energy cost, and a display device detachably coupled to the energy consumption unit, wherein availability of the display device is determined according to a communication signal transmitted to the energy receiving unit. | 11-14-2013 |
20130317662 | NETWORK SYSTEM - A network system is provided. The network includes: at least one component selected from an energy receiving unit receiving energy and an energy management unit managing the energy receiving unit. The energy receiving unit or the energy management unit receives energy rate related information; an energy usage amount or a usage rate of when the component is controlled on the basis of at least the energy rate related information is less than that of when the component is controlled without the basis of at least energy rate related information; and if the energy rate related information is high cost information, a function of one component constituting the energy receiving unit is limited and a function of another component constituting the energy receiving unit is performed. | 11-28-2013 |
20130332002 | COMPONENT FOR A NETWORK SYSTEM - Provided is a component for a network system. The component for a network system which is communicable with the other component includes a communication unit for communicating with the other component, an input part for inputting a command related to an operation of the component, and a control part for controlling the operation of the component. The component includes a power saving function in which the component is operable on the basis of energy information. | 12-12-2013 |
20140222168 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMPONENT FOR NETWORK SYSTEM - Provided is a method of controlling a component for a network system. The method of controlling a component for a network system, which is communicable with the other component, includes recognizing energy information or additional information except for the energy information; and providing recommended information related to an operation of the component within a recommended range on the basis of the recognized energy information or the additional information. | 08-07-2014 |