APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AND MONITORING HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC G05B19/418 

FIELD: information technology.

SUBSTANCE: apparatus with a network server computer and a programmable control unit for controlling a household appliance with several controllers, wherein the network server computer has memory for storing at least one website with at least one input means for actuating the control unit, and the control unit has at least one communication interface for establishing a network connection, through which a website can be accessed, wherein the network server computer is at least partially integrated into the control unit, and the control unit is adapted to launch an automatic installation process, wherein the control unit, through the communication interface, sends a controller list with controllers connected to the control unit to a central server installation computer and requests the website from the central server installation computer.

EFFECT: possibility of an automatic installation process for a household appliance with a plurality of user interfaces adapted under corresponding controllers.

20 cl, 16 dwg