Publication: Embedded web server-based home appliance networks
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Powerful microcontrollers are used as parts ofmost home and office appliances of today. IntegratingwebserverstotheseintelligentdeviceswillaidincontrollingthemovertheInternetand alsoincreatingeffectiveuserinterfacesintheformofwebpages.Assigningmultiplefunctionalities toasinglebuttononanappliancehelpmanufacturerseconomizeuserinterfaces,but,thiscaneasily createconfusionfortheusers.Sincethecostofweb-basedinterfacesisconsiderablylow,theycanbe usedtoprovide the infrastructure for thedesignof simpleandmoreuser-friendly interfaces for householdappliances.Also,awebpagebasedinterfaceismucheasiertochange,whenneeded,as comparedtoahardware interface.Thispaperpresentsanovel approachtocontroldeviceswith embeddedwebserversovertheInternetandtoformdevicenetworkssuchthattheircomponentscan makeuseofoneanother’s servicesandfunctionswhile improving theuser interfaces.Themain benefitsofthisapproachincludeitslightweightdesign,automaticconfiguration,and,utilizationof widelyavailableandtestednetworkprotocolsofTCP/IPandHTTP.Thevalidityof theapproach hasbeenverifiedthroughaprototypesystemworkingwithrealappliances. r2006ElsevierLtd.All rightsreserved.
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Journal Of Network And Computer Applications
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Academic Press Ltd Elsevier Science Ltd
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Computer science, Hardware architecture, Engineering, Software engineering