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An automated system for providing different services within a house includes an appliance coordination data network for communicating relatively low speed appliance digital data within a house, a high capacity data network for transferring high speed digital data within the house, an energy distribu

An automated system for providing different services within a house includes an appliance coordination data network for communicating relatively low speed appliance digital data within a house, a high capacity data network for transferring high speed digital data within the house, an energy distribution system for distributing energy throughout the house, an analog services distribution system for distributing conventional analog signals throughout the house and a video services distribution network for distributing video services throughout the house. The appliance coordination network interfaces with the energy distribution system to control the flow of energy to appliances throughout the house responsive to a digital request or interrogation signal that is emitted from the appliance itself.

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An automated system apparatus for providing energy from an energy source and communication services within a house to appliances capable of receiving and generating appliance digital data, comprising: appliance coordination data network means for communicating appliance digital data within the house

An automated system apparatus for providing energy from an energy source and communication services within a house to appliances capable of receiving and generating appliance digital data, comprising: appliance coordination data network means for communicating appliance digital data within the house; higher capacity data network means for transferring higher capacity digital data at a rate faster than said appliance digital data within the house; energy distribution means for supplying said energy from said source to appliances throughout the house responsive to said appliance digital data received from said appliances; analog services distribution means for distributing conventional analog signals throughout the house; video services distributing means for distributing conventional video signals throughout the house; and a plurality of common outlet means disposed throughout the house for connectable attachment of said appliances, each common outlet means connected to and capable of transferring signals from said appliance digital data network means, said higher capacity data network means, said energy distribution means, said analog services distributing means and said video services distributing means.