Networking method for household appliance, household appliance, and terminal device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12170658-B2
Application number	US-202217703299-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 24, 2022
Priority date	Oct 29, 2019
Publication date	Dec 17, 2024
Grant date	Dec 17, 2024

Abstract

A networking method for a household appliance, a household appliance, and a terminal device are provided. The household appliance is provided with a network module. According to the method, the network module receives router information and the account and the password of a router transmitted by a mobile terminal. The router information contains time-related data required for logging into the router; according to the router information and the account and the password of the router, log into the router.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A networking method for a household appliance, wherein the household appliance is provided with a hardware processor for implementing a network module, the networking method comprising:
receiving, by the hardware processor, router information and an account and a password of a router transmitted by a mobile terminal, the router information comprising time-related data required to access the router;
accessing, by the hardware processor, the router according to the router information and the account and the password of the router; and
after accessing the router:
receiving, by the hardware processor, a random number transmitted by the mobile terminal;
transmitting, by the hardware processor, the random number received from the mobile terminal to a server via the router so that the server sends back the random number transmitted from the household appliance to the mobile terminal; and
broadcasting, by the hardware processor, the random number to the mobile terminal, so that the mobile terminal compares the random number transmitted from the server with the random number broadcasted from the household appliance to confirm a network setup between the household appliance and the router is completed based on a result of the comparison being a consistent comparison.

2. The networking method for a household appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the time-related data required by accessing the router comprises some or all of router bandwidth, router channel, and router encryption.

3. The networking method for a household appliance according to claim 1 , wherein the time-related data required by accessing the router comprises connection handshake protocol data connected to the router.

4. The networking method for a household appliance according to claim 2 , wherein the time-related data required by accessing the router comprises connection handshake protocol data connected to the router.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a networking program of a household appliance that, when executed by a hardware processor, implements the networking method according to claim 1 .

6. A networking method for a household appliance, wherein the household appliance is provided with a hardware processor for implementing a network module, the networking method comprises:
acquiring, by a mobile terminal, router information;
transmitting, by the mobile terminal, the router information and an account and a password of a router to the hardware processor, so that the hardware processor accesses the router according to the router information and the account and the password of the router, wherein the router information comprises time-related data required to access the router; and
after the household appliance accesses the router:
transmitting, by the mobile terminal, a random number to the hardware processor;
receiving, by the mobile terminal, the random number from a server, wherein the server received the random number transmitted from the mobile terminal via the router;
receiving, by the mobile terminal, the random number broadcasted by the household appliance;
comparing, by the mobile terminal, the random number received from the server with the random number received from the household appliance; and
confirming, by the mobile terminal, a network setup between the household appliance and the router is completed based on a result of the comparison being a consistent comparison.

7. A mobile terminal comprising a hardware processor, wherein the hardware processor is configured to implement the networking method according to claim 6 .

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a networking program of a household appliance that, when executed by a processor, implements the networking method according to claim 6 .

9. A household appliance comprising a hardware processor for implementing a network module,
wherein the hardware processor is configured to;
receive router information and an account and a password of a router transmitted by a mobile terminal, the router information comprising time-related data required to access the router;
access the router according to the router information and the account and the password of the router; and
after accessing the router:
receive a random number transmitted by the mobile terminal;
transmit the random number received from the mobile terminal to a server via the router so that the server sends back the random number transmitted from the household appliance to the mobile terminal; and
broadcast the random number to the mobile terminal, so that the mobile terminal compares the random number transmitted from the server with the random number broadcasted from the household appliance to confirm a network setup between the household appliance and the router is completed based on a result of the comparison being a consistent comparison.

Assignees

• Gd Midea Air Conditioning Equipment Co Ltd
• Midea Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yan Lin

Classifications

• H04W84/12

  WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] · CPC title

• H04W12/50

  Secure pairing of devices · CPC title

• H04L63/083 Primary

  using passwords (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226) · CPC title

• H04W48/14

  using user query {or user detection} · CPC title

• H04W48/16

  Discovering, processing access restriction or access information · CPC title