Method and system for controlling home appliance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12519675-B2
Application number	US-202418406362-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 8, 2024
Priority date	Jul 8, 2021
Publication date	Jan 6, 2026
Grant date	Jan 6, 2026

Abstract

Provided is a method by which a server device controls a home appliance. The method includes: storing in the server device a first instruction packet of a first group device connected to a home network hub device and controlled by the first instruction packet broadcast from the home network hub device; identifying, based on a first scenario, the first instruction packet for controlling an operation of the first group device and a second instruction packet for controlling an operation of a second group device; and transmitting the first instruction packet to a relay device connected to the home network hub device and transmitting the second instruction packet to the second group device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method by which a server device controls a home appliance, the method comprising:
receiving a first instruction packet of a first group device, which is connected to a home network hub device and controlled by the first instruction packet broadcast from the home network hub device, from a relay device connected to the home network hub device; storing in the server device the first instruction packet; identifying, based on first environment information obtained from the first group device or a second group device, a first scenario corresponding to the first environment information among a scenario list defining at least one operation of at least one of the first group device or the second group device; identifying, based on the first scenario, the first instruction packet for controlling an operation of the first group device and a second instruction packet for controlling an operation of the second group device; and transmitting the first instruction packet to the relay device connected to the home network hub device and transmitting the second instruction packet to the second group device.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first instruction packet comprises first identification information comprising destination information for transmission to the relay device, and
the second instruction packet comprises second identification information comprising destination information for transmission to the second group device.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first instruction packet is transmitted from the relay device to the home network hub device and is broadcast from the home network hub device to the first group device.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the storing of the first instruction packet of the first group device comprises:
providing, to an electronic device communicating with the server device, a graphical user interface (GUI) for guiding registration of operation of the first group device; receiving an instruction packet, through the relay device, which is broadcast from the home network hub device to the relay device, based on an operation of the first group device corresponding to the GUI; and matching the received instruction packet and the operation of the first group device and storing the matched information in a lookup table of the server device, wherein storing the received instruction as the first instruction packet.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
obtaining at least one piece of environment information from the first group device or the second group device; providing, to an electronic device, a plurality of recommended scenarios in which the obtained at least one piece of environment information is matched to the at least one operation of at least one of the first group device or the second group device; and adding a second scenario to the scenario list based on receiving an input for selecting the second scenario related to second environment information among the plurality of recommended scenarios through the electronic device.

6 . A server device comprising:
a communication interface configured to communicate with at least one home appliance; at least one processor; and a memory storing one or more instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the server device to perform: an operation of receiving a first instruction packet of a first group device, which is connected to a home network hub device and controlled by the first instruction packet broadcast from the home network hub device, from a relay device connected to the home network hub device; an operation of storing the first instruction packet; an operation of identifying, based on first environment information obtained from the first group device or a second group device, a first scenario corresponding to the first environment information among a scenario list defining at least one operation of at least one of the first group device or the second group device; an operation of identifying, based on the first scenario, at least one of the first instruction packet for controlling an operation of the first group device or a second instruction packet for controlling an operation of the second group device; and an operation of transmitting the first instruction packet to the relay device connected to the home network hub device and transmitting the second instruction packet to the second group device, wherein the at least one home appliance includes at least one of the second group device or the relay device.

7 . The server device of claim 6 , wherein the first instruction packet comprises first identification information comprising destination information for transmission to the relay device, and
the second instruction packet comprises second identification information comprising destination information for transmission to the second group device.

8 . The server device of claim 6 , wherein the first instruction packet is transmitted from the relay device to the home network hub device and is broadcast from the home network hub device to the first group device.

9 . The server device of claim 6 , wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the server device to perform:
an operation of providing, to an electronic device communicating with the server device, a graphical user interface (GUI) for guiding registration of operation of the first group device; an operation of receiving an instruction packet, through the relay device, which is broadcast from the home network hub device to the relay device, based on an operation of the first group device corresponding to the GUI; and an operation of matching the received instruction packet and the operation of the first group device and storing the matched information in a lookup table of the server device, wherein storing the received instruction packet as the first instruction packet.

10 . The server device of claim 6 , wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the server device to perform:
an operation of obtaining at least one piece of environment information from the first group device or the second group device; an operation of providing, to an electronic device, a plurality of recommended scenarios in which the obtained at least one piece of environment information is matched to the at least one operation of at least one of the first group device or the second group device; and an operation of adding a second scenario to the scenario list based on receiving an input for selecting the second scenario related to second environment information among the plurality of recommended scenarios through the electronic device.

11 . A relay device comprising:
a first standard communication interface configured to communicate with a home network hub device; a second standard communication interface configured to communicate with a server device; at least one processor; and a memory storing one or more instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the relay device to perform: an operation of receiving a first instruction packet for controlling an operation of a first group device, which is broadcast from the home network hub device, through the first standard communication interface, an operation of transmitting the received first instruction packet from the home network hub device to the server device through the second standard communication interface to store the first instruction packet in the server device, an operation of receiving the first instruction packet from the server device through the second standard communication interfa

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Kunyoung

Classifications

• H04L12/282

  based on user interaction within the home (receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204) · CPC title

• G06F3/04817

  using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) · CPC title

• H04L12/2823

  Reporting information sensed by appliance or service execution status of appliance services in a home automation network (device-related reporting H04L43/065; arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom H04Q9/00) · CPC title

• H04L2012/285

  Generic home appliances, e.g. refrigerators · CPC title

• H04L2012/2841

  Wireless · CPC title