Method and apparatus for binding device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016277236-A1
Application number	US-201615051175-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 23, 2016
Priority date	Mar 16, 2015
Publication date	Sep 22, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method and an apparatus are provided for binding a terminal with an electronic device. In the method, the server receives a binding request sent from a terminal, where the binding request includes a device identification identifying an electronic device and a user account corresponding to the terminal. The server determines whether there exists a record involving the user account and the device identification in the server. When determining that the record exists in the server, the server binds the user account and the device identification.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method, comprising:
receiving, by a server comprising a processor, a binding request sent from a terminal, wherein the binding request comprises a device identification identifying an electronic device and a user account corresponding to the terminal; determining whether there exists a record involving the user account and the device identification in the server; and when determining that the record exists in the server, binding the user account and the device identification.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein before receiving the binding request sent from the terminal, the method further comprises:
receiving a network access inquiry request sent from the terminal, wherein the network access inquiry request comprises the user account corresponding to the terminal and the device identification of the electronic device which requests to access a wireless network, and the wireless network is a network which the terminal has accesses; determining whether there exists a record involving the user account and the device identification in the server; and when there exists a record involving the user account and the device identification in the server, sending instruction information to the terminal, wherein the instruction information is configured to instruct enabling the electronic device to access the wireless network so that the terminal generates and sends the binding request.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
storing, by the server, the record when a user conducts a redemption involving the electronic device and the user account.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the user account comprises a login user account that is logged into in the terminal.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the user account comprises a login user account that is input into the terminal by a user.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the device identification of the electronic device is obtained by the terminal according to a network access request broadcast by the electronic device.

7 . An apparatus, comprising:
a processor; and a memory for storing transactions; wherein the processor is configured to perform: receiving a binding request sent from a terminal, wherein the binding request comprises a device identification identifying an electronic device and a user account corresponding to the terminal; determining whether there exists a record involving the user account and the device identification in the transactions; and when determining that the record exists in the transactions, binding the user account and the device identification.

8 . The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured to perform:
receiving a network access inquiry request sent from the terminal, wherein the network access inquiry request comprises the user account corresponding to the terminal and the device identification of the electronic device which requests to access a wireless network, and the wireless network is a network which the terminal has accesses; determining whether there exists a record involving the user account and the device identification in the transactions; and when there exists a record involving the user account and the device identification in the transactions, sending instruction information to the terminal, wherein the instruction information is configured to instruct enabling the electronic device to access the wireless network so that the terminal generates and sends the binding request.

9 . The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured to store the record when a user conducts a transaction involving the electronic device and the user account.

10 . The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the user account comprises a login user account which is logged into in the terminal.

11 . The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the user account comprises a login user account which is input into the terminal by a user.

12 . The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the device identification of the electronic device is obtained by the terminal according to a network access request broadcast by the electronic device.

13 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed by a processor of a server, causes the server to perform acts comprising:
receiving a binding request sent from a terminal, wherein the binding request comprises a device identification identifying an electronic device and a user account corresponding to the terminal; determining whether there exists a record involving the user account and the device identification in the server; and when determining that the record exists in the server, binding the user account and the device identification.

14 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13 , wherein the acts further comprise:
receiving a network access inquiry request sent from the terminal, wherein the network access inquiry request comprises the user account corresponding to the terminal and the device identification of the electronic device which requests to access a wireless network, and the wireless network is a network which the terminal has accesses; determining whether there exists a record involving the user account and the device identification in a record database; and when there exists a record involving the user account and the device identification in the record database, sending instruction information to the terminal, wherein the instruction information is configured to instruct enabling the electronic device to access the wireless network so that the terminal generates and sends the binding request.

15 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13 , wherein the acts further comprising: storing the record when a user conducts a redemption involving the electronic device and the user account.

16 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13 , wherein the user account comprises a login user account which is logged into in the terminal.

17 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13 , wherein the user account comprises a login user account which is input into the terminal by a user.

18 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13 , wherein the device identification of the electronic device is obtained by the terminal according to a network access request broadcast by the electronic device.

Assignees

• Xiaomi Inc

Inventors

• Chen Changbing
• Zhou Shangtao
• Hou Enxing

Classifications

• H04W12/06 Primary

  Authentication · CPC title

• H04L63/20

  for managing network security; network security policies in general (filtering policies H04L63/0227) · CPC title

• H04L63/0876

  based on the identity of the terminal or configuration, e.g. MAC address, hardware or software configuration or device fingerprint · CPC title

• H04L41/0803 Primary

  Configuration setting · CPC title

• H04L67/42

  Electricity · mapped topic