Apparatus and method for controlling peripheral in wireless communication system using an IP address

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9264394-B2
Application number	US-201113174372-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 30, 2011
Priority date	Jun 30, 2010
Publication date	Feb 16, 2016
Grant date	Feb 16, 2016

Abstract

An apparatus and method control a connection between peripheral devices in a control server of a wireless communication system providing an IP-based communication service. The method for controlling the connection between peripheral devices includes registering at least one device in a group list classified by user identification information. The method also includes, if a control node including a user identifier of the group list requests a control of any one device included in the group list, checking an IP address of the device that is requested to be controlled by the control node. The method further includes sending a control command of the control node using the IP address.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, implemented by a control server of a wireless communication system that provides an Internet Protocol (IP) based communication service, to control a connection between a control node and one or more devices, the method comprising:
registering, at the control server, the one or more devices into a group list classified by user identification information of the control node;
receiving, at the control server, a control request signal from the control node;
identifying, at the control server, a device corresponding to the control request signal in the group list;
identifying, at the control server, an IP address of the identified device; and
transmitting a control command of the control node to the identified device using the identified IP address.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user identification information includes one or more phone numbers of the respective devices.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the registering of the one or more devices comprises:
checking registration information of a device requesting registration;
when any one device requests a search, checking search request information received from the device requesting the search; and
when the registration information is matched with the search request information, adding the device requesting the registration to a group list classified by user identification information of the device requesting the search.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the registration information includes at least one of a device type, a model name, a serial number, and a supportable function.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the search request information includes at least one of a model name and a serial number of a device for the search.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, after registering the one or more devices in the group list, transmitting group list information to the one or more devices registered in the group list.

7. A control server to control a connection between a control node and one or more devices of a wireless communication system providing an Internet Protocol (IP) based communication service, the control server comprising:
a communication interface configured to transmit and receive signals;
an IP address checker configured to check an IP address of at least one device of the one or more devices;
a group controller configured to register the one or more devices in a group list classified by user identification information of the control node; and
a controller configured to:
receive a control request signal from the control node through the communication interface,
identify a device corresponding to the control request signal in the group list,
identify an IP address of the identified device through the IP address checker, and
control a transmission of a control command of the control node to the identified device using the IP address.

8. The control server of claim 7 , wherein the group controller is configured to use one or more phone numbers of the respective one or more device as the user identification information.

9. The control server of claim 7 , wherein when at least one device requests registration, the group controller is configured to check registration information of the device requesting registration,
when any one device requests a search, the group controller is configured to check search request information received from the device requesting the search, and
when the registration information is matched with the search request information, the group controller is configured to add the device requesting the registration to a group list classified by user identification information of the device requesting the search.

10. The control server of claim 9 , wherein the registration information includes at least one of a device type, a model name, a serial number, and a supportable function.

11. The control server of claim 9 , wherein the search request information includes at least one of a model name and a serial number of the device for the search.

12. The control server of claim 7 , wherein after registering the devices in the group list, the group controller is configured to transmit group list information to the one or more devices registered in the group list.

13. A wireless communication system providing an Internet Protocol (IP) based communication service, comprising:
one or more devices configured to request registration to a control server; and
the control server configured to:
register the one or more devices requesting registration into a group list classified by user identification information of a control node,
receive a control request signal from the control node;
identify a device corresponding the control request signal in the group list;
identify an IP address of the identified device, and
transmit a control command of the control node to the identified device using the identified IP address.

14. The wireless communication system of claim 13 , wherein the control server is configured to check the IP address of the device.

15. The wireless communication system of claim 13 , wherein the control server is configured to use one or more phone numbers of the respective one or more devices as the user identification information.

16. The wireless communication system of claim 13 , wherein:
the control server is configured to check registration information of a device requesting registration,
when any one device requests a search, the control server is configured to check search request information received from the device requesting the search, and
when the registration information is matched with the search request information, the control server is configured to add the device requesting the registration to the group list classified by user identification information of the device requesting the search.

17. The wireless communication system of claim 16 , wherein the registration information includes at least one of a device type, a model name, a serial number, and a supportable function.

18. The wireless communication system of claim 16 , wherein the search request information includes at least one of a model name and a serial number of the device for the search.

19. The wireless communication system of claim 13 , wherein after registering the devices in the group list, the control server is configured to transmit group list information to the one or more devices registered in the group list.

20. The wireless communication system of claim 13 , wherein the control node is configured to be controlled by the control server.

Assignees

• Choi Woo-Jun
• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Choi Woo-Jun

Classifications

• H04L63/08

  for authentication of entities (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32) · CPC title

• H04L61/106 Primary

  across networks, e.g. mapping telephone numbers to data network addresses · CPC title

• H04L61/605

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L29/12896

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W4/08 Primary

  User group management · CPC title