Apparatus and methods for providing home network service

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9749146-B2
Application number	US-201514918682-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 21, 2015
Priority date	Oct 21, 2014
Publication date	Aug 29, 2017
Grant date	Aug 29, 2017

Abstract

An apparatus and method for providing a home network service are provided. The method may include creating a user account in a server, receiving first initial setting information from an electronic device, transmitting second initial setting information to the electronic device, and receiving a message regarding registration of the electronic device from the server.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of providing a home network service, the method comprising:
creating a user account in a server;
receiving first initial setting information from an electronic device;
transmitting second initial setting information to the electronic device;
receiving a message regarding registration of the electronic device from the server;
requesting the server to transmit a user list of users using the electronic device;
receiving the user list from the server; and
requesting the server to perform deauthentication of a predetermined user among the users.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a request for addition of a new user from the server;
transmitting an approval for the addition of the new user to the server;
receiving, from the server, a user addition request to control and manage an electronic device of the new user; and
transmitting a user addition approval to the server.

3. A method of providing a home network service, the method comprising:
transmitting first initial setting information to a terminal;
receiving second initial setting information from the terminal;
transmitting registration information for registration of an electronic device to a proxy;
receiving a registration state update message from the proxy;
wherein the first initial setting information comprises a unique code of the electronic device; and
the second initial setting information comprises at least one of a password and a Service Set Identifier (SSID) of the proxy and the ID and password used in the user account.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the registration information comprises at least one of a password and an Identification (ID) used in a user account generated in a server, terminal information and a unique code of the electronic device.

5. A method of providing a home network service, the method comprising:
receiving registration information for registration of an electronic device from the electronic device;
registering the electronic device;
transmitting the registration information to a server;
receiving a registration completion message indicating completion of the registration of the electronic device from the server;
transmitting a registration state update message to the electronic device;
receiving information for user authentication from the server and performing authentication;
receiving a user deauthentication request message from the server; and
performing user deauthentication.

Assignees

• Electronics & Telecommunications Res Inst

Inventors

• Lee Eun Seo
• Park Jun Hee
• Kim Hyun

Classifications

• H04L12/2809 Primary

  indicating that an appliance service is present in a home automation network (monitoring functionality H04L43/0817; discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services, H04L67/51) · CPC title

• H04L67/34

  involving the movement of software or configuration parameters  (network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416) · CPC title

• H04L2012/2841

  Wireless · CPC title

• H04L41/00

  Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks · CPC title

• H04L41/0806

  for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play · CPC title