# US 11,451,641 B2 · Method for enabling smart device to access network, network access method, apparatus, device, system and computer-readable storage medium

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- Number: US 11,451,641 B2
- Document ID: US11451641B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/927,453
- Filed: 2020-07-13
- Published: 2021-05-06
- Granted: 2022-09-20
- Earliest claimed: 2019-11-06
- Assignees: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Juejia Zhou
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11451641B2

## CPC

- H04L 67/34: {involving the movement of software or configuration parameters (network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416)}
- H04W 12/062: Pre-authentication
- G06Q 30/0609: {Qualifying participants for shopping transactions (payment transaction verification G06Q20/401)}
- G06Q 30/0641: {utilising user interfaces specially adapted for shopping}
- G16Y 10/45: Commerce
- H04L 67/12: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
- H04W 48/16: Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
- G06Q 10/08: Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
- H04W 12/71: Hardware identity
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G16Y: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE INTERNET OF THINGS [IoT]

## Abstract

A method for enabling a smart device to access a network can be applied to a server of an online shopping system, the method including: receiving a purchase order for the smart device submitted by a designated user, and determining the smart device shipped corresponding to the purchase order; and in response to that the purchase order includes at least one network configuration information, sending a write signal, the write signal is used to notify writing of the network configuration information to the smart device, so as to enable the smart device to access a network according to the network configuration information.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for enabling a smart device to access a network, which is applied to a server of an online shopping system, the method comprising:
receiving a purchase order for the smart device submitted by a designated user, and determining the smart device shipped corresponding to the purchase order;
in response to determining that the purchase order includes at least one network configuration information, sending a write signal to the smart device to make the network configuration information to be written to the smart device, so as to enable the smart device to access a network according to the network configuration information; and
in response to determining that the purchase order does not include network configuration information, acquiring a smart device identification of the smart device and sending the smart device identification to a control terminal, wherein the smart device identification is configured to describe uniqueness of the smart device and a home subscriber of the control terminal is a user of the smart device, so that when the smart device which is delivered broadcasts a first identification, the control terminal, in response to whether the first identification matches with the smart device identification, determines whether the delivered smart device is a target device.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, further comprising:
in response to determining that the purchase order includes at least one network configuration information, acquiring the smart device identification of the smart device; and
sending the smart device identification to the control terminal, wherein the home subscriber of the control terminal is the user of the smart device, so that the user or the control terminal determines whether the smart device which is delivered is a target device according to the smart device identification.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method according to claim 2, wherein the smart device identification is provided on an outer surface of the smart device or a packaging of the smart device.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The method according to claim 3, wherein the purchase order comprises a second identification and the second identification is used to describe uniqueness of the home subscriber of the control terminal,
wherein the sending the smart device identification to the control terminal comprises:
sending the smart device identification to the control terminal through the second identification.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The method according to claim 2, wherein the purchase order comprises a second identification and the second identification is used to describe uniqueness of the home subscriber of the control terminal,
wherein the sending the smart device identification to the control terminal comprises:
sending the smart device identification to the control terminal through the second identification.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the purchase order comprises a second identification and the second identification is used to describe uniqueness of the home subscriber of the control terminal,
wherein the sending the smart device identification to the control terminal comprises:
sending the smart device identification to the control terminal through the second identification.

### Claim 7

An online shopping system, wherein the online shopping system comprises a client-side and a server-side,
the client-side is configured for enabling a designated user to submit a purchase order for a smart device to the server-side;
the server-side is configured for receiving the purchase order for the smart device submitted by the designated user and determining the smart device shipped corresponding to the purchase order; and
the server-side is further configured for:
in response to determining that the purchase order includes at least one network configuration information, sending a write signal to the smart device to make the at least one network configuration information to be written to the smart device, so as to allow the smart device to access to a network according to the at least one network configuration information;
in response to determining that the purchase order does not include network configuration information, acquiring a smart device identification of the smart device and sending the smart device identification to a control terminal, wherein the smart device identification is configured to describe uniqueness of the smart device and a home subscriber of the control terminal is a user of the smart device, so that when the smart device which is delivered broadcasts a first identification, the control terminal, in response to whether the first identification matches with the smart device identification, determines whether the delivered smart device is a target device.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The online shopping system of claim 7, wherein the client-side is further configured to:
detect whether the network configuration information is stored; and
in response to detecting that the network configuration information is stored, accessing the network according to the stored network configuration information.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The online shopping system of claim 8, wherein the client-side is further configured to:
in response to detecting that the network configuration information is not stored, broadcast a first identification, such that after receiving the first identification, a control terminal determines whether the smart device is a target device according to whether the first identification matches with stored smart device identification, wherein the first identification is used to describe uniqueness of the smart device;
establish a communication connection with the control terminal and receive the network configuration information sent by the control terminal; and
access the network according to the received network configuration information.

### Claim 10

An apparatus for enabling a smart device to access a network, which is applied to a server of an online shopping system, the apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a memory device storing instructions for execution by the processor,
wherein the processor is configured to:
receive a purchase order for the smart device submitted by a designated user, and determine the smart device shipped corresponding to the purchase order; and
in response to determining that the purchase order includes at least one network configuration information, send a write signal to the smart device to make the network configuration information to be written to the smart device, so as to enable the smart device to access a network according to the network configuration information; and
in response to determining that the purchase order does not include network configuration information, acquire a smart device identification of the smart device and send the smart device identification to a control terminal, wherein the smart device identification is configured to describe uniqueness of the smart device and a home subscriber of the control terminal is a user of the smart device, so that when the smart device which is delivered broadcasts a first identification, the control terminal, in response to whether the first identification matches with the smart device identification, determines whether the delivered smart device is a target device.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:
in response to determining that the purchase order includes at least one network configuration information, acquire the smart device identification of the smart device;
send the smart device identification to the control terminal, wherein the home subscriber of the control terminal is the user of the smart device, so that the user or the control terminal determines whether the smart device which is delivered is a target device according to the smart device identification.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the smart device identification is provided on an outer surface of the smart device or a packaging of the smart device.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the purchase order comprises a second identification and the second identification is used to describe the uniqueness of the home subscriber of the control terminal, and the processor is further configured to send the smart device identification to the control terminal through the second identification.

### Claim 14 (depends on 10)

The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the purchase order comprises a second identification; and
wherein the second identification is used to describe the uniqueness of the home subscriber of the control terminal; and
the processor is further configured to send the smart device identification to the control terminal through the second identification.