Electronic device, personal cloud apparatus, personal cloud system and method for registering personal cloud apparatus in user portal server thereof

An electronic device comprising:

• a communicator configured to perform communication with a personal cloud apparatus and an external server;
• a storage;
• and
• a controller configured to perform pairing with a personal cloud apparatus, to acquire information of an access point to connect the personal cloud apparatus to a network, and to control the communicator to transmit the acquired information to the personal cloud apparatus when an application is executed, and to register the personal cloud apparatus to a registration server when the personal cloud apparatus is connected to the network via the access point.

A method of a personal cloud system for registering a personal cloud apparatus to a registration server, the method comprising:

• pairing an electronic device with the personal cloud apparatus when an application of the electronic device is executed and a button of the personal cloud apparatus is selected;
• acquiring, at the electronic device, information of an access point from the access point, to connect the personal cloud apparatus to a network;
• transmitting, at the electronic device, the information of the access point to the personal cloud apparatus;
• connecting, at the personal cloud apparatus, to the access point using the information of the access point;
• transmitting, at the electronic device, user account information and information of the personal cloud apparatus to the registration server, to register the personal cloud apparatus to the registration server;
• and
• registering, at the registration server, the personal cloud apparatus, and transmitting domain information and peer ID information of a network server to which the personal cloud apparatus can connect, to the electronic device.

A method for registering a personal cloud apparatus to a registration server, the method comprising:

• pairing with an electronic device when a button provided on the personal cloud apparatus is selected;
• receiving from the electronic device information of an access point;
• connecting to the access point using the information of the access point;
• and
• transmitting MAC address information to the electronic device to register the personal cloud apparatus to the registration server.