# US 2015/0150102 A1 · Bridge device controlling system, bridge device, and bridge device controlling method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2015/0150102 A1 - Document ID: US20150150102A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/315,067 - Filed: 2014-06-25 - Published: 2015-05-28 - Earliest claimed: 2013-11-27 - Assignees: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Dong Jin YOON; Tae Gyu RYU - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20150150102A1 ## CPC - H04W 12/06: Authentication - H04L 63/083: {using passwords (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226)} - H04W 12/50: Secure pairing of devices - H04L 41/0803: Configuration setting - H04L 63/18: {using different networks or channels, e.g. using out of band channels (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key distribution involving distinctive intermediate devices or communication paths H04L9/0827; cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for authentication using a plurality of channels H04L9/3215)} - H04W 12/77: Graphical identity - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A bridge device controlling system may include: a bridge device including an authentication code; and a wireless communications terminal generating authentication information depending on the authentication code provided by the bridge device and providing the generated authentication information to the bridge device. The bridge device may provide authentication authority to the wireless communications terminal in the case in which the authentication information provided by the wireless communications terminal coincides with preset reference information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A bridge device controlling system comprising: a bridge device including an authentication code; and a wireless communications terminal generating authentication information depending on the authentication code provided by the bridge device and providing the generated authentication information to the bridge device, wherein the bridge device provides authentication authority to the wireless communications terminal in the case in which the authentication information provided by the wireless communications terminal coincides with preset reference information. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The bridge device controlling system of claim 1, wherein the bridge device includes: an authentication code outputting unit including at least one of a quick response (QR) code and a light emitting diode (LED) indicator; a first wireless communications unit receiving the authentication information provided by the wireless communications terminal in a preset wireless communications scheme; a memory unit storing the preset reference information therein; and an authentication authority generating unit comparing the authentication information with the preset reference information to generate the authentication authority, and the authentication code is at least one of the QR code and LED information output from the LED indicator. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The bridge device controlling system of claim 2, wherein the wireless communications terminal includes: a QR code recognizing unit reading the QR code; an illumination sensing unit receiving the LED information output from the LED indicator; an authentication information generating unit generating the authentication information using at least one of the QR code and the LED information; a second wireless communications unit providing the authentication information to the bridge device in a preset wireless communications scheme; and a controlling unit controlling the bridge device depending on the authentication authority provided by the bridge device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The bridge device controlling system of claim 3, wherein the authentication information generating unit generates the authentication information by performing a preset operation between at least one of the QR code and the LED information and a preset serial number. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The bridge device controlling system of claim 2, wherein the preset wireless communications scheme includes a Wi-Fi communications scheme, a Bluetooth communications scheme, and a Zigbee communications scheme. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The bridge device controlling system of claim 3, wherein the preset wireless communications scheme includes a Wi-Fi communications scheme, a Bluetooth communications scheme, and a Zigbee communications scheme. ### Claim 7 A bridge device comprising: an authentication code outputting unit including an authentication code; a wireless communications unit receiving authentication information corresponding to the authentication code from the outside in a preset wireless communications scheme; and an authentication authority generating unit comparing the authentication information with preset reference information to generate authentication authority, wherein the authentication code outputting unit includes at least one of a QR code and an LED indicator, and the authentication code includes at least one of the QR code and LED information output from the LED indicator. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The bridge device of claim 7, further comprising a memory unit storing the preset reference information therein. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The bridge device of claim 7, wherein the preset wireless communications scheme includes a Wi-Fi communications scheme, a Bluetooth communications scheme, and a Zigbee communications scheme. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The bridge device of claim 7, wherein the wireless communications unit provides the authentication authority to the outside and receives a control signal from the outside depending on the authentication authority. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The bridge device of claim 7, wherein the authentication authority generating unit compares a result value generated by performing an operation on the authentication information in a preset scheme with the preset reference information and generates the authentication authority in the case in which the result value coincides with the preset reference information. ### Claim 12 A bridge device controlling method comprising: extracting, by a wireless communications terminal, an authentication code from a bridge device; generating, by the wireless communications terminal, authentication information depending on the extracted authentication code, and providing the generated authentication information to the bridge device in a preset wireless communications scheme; receiving, from the bridge device, the authentication code, and determining whether the authentication code coincides with preset reference information; and generating, by the bridge device, authentication authority in the case in which the authentication code coincides with the preset reference information, and providing the generated authentication authority to the wireless communications terminal. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The bridge device controlling method of claim 12, wherein the authentication code includes at least one of a QR code and LED information output from an LED indicator. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The bridge device controlling method of claim 13, wherein the extracting of the authentication code includes: recognizing, by the wireless communications terminal, the QR code through a QR code recognizing unit; and receiving, from the wireless communications terminal, the LED information using an illumination sensing unit. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The bridge device controlling method of claim 13, wherein in the generating of the authentication information, the authentication information is generated by performing a preset operation between at least one of the QR code and the LED information and a preset serial number. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The bridge device controlling method of claim 12, wherein the preset wireless communications scheme includes a Wi-Fi communications scheme, a Bluetooth communications scheme, and a Zigbee communications scheme. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The bridge device controlling method of claim 12, further comprising providing, by the wireless communications terminal, a control signal for controlling the bridge device depending on the authentication authority. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The bridge device controlling method of claim 12, wherein in the generating of the authentication authority, the authentication authority is generated in the case in which a result value generated by performing an operation on the authentication information in a preset scheme coincides with the preset reference information.