Automatic registration system and method for home appliances
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsBongmun JANG, Koonseok LEE, Sangjin PARK, Hyunho OH, Won-Chul CHOI
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Abstract
Disclosed is an automatic registration system for home appliances, which may simplify the process of registering a home appliance using a gateway. The automatic registration system for home appliances includes a home appliance that automatically accesses a gateway using a password that is generated based on an SSID of the gateway; accordingly, the user does not feel cumbersome because the user itself do not need to connect a gateway and a home appliance.
Claims16
An automatic registration system for home appliances, comprising:
- an access point connecting to a cloud server through an external communication network;
- a gateway making a wired connection with the access point;
- a home appliance wirelessly accessing the gateway;
- and
- a user terminal configured to register a home appliance that is not registered with a user account through the cloud server among the home appliances that have accessed the gateway,
- wherein the home appliance accesses the gateway using a password that is generated based on an SSID of the gateway.
An automatic registration method for home appliances, comprising:
- searching a gateway that makes a wired connection with an access point and receiving an SSID of the gateway, by a home appliance;
- generating a password on the basis of the SSID, by the home appliance;
- accessing the gateway on the basis of the SSID and password, by the home appliance;
- receiving information on a home appliance that is not registered with a user account among the home appliances that have accessed the gateway, by a user terminal;
- and
- registering the home appliance that is not registered with the user account through a cloud server that is connected with the access point through an external communication network, by the user terminal.
The automatic registration method for home appliances, comprising:
- searching a gateway that makes a wired connection with an access point and receiving an SSID of the gateway, by a user terminal;
- generating a password on the basis of the SSID, by the user terminal;
- converting operation mode of a home appliance into Soft-AP mode, by the user;
- transmitting the SSID and password to the home appliance, by the user terminal;
- receiving information on the home appliance from the home appliance, that the information is need to register the home appliance with a user account, by the user terminal;
- converting operation mode of the home appliance into Wi-Fi mode, by the home appliance;
- accessing the gateway using the SSID and password, by the home appliance;
- receiving information on a home appliance that is not registered with the user account among the home appliances that access the gateway, by the user terminal;
- and
- registering the home appliance that is not registered with the user account through a cloud server that is connected with the access point through an external communication network, by the user terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.