# US 2026/0100860 A1 · Automatically registrable home appliance and method therefor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2026/0100860 A1 - Document ID: US20260100860A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 19/104,044 - Filed: 2022-08-31 - Published: 2026-04-09 - Earliest claimed: 2022-08-30 - Assignees: LG Electronics Inc. - Applicants: LG Electronics Inc. - Inventors: Suhwan LEE; Hyunwoo JU - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20260100860A1 ## CPC - H04L 12/2807: {Exchanging configuration information on appliance services in a home automation network (arrangements for maintenance or administration involving network analysis for automatically determining the actual topology of a network H04L41/12; hardware or software tools for network management using graphical user interfaces H04L41/22; address allocation H04L61/50)} - G16Y 10/80: Homes; Buildings - G16Y 40/40: Maintenance of things - H04L 12/28: characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks] (wireless communication networks H04W {; arrangements for dividing the transmission path H04W40/00}) - H04L 2012/285: {Generic home appliances, e.g. refrigerators} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - G16Y: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE INTERNET OF THINGS [IoT] ## Abstract An embodiment provides a first home appliance comprising: a Wi-Fi module that receives medium access control (MAC) information of a second home appliance and broadcast information of the second home appliance from a server; and a control unit that determines whether the MAC information received via the Wi-Fi module matches with MAC information included in the broadcast information, and controls the Wi-Fi module, wherein the control unit requests the server to register the second home appliance on the basis that the MAC information received via the Wi-Fi module matches with the MAC information included in the broadcast information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A first home appliance comprising: a Wi-Fi module configured to receive medium access control (MAC) information of a second home appliance and broadcast information of the second home appliance from a server; and a controller configured to determine whether the MAC information received via the Wi-Fi module matches MAC information included in the broadcast information and control the Wi-Fi module, wherein the controller is configured to request registration of the second home appliance to the server based on a fact that the MAC information received via the Wi-Fi module matches the MAC information included in the broadcast information. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The first home appliance of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to instruct the second home appliance to connect to the server based on the fact that the MAC information received via the Wi-Fi module matches the MAC information included in the broadcast information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The first home appliance of claim 2, wherein the instruction includes router information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The first home appliance of claim 1, wherein the MAC information of the second home appliance is transmitted based on a fact that a user of the first home appliance purchased the second home appliance. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The first home appliance of claim 1, wherein the MAC information of the second home appliance is transmitted based on start of delivery after purchase of the second home appliance. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The first home appliance of claim 5, wherein the MAC information of the second home appliance is transmitted based on a production information system, a delivery information system, and customer information related to the second home appliance. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The first home appliance of claim 6, wherein the delivery information system provides a serial number and the customer information of the second home appliance to the server. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The first home appliance of claim 7, wherein the production information system provides the serial number of the second home appliance and the MAC information of the second home appliance. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The first home appliance of claim 8, wherein the first home appliance is registered in the customer information. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The first home appliance of claim 9, wherein the server transmits the MAC information of the second home appliance corresponding to the serial number to the first home appliance registered in the customer information. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The first home appliance of claim 1, wherein the request for the registration and instruction for connection are performed independently of a user application related to the first home appliance. ### Claim 12 A method for operating a first home appliance, the method comprising: receiving medium access control (MAC) information of a second home appliance and broadcast information of the second home appliance from a server; and determining whether the MAC information received via a Wi-Fi module matches MAC information included in the broadcast information, wherein registration of the second home appliance is requested to the server based on a fact that the MAC information received via the Wi-Fi module matches the MAC information included in the broadcast information.