Method, system, and device for initializing a media equipment

• US 10,069,679 B2
• Filed: 08/21/2014
• Issued: 09/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Ye, Zhenrong, Hu, Peng, Liu, Yilan, Liu, Xiang, He, Bo, Song, Bo
• Primary Examiner(s): Zhang, Shirley
• Application Number:
  US14/465,229
• Publication Number:
  US 20140372592A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,475 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

A method for initializing a media includes: obtaining an access point corresponding to a media equipment in a network sharing model; performing a network connection with the media equipment via the access point, and sending paring information to the media equipment via the network connection; accessing to network environment corresponding to the paring information, and paring a control terminal equipment with the media equipment in the network environment. A system includes: an obtaining module, configured to obtain an access point corresponding to a media equipment in a network sharing model; an access processing module, configured to perform a network connection with the media equipment via the access point, and send paring information to the media equipment via the network connection; a paring module, configured to access to network environment corresponding to the paring information, and pair control terminal equipment with media equipment in the network environment.

Claims

1. A method for initializing a media equipment, comprising:

enabling a network sharing model of the media equipment to have an access point for a control terminal equipment to connect to the media equipment, so that a network that has the media equipment as a hotspot is formed, and the formed network corresponds to only the access point, wherein the network sharing model is a Wi-Fi access point model;

performing equipment finding of the media equipment by the control terminal equipment;

obtaining, by the control terminal equipment, the access point corresponding to the media equipment in the network sharing model;

establishing, by the control terminal equipment, a first network connection with the media equipment via the access point in the formed network, and sending pairing information from the control terminal equipment to the media equipment via the first network connection in the formed network;

disenabling the network sharing model to disconnect the first network connection in the formed network whose access point is the media equipment after the pairing information is received by the media equipment, thereby switching to an original network environment where the control terminal equipment is originally in; and

accessing, by the control terminal equipment, to the original network environment corresponding to the pairing information, establishing, by the control terminal equipment, a second network connection with the media equipment in the original network environment corresponding to the pairing information, pairing the control terminal equipment with the media equipment through the first network connection, and initiating the media equipment by the control terminal equipment through the second network connection in the original network environment where the control terminal equipment and the media equipment are both in,

wherein establishing the first network connection with the media equipment via the access point in the formed network, and sending the pairing information to the media equipment via the first network connection in the formed network includes;

obtaining a network parameter of the formed network, and generating the pairing information corresponding to the network parameter;

switching to the formed network where the media equipment is located, and establishing the first network connection with the media equipment via the access point; and

sending the pairing information to the media equipment via the first network connection in the formed network.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the access point corresponding to the media equipment in the network sharing model comprises:

accessing to, by the control terminal equipment, the formed network where the media equipment is located, and obtaining the access point corresponding to the media equipment in the network sharing model by performing equipment filtration in the formed network.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein accessing to the original network environment corresponding to the pairing information, and pairing the control terminal connection with the media equipment through the second network connection comprises:

restoring the control terminal equipment from the first network connection to the second network connection according to the pairing information; and

pairing the control terminal equipment with the media equipment in the second network connection.

4. A method for initializing a media equipment, comprising:

enabling a network sharing model of the media equipment to have an access point for a control terminal equipment to connect to the media equipment, so that a network that has the media equipment as a hotspot is formed, and the formed network corresponds to only the access point, wherein the network sharing model is a Wi-Fi access point model;

enabling Wi-Fi function of the control terminal equipment to perform equipment finding of the media equipment by the control terminal equipment;

establishing a first network connection in which the media equipment is in connection with the control terminal equipment via the access point of the media equipment in the formed network;

receiving, by the media equipment, pairing information sent by the control terminal equipment via the first network connection;

disenabling the network sharing model to disconnect the first network connection in the formed network whose access point is the media equipment after the pairing information is received by the media equipment, thereby switching to an original network environment where the control terminal equipment is originally in; and

establishing to the second network connection with the control terminal equipment in the original network environment corresponding to the pairing information; and

pairing, by the media equipment, with the control terminal equipment according to the pairing information in the second network connection, and initiating initiation of the media equipment by the control terminal equipment through the second network connection in the original network environment where the control terminal equipment and the media equipment are both in,

wherein establishing the first network connection in which the media equipment is in connection with the control terminal equipment via the access point of the media equipment in the formed network includes;

obtaining a network parameter of the formed network, and generating the pairing information corresponding to the network parameter;

switching to the formed network where the media equipment is located, and establishing the first network connection with the media equipment via the access point; and

sending the pairing information to the media equipment via the first network connection in the formed network.

5. A method for initializing a media equipment, comprising:

enabling a network sharing model of the media equipment, so that a network that has the media equipment as a hotspot is formed, and the formed network corresponds to only the access point, wherein the network sharing model is a Wi-Fi access point model;

performing equipment finding of the media equipment by a control terminal equipment with an Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) model;

obtaining the access point corresponding to the media equipment in the network sharing model via the control terminal equipment;

establishing, by the control terminal equipment, a first network connection with the media equipment according to the access point in the formed network, and sending pairing information from the control terminal equipment to the media equipment via the first network connection in the formed network;

receiving, by the media equipment, the pairing information, disenabling the network sharing model to disconnect the first network connection in the formed network whose access point is the media equipment after the pairing information is received by the media equipment, thereby switching to an original network environment where the control terminal equipment is originally in;

establishing a second network connection between the media equipment and the control terminal equipment in the original network environment corresponding to the pairing information; and

accessing the control terminal equipment to the second network connection corresponding to the pairing information, pairing the control terminal equipment with the media equipment through the second network connection, and initiating the media equipment by the control terminal equipment through the second network connection in the original network environment where the control terminal equipment and the media equipment are both in,

wherein establishing, by the control terminal equipment, the second network connection with the media equipment according to the access point, and sending the pairing information to the media equipment via the second network connection comprises;

obtaining, by the control terminal equipment, a network parameter of the formed network, and generating the pairing information corresponding to the network parameter;

switching the control terminal equipment to the formed network where the first network connection with the media equipment is established via the access point; and

sending the pairing information to the media equipment via the first network connection in the formed network.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein obtaining the access point corresponding to the media equipment in the network sharing model via the control terminal equipment comprises:

accessing to, by the control terminal equipment, the formed network where the media equipment is located via the control terminal equipment, and obtaining the access point corresponding to the media equipment in the network sharing model by performing equipment filtration in the formed network.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein accessing the control terminal equipment to the second network connection corresponding to the pairing information, and pairing the control terminal equipment with the media equipment in the original network environment comprises:

restoring the control terminal equipment from the first network connection to the second network connection according to the pairing information; and

pairing the control terminal equipment with the media equipment in the original network environment.

8. A system for initializing a media equipment, comprising:

an enabling module, configured to enable a network sharing model of the media equipment, so that a network that has the media equipment as a hotspot is formed, and the formed network corresponds to only the access point, wherein the network sharing model is a Wi-Fi access point model;

an obtaining module, configured to perform equipment finding of the media equipment by the control terminal equipment and obtain the access point corresponding to the media equipment in the network sharing model;

an access processing module, configured to establish a first network connection with the media equipment via the access point in the formed network, and send pairing information to the media equipment via the first network connection in the formed network;

a network processing module, configured to disenable the network sharing model to disconnect the first network connection in the formed network whose access point is the media equipment after the pairing information is received by the media equipment, thereby switching to an original network environment where the control terminal equipment is originally in, perform network connection according to the received pairing information; and

a pairing module, configured to establish a second network connection between the media equipment and the control terminal equipment in the original network environment corresponding to the pairing information, pair a control terminal equipment with the media equipment through the second network connection in the original network environment, and initiate the media equipment by the control terminal equipment through the second network connection in the original network environment where the control terminal equipment and the media equipment are both in,

wherein the access processing module includes;

an information generating unit, configured to obtain a network parameter of the formed network, and generate the pairing information corresponding to the network parameter;

a switching unit, configured to switch the control terminal equipment to the formed network where the first network connection with the media equipment is established via the access point; and

a sending unit, configured to send the pairing information to the media equipment via the first network connection in the formed network.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

a receiving module, configured to receive the pairing information before the network processing module is configured to disenable the network sharing model.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the obtaining module is further configured to access to the formed network where the media equipment is located, and obtain the access point corresponding to the media equipment in the network sharing model by performing equipment filtration in the formed network.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the pairing module comprises:

a restoring unit, configured to restore the control terminal equipment from the first network connection to the second network connection according to the pairing information; and

an equipment pairing unit, configured to pair with the control terminal equipment the media equipment in the second network connection.

12. A device for initializing a media equipment, comprising:

a network enabling module, configured to enable a network sharing model of the media equipment to have an access point for a control terminal equipment to connect to the media equipment, so that a network that has the media equipment as a hotspot is formed, and the formed network corresponds to only the access point, wherein the network sharing model is a Wi-Fi access point model;

a network obtaining module, configured to perform equipment finding of the media equipment by the control terminal equipment and obtain the access point corresponding to the media equipment in the network sharing model, to form a first network connection in which the media equipment is in connection with the control terminal equipment via the access point of the media equipment in the formed network;

a network accessing module, configured to receive pairing information, to disenable the network sharing model to disconnect the first network connection in the formed network whose access point is the media equipment after the pairing information is received by the media equipment, thereby switching to an original network environment where the control terminal equipment is originally in; and

access the media equipment to the original network environment where the media equipment is located corresponding to the pairing information, and establish a second network connection between the media equipment and the control terminal equipment in the original network environment corresponding to the pairing information; and

a media equipment pairing module, configured to be paired with the control terminal equipment according to the pairing information in the original network environment, and initiate the media equipment by the control terminal equipment through the second network connection in the original network environment where the control terminal equipment and the media equipment are both in,

wherein the network processing module includes;

an information generating unit, configured to obtain a network parameter of the formed network, and generate the pairing information corresponding to the network parameter;

a switching unit, configured to switch the control terminal equipment to the formed network where the first network connection with the media equipment is established via the access point; and

a sending unit, configured to send the pairing information to the media equipment via the first network connection in the formed network.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the network accessing module comprises:

a receiving unit, configured to receive the pairing information before the network processing unit is configured to disenable the network sharing model.

14. A system for initializing a media equipment, comprising:

a network enabling module, configured to enable a network sharing model of the media equipment to have an access point for a control terminal equipment to connect to the media equipment, so that a network that has the media equipment as a hotspot is formed, and the formed network corresponds to only the access point, wherein the network sharing model is a Wi-Fi access point model, wherein the control terminal equipment is configured to perform equipment finding of the media equipment;

an obtaining module, configured to obtain the access point corresponding to the media equipment in the network sharing model via the control terminal equipment;

an access processing module, configured to establish a first network connection with the media equipment via the access point in the formed network, and send pairing information to the media equipment via the first network connection in the formed network;

a network accessing module, configured to receive the pairing information, to disenable the network sharing model to disconnect the second network connection in the formed network whose access point is the media equipment after the pairing information is received by the media equipment, thereby switching to an original network environment where the control terminal equipment is originally in;

to access the media equipment to the original network environment where the media equipment is located corresponding to the pairing information, and establish a second network connection between the media equipment and the control terminal equipment in the original network environment corresponding to the pairing information; and

a pairing module, configured to access the control terminal equipment to the second network connection corresponding to the pairing information, pair the control terminal equipment with the media equipment through the second network connection in the original network environment, and initiate the media equipment by the control terminal equipment through the second network connection in the original network environment where the control terminal equipment and the media equipment are both in,

wherein the access processing module comprises;

an information generating unit, configured to obtain a network parameter of the formed network, and generate the pairing information corresponding to the network parameter;

a switching unit, configured to switch the control terminal equipment to the formed network where the first network connection with the media equipment is established via the access point; and

a sending unit, configured to send the pairing information to the media equipment via the first network connection in the formed network.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the network accessing module comprises:

a receiving unit, configured to receive the pairing information sent by the control terminal equipment before the network processing unit is configured to disenable the network sharing model of the media equipment.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the obtaining module is further configured to access to the formed network environment where the media equipment is located, and obtain the access point corresponding to the media equipment in the network sharing model by performing equipment filtration in the formed network environment.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the pairing module comprises:

a restoring unit, configured to restore the control terminal equipment from the first network connection to the second network connection according to the pairing information; and

an equipment pairing unit, configured to pair with the control terminal equipment the media equipment in the second network connection.