Device control method for registering device information of peripheral device, and device and system thereof

• US 10,116,505 B2
• Filed: 12/12/2013
• Issued: 10/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Sung-won, Ko, Jae-woo
• Primary Examiner(s): Srivastava, Vivek
• Assistant Examiner(s): Khan, Atta
• Application Number:
  US14/104,720
• Publication Number:
  US 20140173069A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,783 Days
• Field of Search: 709221
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2809 indicating that an appliance service is present in a home automation network monitoring functionality H04L43/0817; discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services, H04L67/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/282 based on user interaction within the home receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/082 the condition being updates or upgrades of network functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0884 by delegation of authentication, e.g. a proxy authenticates an entity to be authenticated on behalf of this entity vis-à-vis an authentication entity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication

Abstract

A method, a device, and a system enabling an external device to control a peripheral device by using device information stored in a network device. The device control method includes obtaining device information regarding the first peripheral device, wherein the obtaining is performed by the user device; transmitting the device information regarding the first peripheral device to the network device, wherein the transmitting is performed by the user device; storing the device information, wherein the storing is performed by the network device; and controlling the first peripheral device by using the device information, wherein the controlling is performed by a second peripheral device connected to the network device.

Claims

1. A device control method for controlling a device, the device control method comprising:

providing a first connection structure in which a user device is connected to a first peripheral device, the first peripheral device being controlled by the user device;

obtaining, by the user device, a device information regarding the first peripheral device;

changing the first connection structure to a second connection structure by;

transmitting, by the user device, the device information to a network device,

storing, by the network device, the device information, and

causing a second peripheral device, which is connected to the network device, to become paired with the first peripheral device in response to receiving, by the second peripheral device, the device information of the first peripheral device; and

controlling, by the second peripheral device, the first peripheral device by using the device information, wherein, as a result of the changing to the second connection structure, the first peripheral device is directly controlled by the second peripheral device in place of the user device,

wherein the device information comprises at least one among an IP address, a MAC address, a connection port, and a service set identification (SSID) of the first peripheral device, and

wherein the user device and the first peripheral device are not connected to the second peripheral device in the first connection structure.

2. The device control method of claim 1, wherein the device information further comprises a uniform resource locator (URL) information for downloading an application for controlling the first peripheral device, and

the device control method further comprising downloading and installing the application based on the URL information, the downloading and the installing being performed by the second peripheral device.

3. The device control method of claim 1, further comprising:

connecting to the network device and receiving authorization for controlling the first peripheral device, the connecting and the receiving being performed by the second peripheral device; and

controlling by the second peripheral device, the first peripheral device.

4. The device control method of claim 3, wherein the authorization for controlling the first peripheral device is valid for a corresponding number of times, a corresponding period of time, or a corresponding control operation.

5. The device control method of claim 3, wherein the connecting to the network device and the receiving the authorization for controlling the first peripheral device comprises:

recognizing, by the network device, the second peripheral device; and

receiving, by the second peripheral device, the authorization based on a result of the recognizing.

6. The device control method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting the device information comprises:

if the network device is connected to the user device, requesting, by the network device, the user device to transmit the device information; and

transmitting, by the user device, the device information to the network device in response to the requesting.

7. The device control method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting by the user device, connection information regarding the network device to the first peripheral device; and

transmitting by the first peripheral device, the device information to the network device based on the connection information regarding the network device.

8. The device control method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting information regarding a recommended service according to the device information, by the network device to the user device.

9. The device control method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving by the user device, the device information from the network device; and

if the user device is connected to a second network device, transmitting by the user device, the device information to the second network device,

wherein the second network device controls a third peripheral device connected to the second network device by using the device information.

10. A device control method by which a network device registers a first peripheral device, the device control method comprising:

receiving a device information regarding the first peripheral device from a user device, the first peripheral device being connected to the user device in a first connection structure in which the first peripheral device is controlled by the user device;

storing the device information in the network device; and

transmitting the device information to a second peripheral device connected to the network device,

wherein the second peripheral device is configured to change the first connection structure to a second connection structure by becoming paired with the first peripheral device in response to receiving, by the second peripheral device, the device information of the first peripheral device,

wherein, as a result of the changing to the second connection structure, the first peripheral device is directly controlled by the second peripheral device in place of the user device,

wherein the device information comprises at least one among an IP address, a MAC address, a connection port, and a service set identification (SSID) of the first peripheral device, and

wherein the user device and the first peripheral device are not connected to the second peripheral device in the first connection structure.

11. The device control method of claim 10, wherein the device information further comprises a uniform resource locator (URL) information for downloading an application for controlling the first peripheral device.

12. The device control method of claim 10, further comprising:

recognizing or determining an identity of the second peripheral device; and

allocating an identification (ID) to the second peripheral device based on a result of the recognizing or a result of the determining the identity,

wherein the second peripheral device controls the first peripheral device according to authorization information corresponding to the ID.

13. The device control method of claim 12, wherein the device information transmitted to the second peripheral device additionally comprises the ID.

14. The device control method of claim 13, wherein the authorization for controlling the first peripheral device is valid for a corresponding number of times, a corresponding period of time or a corresponding control operation.

15. The device control method of claim 10, wherein the receiving the device information from the user device comprises:

if the network device is connected to the user device, requesting by the network device, the user device for the device information; and

receiving by the network device, the device information from the user device in response to the requesting.

16. The device control method of claim 10, wherein the receiving of the device information comprises:

connecting the network device to the first peripheral device in response to a connection request received from the first peripheral device; and

receiving the device information from the first peripheral device.

17. The device control method of claim 10, further comprising transmitting, to the user device, information regarding recommended services according to the device information.

18. A device control method by which a network device registers a first peripheral device, the device control method comprising:

receiving a device information regarding the first peripheral device from a user device, the first peripheral device being connected to the user device in a first connection structure in which the first peripheral device is controlled by the user device; and

changing the first connection structure to a second connection structure by transmitting the device information to a second peripheral device connected to the network device, and causing the second peripheral device to become paired with the first peripheral device in response to receiving, by the second peripheral device, the device information of the first peripheral device,

wherein, as a result of the changing to the second connection structure, the first peripheral device is directly controlled by the second peripheral device in place of the user device,

wherein the device information comprises at least one among an IP address, a MAC address, a connection port, and a service set identification (SSID) of the first peripheral device, and

the user device and the first peripheral device are not connected to the second peripheral device in the first connection structure.

19. The device control method of claim 18, wherein the device information further comprises uniform resource locator (URL) information for downloading an application for controlling the first peripheral device,

the device control method further comprising downloading and installing the application based on the URL information.

20. The device control method of claim 18, wherein the receiving the device information comprises:

if the network device is connected to the user device, requesting by the network device, the user device for the device information; and

receiving by the network device, the device information from the user device in response to the requesting.

21. The device control method of claim 18, wherein the receiving of the device information comprises:

receiving a connection request from the first peripheral device;

connecting to the first peripheral device in response to the connection request; and

receiving the device information from the first peripheral device.

22. The device control method of claim 18, further comprising transmitting, to the user device, information regarding recommended services according to the device information.

23. A device control method for registering a first peripheral device, to a second network device, the device control method comprising:

receiving a device information regarding the first peripheral device from a user device, the first peripheral device being connected to a first network device in a first connection structure in which the first peripheral device is controlled by the first network device;

storing the device information in the second network device; and

changing the first connection structure to a second connection structure by transmitting the stored device information to a second peripheral device connected to the second network device, and causing the second peripheral device to become paired with the first peripheral device,

wherein, as a result of the changing to the second connection structure, the first peripheral device is directly controlled by the second peripheral device,

wherein the device information comprises at least one among an IP address, a MAC address, a connection port, and a service set identification (SSID) of the first peripheral device, and

the first network device and the first peripheral device are not connected to the second network device and the second peripheral device in the first connection structure.

30. The device control method of claim 23, wherein the second peripheral device is configured to control the first peripheral device by sending control commands to the first peripheral device.

31. The device control method of claim 30, wherein the control commands are transmitted from the second peripheral device to the first peripheral device via the first network device and the second network device.

32. The device control method of claim 30, wherein the control commands are transmitted from the second peripheral device to the first peripheral device on a transmission path that does not comprise the first network device and the second network device.

24. A device control system comprising:

a user device, which is configured to obtain a device information regarding a first peripheral device connected to the user device in a first connection structure, the first peripheral device being controlled by the user device in the first connection structure, and to transmit the device information to a network device,

wherein the network device is configured to store the device information received from the user device, and to transmit the device information to a second peripheral device connected to the network device,

wherein the second peripheral device is configured to, in response to receiving the device information of the first peripheral device, change the first connection structure to a second connection structure by becoming paired with the first peripheral device, and is further configured to control the first peripheral device by using the device information,

wherein, as a result of changing to the second connection structure, the first peripheral device is directly controlled by the second peripheral device in place of the user device,

wherein the device information comprises at least one among an IP address, a MAC address, a connection port, and a service set identification (SSID) of the first peripheral device, and

wherein the user device and the first peripheral device are not connected to the second peripheral device in the first connection structure.

25. A network device for registering a first peripheral device, the network device comprising:

a processor and a memory containing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to control a communicator to receive, from a user device, a device information regarding the first peripheral device connected to the user device in a first connection structure, the first peripheral device being controlled by the user device in the first connection structure, and to transmit the device information to a second peripheral device connected to the network device, to recognize the second peripheral device and to determine whether to transmit the device information, and to control a storage unit to store the device information,

wherein the second peripheral device is configured to change the first connection structure to a second connection structure by becoming paired with the first peripheral device in response to receiving the device information of the first peripheral device,

wherein, as a result of changing to the second connection structure, the first peripheral device is directly controlled by the second peripheral device in place of the user device,

wherein the user device and the first peripheral device are not connected to the second peripheral device in the first connection structure, and

wherein the device information comprises at least one among an IP address, a MAC address, a connection port, and a service set identification (SSID) of the first peripheral device.

26. A user device for registering, to a network device, a first peripheral device, the user device comprising:

a processor and a memory containing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to obtain a device information regarding the first peripheral device connected to the user device in a first connection structure in which the first peripheral device is controlled by the user device, the device information comprising at least one among an IP address, a MAC address, a connection port, and a service set identification (SSID) of the first peripheral device, and a uniform resource locator (URL) information for downloading an application for controlling the first peripheral device, and to change the first connection structure to a second connection structure by;

controlling a communicator to establish a connection with the network device and transmit the device information to the network device via the connection between the user device and the network device, and

causing a second peripheral device, which is connected to the network device, to become paired with the first peripheral device in response to receiving the device information of the first peripheral device,

wherein the network device is configured to control the first peripheral device by downloading and installing the application based on the URL information,

wherein, as a result of changing to the second connection structure, the first peripheral device is directly controlled by the second peripheral device in place of the user device, and

wherein the user device and the first peripheral device are not connected to the second peripheral device in the first connection structure.

27. A second network device for registering a first peripheral device, the second network device comprising:

a processor and a memory containing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to control a communicator to receive, from a user device, a device information stored in a first network device connected to the first peripheral device in a first connection structure in which the first peripheral device is controlled by the first network device, and transmit the device information to a second peripheral device connected to the second network device, and to control a storage unit to store the device information in the second network device,

wherein the second peripheral device is configured to change the first connection structure to a second connection structure by becoming paired with the first peripheral device in response to receiving the device information of the first peripheral device,

wherein, as a result of changing to the second connection structure, the first peripheral device is directly controlled by the second peripheral device,

wherein the first network device and the first peripheral device are not connected to the second network device and the second peripheral device in the first connection structure, and

wherein the device information comprises at least one among an IP address, a MAC address, a connection port, and a service set identification (SSID) of the first peripheral device.

28. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to execute a method comprising:

receiving a device information regarding a first peripheral device from a user device connected to the first peripheral device in a first connection structure, the first peripheral device being controlled by the user device in the first connection structure;

storing the device information in a network device; and

changing the first connection structure to a second connection structure by transmitting the device information to a second peripheral device connected to the network device, and causing the second peripheral device to become paired with the first peripheral device in response to receiving, by the second peripheral device the device information of the first peripheral device,

wherein, as a result of the changing to the second connection structure, the first peripheral device is directly controlled by the second peripheral device in place of the user device,

wherein the device information comprises at least one among an IP address, a MAC address, a connection port, and a service set identification (SSID) of the first peripheral device, and

wherein the user device and the first peripheral device are not connected to the second peripheral device in the first connection structure.

29. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to execute a method comprising:

receiving, by a second network device, a device information regarding a first peripheral device, from a user device connected to a first network device in a first connection structure in which the first peripheral device is controlled by the first network device;

storing the device information in the second network device; and

changing the first connection structure to a second connection structure by;

transmitting the stored device information to a second peripheral device connected to the second network device, and

causing the second peripheral device to become paired with the first peripheral device in response to receiving, by the second peripheral device, the device information of the first peripheral device,

wherein, as a result of the changing to the second connection structure, the first peripheral device is directly controlled by the second peripheral device,

wherein the device information comprises at least one among an IP address, a MAC address, a connection port, and a service set identification (SSID) of the first peripheral device, and

wherein the user device and the first peripheral device are not connected to the second network device and the second peripheral device in the first connection structure.