Method and apparatus for managing connection between plurality of devices over network

• US 10,165,082 B2
• Filed: 11/13/2014
• Issued: 12/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Yang, Seungryul, Moon, Kyoungsoo, Kim, Jinpil, An, Seungjoo, Lee, Jinwon, Kang, Donghyun, Kim, Kyungho, Lee, Hyeonjae, Kwon, Younghwan, Lim, Jinkwon
• Primary Examiner(s): Chen, Qing
• Assistant Examiner(s): Thatcher, Clint
• Application Number:
  US15/036,265
• Publication Number:
  US 20160301772A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,503 Days
• Field of Search: 717177
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0853 using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving additional secure or trusted devices H04L9/3234
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• 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 9/3271 using challenge-response

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for managing a connection between a first device and a second device in a network. The method may include requesting application information to the second device, the application information including information related to a specific application included in the second device for an interactive service, obtaining the information related to the specific application from the second device in response to the request, and performing the connection between the first device and the second device based on the information related to the specific application.

Claims

1. An operation method of a first device including a network interface in a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) network, the method comprising:

transmitting, by the network interface of the first device, an activation action for indicating an activation of a first application to a second device in the UPnP network, wherein the activation action comprises application identifier information or application address information of the first application;

transmitting, by the network interface of the first device, a request action for requesting application connection information used for an application-to-application connection to the activated first application, wherein the request action comprises application identifier information of the first application, wherein the application connection information;

comprises protocol information and connection address information of the first application, and is supported at least when the first application is activated;

receiving, by the network interface of the first device, the application connection information from the second device;

performing, by the network interface of the first device, the application-to-application connection between the first application of the second device and a second application of the first device based on the connection information; and

transmitting, by the network interface of the first device, an installation request action for indicating an installation of a third application to the second device, wherein the installation request action comprises application identifier information or application address information of the third application, and wherein the third application is installed based on the installation request action.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting, by the network interface of the first device, an authentication check action to the second device,

wherein the authentication check is performed by comparing code information included in the authentication check action with code information included in the second device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the performing, by the network interface of the first device, the application-to-application connection comprises transmitting, by the network interface of the first device, a connection request for requesting the application-to-application connection to the second device, and

the connection request comprises the application identifier information of the first application.

3. A first device in a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) network, the first device comprising:

a network interface configured to;

transmit an activation action for indicating an activation of a first application to a second device in the UPnP network, wherein the activation action comprises application identifier information or application address information of the first application, transmit a request action for requesting application connection information used for an application-to-application connection to the activated first application, wherein the request action comprises application identifier information of the first application, and wherein the application connection information;

comprises protocol information and connection address information of the first application, and is supported at least when the first application is activated, receive the application connection information from the second device;

perform the application-to-application connection between the first application of the second device and a second application of the first device based on the connection information, and transmit an installation request action for indicating an installation of a third application to the second device, wherein the installation request action comprises application identifier information or application address information of the third application, and wherein the third application is installed based on the installation request action.

4. The first device of claim 3, wherein:

the network interface is further configured to transmit, by controlling the network interface, an authentication check action to the second device, and

the authentication check is performed by comparing code information included in the authentication check action with code information included in the target device.

6. The first device of claim 3, wherein:

the network interface is configured to transmit a connection request for requesting the application-to-application connection to the second device when performing the application-to-application connection, and

the connection request comprises the application identifier information of the first application.