Nickname management method and apparatus

• US 10,283,109 B2
• Filed: 08/15/2016
• Issued: 05/07/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Hyoung Min, Woo, Kyoung Gu, Kam, Hye Jin, Kim, Jung Hoe
• Primary Examiner(s): Shepperd, Eric W
• Application Number:
  US15/236,530
• Publication Number:
  US 20170070478A1
• Time in Patent Office: 995 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/00 Speech recognition G10L17/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/02 Feature extraction for speech recognition; Selection of recognition unit
• 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 67/04 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 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/75 Temporary identity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]

Abstract

A nickname management apparatus includes a speech agent configured to recognize a speech of a user to obtain nickname information of a device, and a nickname manager configured to determine a device corresponding to the nickname information from one or more devices on a network, and register the named device based on the determination.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a memory; and

a controller, coupled to the memory, configured to;

recognize a first speech of a user and identify nickname information of a first device based on the first speech;

control the first device corresponding to the nickname information to perform at least one predefined action which is observable by the user;

in response to controlling the first device, receive a user input for registering the nickname information;

in response to the receiving the user input, register the nickname information to be associated with the first device; and

in response to identifying the nickname information and a command from a second speech of the user, control the first device to perform the identified command.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to authenticate the first device when the first device is identified by the electronic device.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to ask the user to register the nickname information of the authenticated first device in a voice form in response to authenticating of the first device.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device includes a smart phone, a smart TV, laptop, or tablet and the device is an Internet of Things (IoT) device.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to identify the first device corresponding to the nickname information based on at least one of a property of the first device, an installation state of the first device, and a request of the user related to the first device.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to manipulate, toggle, or control at least one of power, a displaying state, vibration, sound, and an input and output state of the first device to operate.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to register device information, a unique identification number, and the nickname information in a database,

wherein the device information, unique identification number, and the nickname information are received from the user.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the controller Is configured to:

in response to at least one of an installation state and connection state of the first device being changed, ask the user whether to register a nickname change, receive a response from the user to obtain the nickname information, and

register the obtained nickname information.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to group the nickname information based on at least one of the nickname information of the first device, a property of the first device, an installation state of the first device, and a user'"'"'s request related to the first device, and

register group information in a database.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device further comprises a synchronizer configured to communicate with another control device on a network and synchronize the nickname information stored in a database.

11. A nickname management method comprising:

recognizing a first speech of a user and identifying nickname information of a first device based on the first speech;

controlling the first device corresponding to the identified nickname information to perform at least one predefined action which is observable by the user;

in response to controlling the first device, receiving a user input for registering the identified nickname information;

in response to receiving the user input, registering the identified nickname information to be associated with the first device; and

in response to identifying the nickname information and a command from a second speech of the user, controlling the first device to perform the identified command.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising, detecting the first device in a network;

and

in response to the first device being detected on the network, authenticating the first device.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the identifying of the nickname information comprises asking the user whether to register the nickname information of the authenticated first device in a speech or text format.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising determining the first device corresponding to the nickname information based on at least one of a property of the first device, an installation state of the first device, and a user'"'"'s request related to the first device.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the controlling the first device comprises manipulating, toggling, or controlling at least one of power, a displaying state, vibration, sound, and an input and output state of the first device.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the registering of the first device comprises registering device information, a unique identification number, and the nickname information in a database,

wherein the nickname information is received from the user.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the identifying the nickname information comprises:

asking the user whether to register a nickname change, in response to at least one of an installation state and connection state of the first device being changed, and

receiving a response from the user to obtain the nickname information,

wherein the registering of the nickname information comprises registering the nickname information.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising grouping the nickname information based on at least one of the nickname information of the first device, a property of the first device, an installation state of the first device, and a request of the user related to the first device.

19. The method of claim 11, further comprising communicating with another control device through a network and synchronizing the nickname information stored in a database.