METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS BETWEEN HOME DEVICE AND EXTERNAL SERVER IN HOME NETWORK SYSTEM

• US 20140165160A1
• Filed: 12/10/2013
• Published: 06/12/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: BAE, Eun-Hui, CHANG, Yong, KONG, Dong-Keon, KIM, Se-Hoon, LIM, Hyoung-Kyu, CHO, Chi-Hong
• Granted Patent: US 9,479,504 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/4
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2836 Protocol conversion between an external network and a home network controlling appliance services of a home automation network from a device located outside the home and the home network H04L12/2818; protocol conversion H04L69/08; adaptation of digital video signals for transport over a specific home network H04N7/24
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/104 Grouping of entities

Abstract

A method for controlling access between home devices and servers in a home network system is provided. The method includes determining whether first access of the home devices to each of the servers and second access of the servers to each of the home devices is restricted, and controlling the first access and second access based on respective access rights established according to the determination.

Claims

1. A method for controlling access between home devices and servers in a home network system, the method comprising:

determining whether first access of the home devices to each of the servers and second access of the servers to each of the home devices is restricted; and

controlling the first access and second access based on respective access rights established according to the determination.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the respective access rights of the first access and the second access are established for each function or application of a corresponding home device and a corresponding server.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of whether the first access of the home devices to each of the servers and the second access of the servers to each of the home devices is restricted comprises receiving a request to create an access right to a first server of the servers from at least one of the home devices.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

sending the first server the request to create the access right;

checking a reply to the request to create the access right, which is received from the first server, for information indicating whether the at least one home device has access to the first server; and

establishing the access right of the at least one home device to the first server based on the information indicating whether the at least one home device has access to the first server.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of whether the first access of the home devices to each of the servers and the second access of the servers to each of the home devices is restricted comprises receiving a request to create an access right to at least one of the home devices from a first server of the servers.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

sending the at least one home device the request to create the access right;

checking a reply to the request to create the access right, which is received from the at least one home device, for information indicating whether the first server has access to the at least one home device; and

establishing the access right of the first server to the at least one home device based on the information indicating whether the first server has access to the at least one home device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling of the first access and second access comprises determining to update or deprive of an access right established for each of the first access and the second access.

8. An apparatus for controlling access between home devices and servers in a home network system, the apparatus comprising:

a controller configured to determine whether first access of the home devices to each of the servers and second access of the servers to each of the home devices is restricted, and to control the first access and second access based on respective access rights established according to the determination.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the respective access rights of the first access and the second access are established for each function or application of a corresponding home device and a corresponding server.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising:

a transceiver configured to receive a request to create an access right to a first server of the servers from at least one of the home devices.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to control the transceiver to send the request to create the access right to the first server, to check a reply to the request to create the access right, which is received from the first server, for information indicating whether the at least one home device has access to the first server, and to establish the access right of the at least one home device to the first server based on the information indicating whether the at least one home device has access to the first server.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising:

a transceiver configured to receive a request to create an access right to at least one of the home devices from a first server of the servers.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the controller is configured to control the transceiver to send the at least one home device the request to create the access right, to check a reply to the request to create the access right, which is received from the at least one home device, for information indicating whether the first server has access to the at least one home device, and to establish the access right of the first server to the at least one home device based on the information indicating whether the first server has access to the at least one home device.

14. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the controller is configured to control the first access and the second access by determining to update or deprive of an access right established for each of the first access and the second access.

15. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the controller is included in each of the home devices.