SERVICE PROVIDING TERMINAL CONNECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS

• US 20140179276A1
• Filed: 12/26/2013
• Published: 06/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KANG, Jae-eun, LEE, Myoung-hwan, LEE, Tae-young, HAN, Chung-suk, YANG, Chil-youl, LEE, Chun-ho
• Granted Patent: US 10,111,025 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/411
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/35 communicating wirelessly
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/43 wireless channels
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/445 by mutual authentication, e.g. between devices or programs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2115 Third party
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2141 Access rights, e.g. capability lists, access control lists, access tables, access matrices
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0492 by using a location-limited connection, e.g. near-field communication or limited proximity of entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/18 using different networks or channels, e.g. using out of band channels cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key distribution involving distinctive intermediate devices or communication paths H04L9/0827; cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for authentication using a plurality of channels H04L9/3215
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/04 Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/50 Secure pairing of devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

A method and apparatuses for device control performed by a first device to control services provided by a service providing device is provided. The method includes connecting, through out-of-band communication, to a second device that includes identification information related to the service providing device, receiving, through the out-of-band communication, the identification information related to the service providing device from the second device, executing at least one application related to the identification information, and connecting, through in-band communication, to the service providing device using the identification information, and controlling, from the first device, services provided by the service providing device.

Claims

1. A method for device control performed by a first device to control services provided by a service providing device, the method comprising:

connecting, through out-of-band communication, to a second device that includes identification information related to the service providing device;

receiving, through the out-of-band communication, the identification information related to the service providing device from the second device;

executing at least one application related to the identification information;

connecting, through in-band communication, to the service providing device using the identification information; and

controlling, by the first device, services provided by the service providing device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the identification information related to the service providing device comprises a list of services that controllable by the first device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the list of services controllable by the first device comprises services controlled through an application that is being executed in the second device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting, through the out-of-band communication, a media access control (MAC) address of the first device to the second device,

wherein the connecting, through the in-band communication, to the service providing device comprises;

receiving a connection request from the service providing device in response to the received MAC address of the first device from the second device; and

connecting the service providing device through the in-band communication according to the connection request.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the identification information related to the service providing device comprises:

capability information of the service providing device;

an encryption key;

authentication information; and

connection information used to connect the service providing device through the in-band communication.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising performing an authentication process with the second device connected through the out-of-band communication.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the connecting, through the in-band communication, to the service providing device using the identification information comprises connecting the service providing device by using a result of the performing the authentication process through the out-of-band communication.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the connecting, through the in-band communication, to the service providing device using the identification information comprises receiving, from the service providing device, a list of services controllable by the first device according to the connecting of the service providing device through the in-band communication.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling of the services provided by the service providing device comprises:

controlling the services when the first device is determined to be within a predetermined distance from the second device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the first device is determined to be within the predetermined distance from the second device when the first device enables the out-of-band communication with the second device.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the connecting, through the out-of-band communication, to the second device that includes identification information related to the service providing device comprises:

performing the connecting by using one of near field communication (NFC) and Bluetooth low energy (BLE) communication.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the identification information related to the service providing device comprises identification information of the at least one application or an execution command thereof.

47. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing one or more programs comprising commands for executing the method of claim 1.

13. A method for device control performed by a second device to allow a first device to control services provided by a service providing device, the method comprising:

executing at least one application related to the service providing device;

connecting a first device through out-of-band communication; and

transmitting identification information related to the service providing device to the first device,

wherein the identification information is related to the at least one application.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the identification information related to the service providing device comprises a list of services controllable by the first device.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the list of services comprises services controlled through an application that is being executed in the second device.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the second device excludes the services that are configured to that be controlled by the second device from the list of services transmitted to the first device.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

receiving a media access control (MAC) address from the first device; and

transmitting the received MAC address and information requesting connection from the first device to the service providing device.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the identification information related to the service providing device comprises:

capability information of the service providing device;

an encryption key;

authentication information; and

connection information used to connect the service providing device through in-band communication.

19. The method of claim 13, further comprising performing an authentication process of authenticating the first device through the out-of-band communication.

20. The method of claim 13, wherein the out-of-band communication is performed by using one of near field communication and Bluetooth low energy communication.

21. The method of claim 13, wherein the identification information related to the service providing device comprises identification information of the at least one application or an execution command thereof.

22. A method for device control performed by a service providing device providing services controllable by a second device, the method comprising:

connecting a first device through in-band communication;

obtaining identification information related to the first device from the first device;

determining services that controllable by the first device based on the obtained identification information; and

controlling the services provided by the service providing device according to the determined services and a control command received from the first device.

23. The method of claim 22,

wherein the identification information comprises a result of authenticating the first device from the second device,

wherein the determining of the services controllable by the first device comprises determining a list of the services controllable by the first device when the first device is authenticated by the second device.

24. A method for device control performed by a service providing device providing services controllable by a second device, the method comprising:

obtaining identification information related to a first device from the second device;

connecting the first device through in-band communication using the identification information;

determining services that controllable by the first device based on the obtained identification information; and

controlling the services provided by the service providing device according to the determined services and a control command received from the first device.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the identification information related to the first device comprises a media access control address of the first device.

26. A first device comprising:

a first communicator configured to connect, through out-of-band communication, to a second device that includes identification information related to a service providing device, and receive the identification information related to the service providing device from the second device;

a second communicator configured to connect, through in-band communication, to the service providing device by using the received identification information; and

a controller configured to execute at least one application related to the received identification information and control the services provided by the service providing device.

27. The first device of claim 26, wherein the identification information related to the service providing device comprises a list of services controllable by the first device.

28. The first device of claim 27, wherein the list of services controllable by the first device comprises services controlled through an application that is being executed in the second device.

29. The first device of claim 26,

wherein the first communicator is configured to transmit a media access control (MAC) address of the first device to the second device, and

wherein the second communicator is configured to receive a connection request from the service providing device that is configured to receive the MAC address of the first device from the second device and is configured to connect the service providing device through in-band communication according to the connection request.

30. The first device of claim 26, wherein the identification information related to the service providing device comprises:

capability information of the service providing device;

an encryption key;

authentication information; and

connection information configured to connect the service providing device through in-band communication.

31. The first device of claim 26, further comprising:

an authentication request unit configured to perform an authentication process with the second device connected through the first communicator.

32. The first device of claim 31, wherein the second communicator is configured to be connected to the service providing device by using a result of the authentication process performed by the authentication request unit.

33. The first device of claim 26, wherein the second communicator is configured to receive a list of services controllable by the first device from the service providing device, and

wherein the controller is configured to control the services included in the received list.

34. The first device of claim 26, wherein the controller is configured to control the services in response to the first device being determined to be within a predetermined distance from the second device.

35. The first device of claim 34, wherein the controller is configured to determine that the first device is within the predetermined distance from the second device when the first communicator is further configured to enable the out-of-band communication with the second device.

36. The first device of claim 26, wherein the out-of-band communication is one of near field communication and Bluetooth low energy communication.

37. The first device of claim 26, wherein the identification information related to the service providing device comprises identification information of the at least one application or an execution command thereof.

38. A second device comprising:

an out-of-band communicator for transmitting identification information related to a service providing device to a first device through out-of-band communication; and

a controller for executing at least one application related to the service providing device,

wherein the identification information is related to the at least one application.

39. The second device of claim 38, wherein the identification information related to the service providing device comprises a list of services controllable by the first device.

40. The second device of claim 39, wherein the list of services comprises services controlled through an application that is being executed in the second device.

41. The second device of claim 39, wherein the controller is configured to exclude the services controllable by the second device from the list of services transmitted to the first device.

42. The second device of claim 38, wherein the out-of-band communicator is configured to receive a media access control (MAC) address from the first device, and transmit the received MAC address and information requesting a connection from the first device to the service providing device.

43. The second device of claim 38, wherein the identification information related to the service providing device comprises:

capability information of the service providing device;

an encryption key;

authentication information; and

connection information used to connect the service providing device through in-band communication.

44. The second device of claim 38, further comprising:

an authentication processing unit configured to perform an authentication process that authenticates the first device through the out-of-band communication.

45. The second device of claim 38, wherein the out-of-band communication is performed by using one of near field communication and Bluetooth low energy communication.

46. The second device of claim 38, wherein the identification information related to the service providing device comprises identification information of the at least one application or an execution command thereof.

48. A device control system comprising:

a first device;

a second device; and

a service providing device,

wherein the first device and the second device are configured to connect using out-of-band communication and exchange communication information related to the service providing device,

wherein the first device and the service providing device are configured to connect using in-band communication based on the communication information.

49. A method for device control, the method comprising:

connecting a first device with a second device using out-of-band communication;

transmitting, from the second device, connection information related to a service providing device;

receiving, at the first device, the connection information; and

connecting the first device with the service providing device using in-band communication based on the connection information.