METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REGISTERING CONTROL DEVICES IN SERVER

• US 20150188762A1
• Filed: 12/22/2014
• Published: 07/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Sehoon, BAE, Eunhui, HONG, Jinyoung, KONG, Dongkeon
• Granted Patent: US 10,389,816 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2807 Exchanging configuration information on appliance services in a home automation network arrangements for maintenance or administration involving network analysis for automatically determining the actual topology of a network H04L41/12; hardware or software tools for network management using graphical user interfaces H04L41/22; address allocation H04L61/50
• 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 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network

Abstract

A method and a system for registering control devices are provided. A 1st control device, registered in a server, for registering a 2nd control device in the server, includes a communication unit configured to transmit and receive data to and from the server or other devices, an input unit configured to sense a user'"'"'s input, and a controller configured to control the communication unit to request a shared account, used by the 1st or 2nd control device to log in the server, to receive the shared account from the server, to receive a registration request from the 2nd control device, to request, when a 1st user'"'"'s input for approving the registration request is sensed, the server to register the 2nd control device, and to transmit, when a notice of completion for registration of the 2nd control device is received from the server, the shared account to the 2nd control device.

Claims

1. A method for registering a 2nd control device in a server by a 1st control device registered in the server, the method comprising:

receiving a registration request from the 2nd control device;

requesting, when a 1st user'"'"'s input for approving the registration request is sensed, the server to register the 2nd control device; and

transmitting, when a notice of completion for registration of the 2nd control device is received from the server, a shared account to the 2nd control device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

requesting the shared account, used by the 1st or 2nd control device to log in the server, from the server; and

receiving the shared account from the server.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the shared account is not displayed on the 1st or 2nd control device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the 1st user'"'"'s input comprises:

an input for selecting at least one smart device that can be controlled by the 2nd control device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the 1st user'"'"'s input further comprises:

a condition for controlling at least one smart device by the 2nd control device.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the condition is set based on time information or information regarding a location where the 1st or 2nd control device is located.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the 1st user'"'"'s input comprises:

an input for selecting at least one of soft keys and hard keys that are preset in the 1st control device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, when receiving the registration request from the 2nd control device, a window for selecting whether to approve the registration request.

9. A 1st control device, registered in a server, for registering a 2nd control device in the server, the 1st control device comprising:

a communication unit configured to transmit and receive data to and from the server or other devices;

an input unit configured to sense a user'"'"'s input; and

a controller configured to control the communication unit to receive a registration request from the 2nd control device;

to request, when a 1st user'"'"'s input for approving the registration request is sensed, the server to register the 2nd control device; and

to transmit, when a notice of completion for registration of the 2nd control device is received from the server, a shared account to the 2nd control device.

10. The 1st control device of claim 9, wherein the controller is configured to request the shared account, used by the 1st or 2nd control device to log in the server, from the server, and to receive the shared account from the server.

11. The 1st control device of claim 9, wherein the shared account is not displayed on the 1st or 2nd control device.

12. The 1st control device of claim 9, wherein the 1st user'"'"'s input comprises:

an input for selecting at least one smart device that can be controlled by the 2nd control device.

13. The 1st control device of claim 12, wherein the 1st user'"'"'s input further comprises:

a condition for controlling at least one smart device by the 2nd control device.

14. The 1st control device of claim 13, wherein the condition is set based on time information or information regarding a location where the 1st or 2nd control device is located.

15. The 1st control device of claim 9, wherein the 1st user'"'"'s input comprises:

an input for selecting at least one of soft keys and hard keys that are preset in the 1st control device.

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

a display unit,

wherein the controller receives the registration request from the 2nd control device via the communication unit and controls the display unit to display a window for selecting whether to approve the registration request.

17. A method for registering a 2nd control device in a server, the method comprising:

transmitting, when sensing a 2nd user'"'"'s input, a request for registering the 2nd control device with a 1st control device registered in the server;

receiving a shared account, transmitted from the server to the 1st control device, from the 1st control device; and

requesting to log in with the shared account from the server,

wherein the shared account is not displayed on the 1st or 2nd control device.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

receiving a notice of login completion from the server,

wherein the notice includes information regarding at least one smart device that can be controlled by the 2nd control device.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

storing the shared account transmitted from the 1st control device; and

transmitting, when receiving a request for transmission of the shared account from a 3rd control device that is not registered in the server, the shared account to the 3rd control device.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the 2nd user'"'"'s input comprises:

an input for selecting at least one of soft keys and hard keys that are preset in the 2nd control device.

21. A 2nd control device comprising:

a communication unit configured to transmit and receive data to and from a server or other devices;

an input unit configured to sense a user'"'"'s input; and

a controller configured to control the communication unit to transmit, when sensing a 2nd user'"'"'s input via the input unit, a request of registering the 2nd control device to a 1st control device registered in the server, to receive a shared account, transmitted from the server to the 1st control device, from the 1st control device, and to request to log in with the shared account from the server,

wherein the shared account is not displayed on the 1st or 2nd control device.

22. The 2nd control device of claim 21, wherein:

the communication unit receives a notice of login completion from the server; and

the notice includes information regarding at least one smart device that can be controlled by the 2nd control device.

23. The 2nd control device of claim 21, further comprising:

a storage unit configured to store data,

wherein;

the storage unit stores the shared account transmitted from the 1st control device; and

the communication unit transmits, when receiving a request for transmission of the shared account from a 3rd control device that is not registered in the server, the shared account to the 3rd control device.

24. The 2nd control device of claim 21, wherein:

the input unit comprises soft keys or hard keys; and

the 2nd user'"'"'s input comprises an input for selecting at least one of soft keys and hard keys that are preset in the 2nd control device.