SMART HOME DEVICE AND NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• US 20160081127A1
• Filed: 04/29/2014
• Published: 03/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd., RadioPulse, Inc. (Littelfuse Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd., RadioPulse, Inc. (Littelfuse Incorporated)
• Inventors: Lee, Dong Hwan, Kim, Jung Ho, SON, Ju Hyung
• Application Number:
  US14/888,226
• Publication Number:
  US 20160081127A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/12 Arrangements for remote connection or disconnection of substations or of equipment thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• 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 2012/2841 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0892 by using authentication-authorization-accounting [AAA] servers or protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/50 Secure pairing of devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

According to an aspect of the present invention, a smart home appliance device comprises: a controller for controlling an operation of a smart home appliance; and at least one communication module for transmitting/receiving data on the basis of a command of the controller, wherein the controller transmits an access request message to a consolidated authentication center, receives an access response message corresponding to an access request, transmits a pairing request message including device information of the smart home appliance device to the consolidated authentication center, and receives a pairing response message corresponding to the pairing request message.

Claims

1. A smart home appliance (HA) comprising:

a controller controlling operations of the smart HA; and

at least one communication module transmitting/receiving data based on control commands of the controller,

wherein the controller transmits an access request message to a consolidated authentication center, receives an access response message corresponding to the access request message, transmits a pairing request message including device information of the smart HA to the consolidated authentication center, and receives a paring response message corresponding to the paring request message.

2. The smart HA according to claim 1, wherein the access response message includes a network key of multiple home area networks.

3. The smart HA according to claim 1, wherein the pairing request message includes information on a virtual home area network to which the smart HA belongs.

4. The smart HA according to claim 1, wherein the information on the virtual home area network to which the smart HA belongs is obtained from an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) server by using the device information of the smart HA obtained from the paring request message.

5. The smart HA according to claim 1, wherein the pairing response message includes list information of devices belonging to the virtual home area network to which the smart HA belongs.

6. A network management system in which a consolidated authentication center makes a smart home appliance (HA) access to a network in an environment where multiple home area networks exist, wherein:

the smart HA transmits an access request message to the consolidated authentication center;

the consolidated authentication center transmits an access response message corresponding to the access request message to the smart HA;

the smart HA transmits a pairing request message including device information of the smart HA to the consolidated authentication center;

the consolidated authentication center allocates a virtual home area network to which the smart HA belongs based on the pairing request message; and

the consolidated authentication center transmits a paring response message corresponding to the pairing request message to the smart HA.

7. The network management system according to 6, wherein the access response message includes a network key of multiple home area networks.

8. The network management system according to 6, wherein the pairing request message includes information on a virtual home area network to which the smart HA belongs.

9. The network management system according to 6, wherein the information on the virtual home area network to which the smart HA belongs is obtained from an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) server by using the device information of the smart HA obtained from the paring request message.

10. The network management system according to 6, wherein the pairing response message includes list information of devices belonging to the virtual home area network to which the smart HA belongs.

11. A network access method between a consolidated authentication center and a smart home appliance (HA) in an environment where multiple home area networks exist, performed in the consolidated authentication center, the method comprising:

receiving an access request message from the smart HA;

transmitting an access response message corresponding to the access request message;

receiving a pairing request message including device information of the smart HA from the smart HA;

allocating a virtual home area network to which the smart HA belongs based on the paring request message; and

transmitting, to the smart HA, a pairing response message corresponding to the pairing request message.

12. The network access method according to 11, wherein the access response message includes a network key of multiple home area networks.

13. The network access method according to 11, wherein the pairing request message includes information on a virtual home area network to which the smart HA belongs.

14. The network access method according to 11, wherein the information on the virtual home area network to which the smart HA belongs is obtained from an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) server by using the device information of the smart HA obtained from the paring request message.

15. The network access method according to 11, wherein the pairing response message includes list information of devices belonging to the virtual home area network to which the smart HA belongs.

16. A consolidated authentication center apparatus comprising:

a controller controlling operations of the consolidated authentication center; and

at least one communication module transmitting/receiving data based on control commands of the controller,

wherein the controller receives an access request message from the smart HA, transmits an access response message corresponding to the access request message, receives a pairing request message including device information of the smart HA from the smart HA, allocates a virtual home area network to which the smart HA belongs based on the paring request message, and transmits a pairing response message corresponding to the pairing request message to the smart HA.

17. The consolidated authentication center according to 16, wherein the access response message includes a network key of multiple home area networks.

18. The consolidated authentication center according to 16, wherein the pairing request message includes information on a virtual home area network to which the smart HA belongs.

19. The consolidated authentication center according to 16, wherein the information on the virtual home area network to which the smart HA belongs is obtained from an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) server by using the device information of the smart HA obtained from the paring request message.

20. The consolidated authentication center according to 16, wherein the pairing response message includes list information of devices belonging to the virtual home area network to which the smart HA belongs.