METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING CONNECTION BETWEEN PLURALITY OF DEVICES OVER NETWORK

• US 20160301772A1
• Filed: 11/13/2014
• Published: 10/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: LIM, Jinkwon, YANG, Seungryul, MOON, Kyoungsoo, KIM, Jinpil, AN, Seungjoo, LEE, Jinwon, KANG, Donghyun, KIM, Kyungho, LEE, Hyeonjae, KWON, Younghwan
• Granted Patent: US 10,165,082 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• 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 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• 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 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3271 using challenge-response

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for managing a connection between a first device and a second device in a network. The method may include requesting application information to the second device, the application information including information related to a specific application included in the second device for an interactive service, obtaining the information related to the specific application from the second device in response to the request, and performing the connection between the first device and the second device based on the information related to the specific application.

Claims

1. A method for managing a connection between a first device and a second device in a network, the method comprising:

requesting application information to the second device, the application information comprising information related to a specific application included in the second device for an interactive service;

obtaining the information related to the specific application from the second device in response to the request; and

performing the connection between the first device and the second device based on the information related to the specific application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific application is identified by application identifier information included when the application information is requested.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

requesting an installation of the specific application to the second device,

wherein the specific application is installed based on application identifier information or application address information included when the installation is requested.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

requesting an activation of the specific application to the second device,

wherein the specific application is activated based on application identifier information or application address information included when the activation is requested.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

requesting an authentication check to the second device, wherein the authentication check is performed by comparing code information included when the authentication check is requested with code information included in the second device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

requesting application connection information to the second device,

wherein the connection information comprises at least one of protocol information and connection address information, and

applications between the first device and the second device are connected based on application identifier information when the connection information is requested.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

performing synchronization between the first device and the second device, wherein the synchronization is performed based on the application connection information.

8. An apparatus for managing a connection between devices in a network, the apparatus comprising:

a controller configured to

request application information to a target device,

obtain the application information from the target device, and

perform a connection with the target device based on the obtained application information; and

a network interface configured to transmit and receive data to and from the connected target device,

wherein the application information is indicative of information related to a specific application included in the target device for an interactive service.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the specific application is identified by application identifier information included when the application information is requested.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein:

the controller requests an installation of the specific application to the target device, and

the specific application is used to provide the interactive service and identified by application identifier information when the installation is requested.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein:

the controller requests an activation of the specific application to the target device, and

the specific application is used to provide the interactive service and identified by application identifier information included when the activation is requested.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein:

the controller requests an authentication check to the target device, and

the authentication check is performed by comparing code information included when the authentication check is requested with code information included in the target device.

13. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein:

the controller obtains application connection information comprising connection identification information, and

the connection with the target device is performed based on the connection identification information.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein:

the controller performs synchronization with the target device, and

the synchronization is performed based on the application connection information.