Management server and method for controlling device, user terminal apparatus and method for controlling device, and user terminal apparatus and control method thereof

• US 9,775,038 B2
• Filed: 04/08/2013
• Issued: 09/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Ko, Jae-woo, Wi, Tae-hwan, Jung, Hee-won, Kim, Hyun-young, Moon, Bo-seok
• Primary Examiner(s): Zand, Kambiz
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tran, Tongoc
• Application Number:
  US13/858,345
• Publication Number:
  US 20130268998A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,632 Days
• Field of Search: 726 3
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0876 based on the identity of the terminal or configuration, e.g. MAC address, hardware or software configuration or device fingerprint
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• 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

Abstract

A universal access method performed by a mobile device includes receiving a signal from a security access point that requests authentication information from the mobile device through near field communication (NFC), selecting one of first authentication information and second authentication information corresponding to the security access point, and transferring the selected authentication information to the security access point through NFC.

Claims

1. A universal access method performed by a mobile device, comprising:

receiving, from a security access point which controls whether to permit a user to enter at least one domain, a signal through near field communication (NFC) that request the mobile terminal to provide authentication information;

selecting authentication information corresponding to the security access point from among a plurality of authentication information comprising first authentication information corresponding to a first domain and second authentication information corresponding to a second domain;

transferring the selected authentication information to the security access point through NFC;

obtaining setting information of a plurality of controller devices corresponding to a domain associated with the security access point and a user of the mobile device;

displaying a graphical user interface for controlling the plurality of controlled devices based on the setting information associated with the user of the mobile device; and

controlling at least one of the plurality of controlled devices based on control signals generated according to commands corresponding to input to the user interface by wireless communication protocol other than NFC.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the security access point comprises one of a first security access point that is associated with the first domain including a first plurality of controlled devices and a second security access point that is associated with the second domain including a second plurality of controlled devices,

wherein the selecting comprises:

determining whether the security access point corresponds to the first security access point associated with the first domain or the second security access point associated with the second domain;

selecting the first authentication information if it is determined the security access point corresponds to the first security access point associated with the first domain; and

selecting the second authentication information if it is determined the security access point corresponds to the second security access point that is associated with the second domain.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:

selecting first device setting information of the first plurality of controlled devices if the security access point corresponds to the first security access point associated with the first domain; and

selecting second device setting information of the second plurality of controlled devices if the security access point corresponds to the second security access point that is associated with the second domain,

wherein the displaying comprises displaying the graphical user interface for controlling the first plurality of controlled devices based on the first device setting information if the security access point corresponds to the first security access point associated with the first domain and for controlling the second plurality of controlled devices based on the second device setting information if the security access point corresponds to the second security access point that is associated with the second domain.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first device setting information comprises first configurations of operational settings of the first plurality of controlled devices, and

wherein the second device setting information comprises second configurations of operational settings of the second plurality of controlled devices.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the controlling comprises:

controlling at least one of the first plurality of controlled devices if the security access point corresponds to the first security access point associated with the first domain; and

controlling at least one of the second plurality of controlled devices if the security access point corresponds to the second security access point that is associated with the second domain.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, further comprising:

receiving updated first device setting information of updated configurations of operational settings of the first plurality of controlled devices if the security access point corresponds to the first security access point associated with the first domain;

receiving updated second device setting information of updated configurations of operational settings of the second plurality of controlled devices if the security access point corresponds to the second security access point associated with the second domain;

updating the first device setting information if the security access point corresponds to the first security access point associated with the first domain; and

updating the second device setting information if the security access point corresponds to the second security access point associated with the second domain.

7. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first authentication information comprises a first security key associated with the first domain and,

wherein the second authentication information comprises a second security key associated with the second domain.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the first authentication information further comprises a first user identification associated with the first domain, and

wherein the second authentication information further comprises a second user identification associated with the second domain.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the first domain is located at a first location, and

wherein the second domain is located at a second location.

10. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the first domain is a first network including the first plurality of controlled devices, and

wherein the second domain is a second network including the second plurality of controlled devices.

11. A mobile device comprising:

a display;

a memory configured to store first authentication information corresponding to a first domain and second authentication information corresponding to a second domain;

a communication interface; and

a processor configured to;

control the communication interface to receive, from a security access point which controls whether to permit a user to enter at least one domain, a signal through near field communication (NFC) that requests the mobile device to authentication information,

select authentication information corresponding to the security access point from among the first authentication information and the second authentication information,

control the communication interface to transfer the selected authentication information to the security access point through NFC,

obtain setting information of a plurality of controlled devices corresponding to a domain associated with the security access point and a user of the mobile device,

control the display to display a graphical user interface for controlling the plurality of controlled devices based on the setting information associated with the user of the mobile device, and

control at least one of the plurality of controlled devices based on control signals generated according to commands corresponding to input to the user interface by wireless communication protocol other than NFC.

12. The mobile device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the security access point comprises one of a first security access point that is associated with the first domain including a first plurality of controlled devices and a second security access point that is associated with the second domain including a second plurality of controlled devices,

wherein the processor is further configured to select the one of the first authentication information and the second authentication information corresponding to the security access point by determining whether the security access point corresponds to the first security access point associated with the first domain or the second security access point associated with the second domain, selecting the first authentication information if it is determined the security access point corresponds to the first security access point associated with the first domain and selecting the second authentication information if it is determined the security access point corresponds to the second security access point that is associated with the second domain.

13. The mobile device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to select first device setting information of the first plurality of controlled devices if the security access point corresponds to the first security access point associated with the first domain, and select second device setting information of the second plurality of controlled devices if the security access point corresponds to the second security access point that is associated with the second domain, and control the display to display the graphical user interface for controlling the first plurality of controlled devices based on the first device setting information if the security access point corresponds to the first security access point associated with the first domain and for controlling the second plurality of controlled devices based on the second device setting information if the security access point corresponds to the second security access point that is associated with the second domain.

14. The mobile device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the first device setting information comprises first configurations of operational settings of the first plurality of controlled devices, and

wherein the second device setting information comprises second configurations of operational settings of the second plurality of controlled devices.

15. The mobile device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to control the communication interface to transmit control commands to at least one of the first plurality of controlled devices if the security access point corresponds to the first security access point associated with the first domain, and control the communication interface to transmit control commands to at least one of the second plurality of controlled devices if the security access point corresponds to the second security access point that is associated with the second domain.

16. The mobile device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to control the communication interface to receive updated first device setting information of updated configurations of operational settings of the first plurality of controlled devices if the security access point corresponds to the first security access point associated with the first domain, and to receive updated second device setting information of updated configurations of operational settings of the second plurality of controlled devices if the security access point corresponds to the second security access point associated with the second domain, and update the first device setting information if the security access point corresponds to the first security access point associated with the first domain, and update the second device setting information if the security access point corresponds to the second security access point associated with the second domain.

17. The mobile device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the first authentication information comprises a first security key associated with the first domain, and

wherein the second authentication information comprises a second security key associated with the second domain.

18. The mobile device as claimed in claim 17, wherein the first authentication information further comprises a first user identification associated with the first domain, and

wherein the second authentication information further comprises a second user identification associated with the second domain.

19. The mobile device as claimed in claim 18, wherein the first domain is located at a first location, and

wherein the second domain is located at a second location.

20. The mobile device as claimed in claim 18, wherein the first domain is a first network including the first plurality of controlled devices, and

wherein the second domain is a second network including the second plurality of controlled devices.

21. A server comprising:

a memory that stores (i) first authentication information associated with a first domain, a user of a mobile device, and first device setting information of first controlled devices in the first domain for controlling the first controlled devices by wireless communication protocol other than near field communication (NFC) and (ii) second authentication information associated with a second domain, the user of the mobile device, and second device setting information of second controlled devices in the second domain for controlling the second controlled devices by wireless communication protocol other than NFC;

a communication interface; and

a processor configured to control the communication interface to receive an authentication request including authentication data from a security access point which controls whether to permit a user to enter at least one domain that requests authentication information from the mobile device through NFC, authenticate the user of the mobile device in response to the authentication request by comparing the received authentication data to the first authentication information and the second authentication information, obtain the first device setting information, control the communication interface to transmit a result of the authentication to the security access point such that the mobile device controls the first controlled devices based on the first device setting information if the authentication data corresponds to the first authentication information, and obtain the second device setting information and transmit the result of the authentication to the security access point such that the mobile device controls the second controlled devices based on the second device setting information if the authentication data corresponds to the second authentication information.