Transferring operating environment of registered network to unregistered network

• US 9,798,533 B2
• Filed: 04/24/2016
• Issued: 10/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KT Corporation
• Original Assignee: KT Corporation
• Inventors: Yang, Jeong-Yeop
• Primary Examiner(s): Garcia, Santiago
• Application Number:
  US15/136,964
• Publication Number:
  US 20160239292A1
• Time in Patent Office: 548 Days
• Field of Search: 4554323
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/63 Image based installation; Cloning; Build to order
• 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 12/2836 Protocol conversion between an external network and a home network controlling appliance services of a home automation network from a device located outside the home and the home network H04L12/2818; protocol conversion H04L69/08; adaptation of digital video signals for transport over a specific home network H04N7/24
• 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 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/12 between location registers or mobility servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support

Abstract

The disclosure is related to providing an operation environment of a registered network having first devices to a user in an unregistered network having second devices. In order to provide, the second devices in the unregistered network may be detected when user equipment associated with the user enters a service area of the unregistered network. As compatible devices, devices compatible with the first devices in the registered network may be selected from the detected second devices. Then, system images of the first devices compatible with the selected compatible devices may be obtained. The obtained system images of the first devices may be installed at the selected compatible devices, respectively.

Claims

1. A method of providing an operation environment of a registered network having first devices to a user in an unregistered network having second devices, the method comprising:

detecting the second devices in the unregistered network when user equipment associated with the user enters a service area of the unregistered network;

as compatible devices, selecting devices compatible with the first devices in the registered network from the detected second devices;

controlling the selected compatible devices based on information associated with the first devices,

wherein the selecting devices comprises;

identifying the registered network based on user identification information associated with the user equipment;

obtaining first device information of the registered network based on the identified registered network; and

selecting the compatible devices from the second devices based on the obtained first device information of the registered network and second device information received from the user equipment.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the information includes system images of the first devices.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining system images of the first devices compatible with the selected compatible devices; and

installing the obtained system images of the first devices at the selected compatible devices, respectively.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting comprises:

receiving second device information on the second devices in the registered network; and

extracting a list of the second devices, user identification information associated with the user equipment, network identification information associated with the registered network.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the first device information includes hardware information and operation information of the first devices in the registered network;

the second device information includes hardware information and operation information of the second devices in the unregistered network;

the hardware information includes information on a serial number, a model name, and a manufacturer of a respective device; and

the operation information includes information on an operating system, a license of the operating system, device and operation settings, programs, and files of a respective device.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the obtaining system images comprises:

transmitting an inquiry message to the user equipment for requesting the user to choose a type of providing the operation environment of the registered network;

receiving a response message from the user equipment in response to the inquiry message; and

performing a procedure of installing a system image when the response message indicates system image installation as the type of the providing the operation environment.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein:

the installing the obtained system images of the first devices comprises transmitting the obtained system images of the first devices to a gateway of the unregistered network; and

the gateway of the unregistered network identifies the compatible devices in the unregistered network based on identifiers of the compatible devices and transmits a corresponding system image to a respective one of the identified compatible devices.

8. The method of claim 3, after the installing the obtained system images, comprising:

generating a user interface for enabling the user to control at least one of the compatible devices; and

transmitting the generated user interface the user equipment,

wherein the user equipment provides the user interface, receives a user input to control the at least one of the compatible devices through the user interface, and controls the at least one of the compatible devices installed with the system image and in the unregistered device based on the received user input by generating a control signal based on the user input and transmitting the generated control signal to the at least one of the compatible devices.

9. The method of claim 3, after the installing the obtained system images, comprising:

receiving a restoration message from the user equipment; and

transmitting a deletion instruction message to a gateway of the unregistered network,

wherein the gateway of the unregistered network identifies second devices installed with the system images of the first devices in the registered network based on information included in the deletion instruction message and controls the identified second devices to restore an original operation environment by deleting the installed system image.

10. The method of claim 1, prior to the detecting the second devices, comprising:

receiving device information on devices in a corresponding network from a gateway of the corresponding network upon generation of a predetermined event,

wherein the device information includes hardware information, operation information, and a system information of each device in the corresponding network.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the gateway is configured to:

search for devices supporting an associated network service in the corresponding network;

collecting the hardware information of the searched devices through communication with the searched devices;

obtaining the operation information of the searched devices through communication with the searched devices;

generating system images of the searched devices based on the collected hardware information and the obtained operation information;

generating the device information of the searched devices by including the hardware information, the operation information, and the generated system images of the searched devices; and

transmitting the generated device information with network identification information of the corresponding network to a service server.

12. A method of providing an operation environment of a registered network having first devices to a user in an unregistered network having second devices, the method comprising:

detecting the second devices in the unregistered network when user equipment associated with the user enters a service area of the unregistered network;

as compatible devices, selecting devices compatible with the first devices in the registered network from the detected second devices;

obtaining system images of the first devices compatible with the selected compatible devices; and

installing the obtained system images of the first devices at the selected compatible devices, respectively

wherein the selecting devices comprises;

identifying the registered network based on user identification information associated with the user equipment;

obtaining first device information of the registered network based on the identified registered network; and

selecting the compatible devices from the second devices based on the obtained first device information of the registered network and second device information received from the user equipment.