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US 11,824,679 · App. 17/383,805 · Granted Nov 21, 2023

Method and apparatus for managing electronic device

Inventor: Hyunwoo Ju (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04L12/282G10L15/22H04L12/2809H04L12/2832H04L41/0806H04L2012/285
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Patent No.
US 11,824,679
App. No.
17/383,805
Granted
Nov 21, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for managing an electronic device. The method and apparatus may allow a user to input a registration instruction to a user terminal using the user's voice without directly inputting or confirming various types of information, when the user registers an electronic device in the user's account as an electronic device to be managed. For example, the user may utter (or speak) a product family of the electronic device to be registered, and an instruction to request registration, thereby enabling the user to register the electronic device in the user's account as an electronic device to be managed as a result of manipulation performed more simply and less frequently.

Claims (61)

1. A method for managing an electronic device, comprising:

receiving, from a user terminal, a vocal registration instruction for registering the electronic device;

obtaining a Service Set Identifier(SSID) of the electronic device for a communication connection with the user terminal and a password corresponding to the SSID, wherein the SSID and the password are input by a user through the user terminal;

generating access information of the electronic device, wherein the generated access information is the same as access information previously stored in the electronic device;

transmitting, to the user terminal, the generated access information of the electronic device;

determining whether a communication connection between the user terminal and the electronic device based on the transmitted access information is automatically performed;

receiving, from the electronic device, identification information of the electronic device;

registering the electronic device in a user account based on the received identification information of the electronic device; and

transmitting, to the user terminal, specification information of the electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the obtaining comprises:

extracting, from the vocal registration instruction, a registration instruction and a name of the electronic device; and

generating the access information of the electronic device based on the extracted name of the electronic device.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the user terminal, access information of an access point;

as the result of the communication connection between the user terminal and the electronic device, transmitting, by the user terminal and to the electronic device, the access information of the access point; and

performing communication connection between the electronic device and the access point based on the access information of the access point.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the SSID is different for each product family of the electronic device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein after the transmitting of the access information of the electronic device to the user terminal, broadcasting, by the electronic device, the access information of the electronic device, and

performing, by the user terminal, communication connection with the electronic device based on the access information of the electronic device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the registering of the electronic device includes obtaining the specification information of the electronic device based on the received identification information of the electronic device.

7. The method of claim 6 , comprising transmitting, to the user terminal, driving state information of the electronic device, or transmitting, to the electronic device, a driving instruction input from the user terminal based on the specification information.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein in response to receiving the specification information of the electronic device at the user terminal, outputting a text message or a voice message for indicating completion of the registration of the electronic device.

9. An apparatus for managing an electronic device, comprising:

a voice processor configured to receive, from a user terminal, a vocal registration instruction for registering the electronic device;

an access information managing device configured to:

obtain a Service Set Identifier (SSID) of the electronic device for a communication connection with the user terminal and a password corresponding to the SSID, wherein the SSID and the password are input by a user through the user terminal,

generate access information of the electronic device, wherein the generated access information is the same as access information previously stored in the electronic device, and

transmit the generated access information of the electronic device to the user terminal; and

a registration managing device configured to:

determine whether a communication connection between the user terminal and the electronic device based on the transmitted access information is automatically performed,

receive, from the electronic device, identification information of the electronic device,

register the electronic device in a user account based on the received identification information of the electronic device, and

transmit specification information of the electronic device to the user terminal.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the voice processor is configured to extract, from the vocal registration instruction, a registration instruction and a name of the electronic device, and

the access information managing device is configured to generate the access information of the electronic device based on the extracted name of the electronic device.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the access information managing device is configured to transmit access information of an access point to the user terminal,

as the result of the communication connection between the user terminal and the electronic device, the user terminal is to transmit the access information of the access point to the electronic device, and

the electronic device is configured to perform communication connection between the electronic device and the access point based on the access information of the access point.

12. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the SSID is different for each product family of the electronic device.

13. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein after the access information managing device is to transmit the access information of the electronic device to the user terminal, the electronic device is to broadcast the access information of the electronic device, and

the user terminal is configured to perform communication connection with the electronic device based on the access information of the electronic device.

14. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the registration managing device is configured to obtain the specification information of the electronic device based on the received identification information of the electronic device.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the registration managing device is configured to transmit, to the user terminal, driving state information of the electronic device, or to transmit a driving instruction input from the user terminal based on the specification information.

16. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein in response to the user terminal receiving the specification information of the electronic device, the user terminal is configured to output a text message or a voice message for indicating completion of the registration of the electronic device.

17. A method for communicating information regarding an electronic device, comprising:

receiving, from a terminal, a vocal comment for registering the electronic device;

obtaining a Service Set Identifier (SSID) of the electronic device for a communication connection with the user terminal and a password corresponding to the SSID, wherein the SSID and the password are input by a user through the user terminal;

generating access information of the electronic device, wherein the generated access information is the same as access information previously stored in the electronic device;

transmitting, to the terminal, the generated access information of the electronic device;

determining whether a communication connection between the terminal and the electronic device based on the transmitted access information is automatically performed;

receiving, from the electronic device, identification information of the electronic device based on the access information of the electronic device;

registering the electronic device in an account based on the received identification information of the electronic device; and

providing, to the terminal, additional information regarding the electronic device.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the obtaining includes:

obtaining, from the vocal comment, a registration instruction and a name of the electronic device; and

providing the access information of the electronic device based on the obtained name of the electronic device.

19. The method of claim 17 , comprising:

transmitting, to the terminal, access information of an access point,

transmitting the access information of the access point from the terminal to the electronic device, and

communicating the electronic device with the access point based on the access information of the access point.

20. The method of claim 17 , wherein the SSID is different for each product family of the electronic device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2021
From: JU, HYUNWOO
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 056961/0062 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0093307 · Jul 27, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220029848A1 · Jan 27, 2022