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Granted Patent B2
US 12,550,217 · App. 18/243,784 · Granted Feb 10, 2026

Method for network configuration, non-transitory computer readable storage medium, base station, cleaning device and cleaning system

Inventors: Yang Yang (Shenzhen, CN); Juanjuan Ren (Shenzhen, CN); Guodong Zhang (Shenzhen, CN); Lirong Ye (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: Shenzhen Inxni Innovation Technology Co., Ltd.
H04W76/18H04L12/2807
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Patent No.
US 12,550,217
App. No.
18/243,784
Granted
Feb 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to the technical field of smart home, and discloses a method for network configuration, a storage medium, a base station, a cleaning device, and a cleaning system. The method includes: generating network configuration prompt information in response to receiving a second Bluetooth MAC address sent by a second device; obtaining wireless connection information sent by a user terminal through the first Bluetooth connection; connecting to a wireless network according to the wireless connection information, and uploading the second Bluetooth MAC address to a server through the wireless network, in order that the user terminal interacts with the second device. Thus, a network configuration efficiency of connecting the first device and the second device to the wireless network can be improved.

Claims (36)

1 . A method for network configuration, implemented by a base station, comprising:

generating network configuration prompt information by the base station in response to receiving a second Bluetooth media access control (MAC) address sent by a cleaning device, and establishing a first Bluetooth connection between a user terminal and the base station in response to the network configuration prompt information;

obtaining, by the base station, wireless connection information sent by the user terminal based on the first Bluetooth connection;

connecting to a wireless network by the base station according to the wireless connection information; and

uploading, by the base station, the second Bluetooth MAC address to a server through the wireless network, and performing, by the user terminal, an interactive operation with the cleaning device; wherein the interactive operation comprises: an operation of establishing, by the user terminal, a second Bluetooth connection operation with the cleaning device according to the second Bluetooth MAC address, and an operation of sending, by the user terminal, the wireless connection information to the cleaning device based on the second Bluetooth connection operation, in order that the cleaning device accesses the wireless network according to the wireless connection information.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising: sending, by the base station, a network configuration start command to the cleaning device in response to receiving a network configuration trigger command, obtaining, by the cleaning device, the second Bluetooth MAC address according to the network configuration start command, before said generating the network configuration prompt information by the base station.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein said obtaining, by the cleaning device, the second Bluetooth MAC address according to the network configuration start command comprises:

activating a second Bluetooth module of the cleaning device according to the network configuration start command; and

obtaining the second Bluetooth MAC address of the second Bluetooth module of the cleaning device.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein after said obtaining the second Bluetooth MAC address of the second Bluetooth module of the cleaning device, the method further comprises:

detecting whether the second Bluetooth MAC address is correct; and

sending the second Bluetooth MAC address to the base station if the second Bluetooth MAC address is correct; or sending information indicating network configuration failure to the base station through a second wireless module, and terminating a network configuration operation by the base station according to the information indicating network configuration failure, if the second Bluetooth MAC address is incorrect.

5 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein before said generating the network configuration prompt information by the base station, the method further comprises:

generating, by a physical button circuit of the base station, the network configuration trigger command in response to detecting a physical button pressing operation of a user;

detecting, by the base station, whether a first wireless module of the base station is in normal communication; and

sending, by the base station, the network configuration start command to the cleaning device if the first wireless module of the base station is in normal communication, or terminating a network configuration operation by the base station if the first wireless module is not in normal communication.

6 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, which stores a computer-executable instruction, that, when executed by an electronic device, causes the electronic device to perform the method for network configuration according to claim 1 .

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein after said uploading, by the base station, the second Bluetooth MAC address of the cleaning device to the server through the wireless network, and before said accessing the server to obtain the second Bluetooth MAC address by the user terminal, the method further comprises: broadcasting, by the base station, information indicating that the second Bluetooth MAC address is uploaded successfully through a first Bluetooth module of the base station; and performing said accessing the server to obtain the second Bluetooth MAC address by the user terminal, when the user terminal receives the information indicating that the second Bluetooth MAC address is uploaded successfully through the first Bluetooth connection of the base station.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the wireless connection information comprises a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) account and a Wi-Fi password, said connecting to the wireless network by the base station according to the wireless connection information comprises:

by the base station, parsing the wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) account and the Wi-Fi password from the wireless connection information and automatically connecting to the wireless network according to the Wi-Fi account and the Wi-Fi password.

9 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising: receiving information indicating that a network configuration is successful from the cleaning device after said connecting the cleaning device to the wireless network by the base station according to the wireless connection information.

10 . A method for network configuration, implemented by a cleaning device, comprising:

sending, by the cleaning device, a second Bluetooth MAC address of the cleaning device to a base station, and generating network configuration prompt information by the base station; wherein the network configuration prompt information is used to prompt a user terminal to establish a first Bluetooth connection with the base station, and the user terminal is configured to send wireless connection information to the base station through the first Bluetooth connection, in order that the base station accesses a wireless network according to the wireless connection information and uploads the second Bluetooth MAC address to a server through the wireless network;

establishing, by controlling the cleaning device, a second Bluetooth connection with the user terminal, and sending, by the user terminal, the wireless connection information to the cleaning device through the second Bluetooth connection; and

accessing the wireless network by the cleaning device according to the wireless connection information.

11 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein before said sending the second Bluetooth MAC address of the cleaning device to the base station, the method further comprises:

obtaining, by the cleaning device, a network configuration start command sent by the base station; and

obtaining, by the cleaning device, the second Bluetooth MAC address according to the network configuration start command.

12 . A method for network configuration, implemented by a user terminal, comprising:

establishing, by controlling the user terminal, a first Bluetooth connection with a base station;

sending, by the user terminal, wireless connection information to the base station through the first Bluetooth connection, accessing, by the base station, a wireless network according to the wireless connection information and uploading, by the base station, a second Bluetooth MAC address of a cleaning device to a server through the wireless network; wherein the second Bluetooth MAC address is sent by the cleaning device to the base station;

accessing the server to obtain the second Bluetooth MAC address by the user terminal;

establishing, by controlling the user terminal a second Bluetooth connection with a second device according to the second Bluetooth MAC address; and

sending, by the user terminal, the wireless connection information to the cleaning device through the second Bluetooth connection, and accessing the wireless network by the cleaning device, according to the wireless connection information.

13 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein said accessing the server to obtain the second Bluetooth MAC address by the user terminal comprises:

accessing the server by the user terminal by polling according to a preset frequency to obtain the second Bluetooth MAC address.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 8, 2023
From: YANG, YANG; REN, JUANJUAN; ZHANG, GUODONG; YE, LIRONG
To: SHENZHEN INXNI INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202211347305.0 · Oct 31, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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