KR20130021184A - Apparatus for registering home gateway service subscriber in mobile terminal, apparatus and method for providing home gateway service - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A subscriber registration device of a home gateway service and a home gateway service providing system and method using the same are provided to smoothly offer a home gateway service by allowing a subscriber of the home gateway service to enter subscriber information into a mobile communications terminal carried by the subscriber, without passing through the procedure of additional registration of customer information and a home gateway MAC(Media Access Control) address into a home gateway service providing server after the installation of the home gateway. CONSTITUTION: A subscriber registration device(200) of a home gateway service in a mobile communications terminal includes the following parts: a home gateway search part(210) transmitting a search query searching through a UPnP(Universal Plug and Play) network for a home gateway connected to the UPnP network, and searching for the home gateway through the query response; a home gateway address acquiring part(220) acquiring the public IP(Internet Protocol) address of the searched home gateway from the searched home gateway; and a subscriber registration part(230) registering subscriber information and a public IP address by transmitting subscriber information inputted by a user in advance and the acquired public IP address of the home gateway to a home gateway service providing system providing the home gateway service, through the UPnP network and other mobile communications networks. [Reference numerals] (200) Subscriber registration device of a home gateway service; (210) Home gateway search part; (220) Home gateway address acquiring part; (230) Subscriber registration part

Description

Apparatus for registering home gateway service subscriber in mobile terminal, Apparatus and method for providing home gateway service}

The present invention relates to a subscriber registration apparatus for a home gateway service, a system and a method for providing a home gateway service of a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to subscriber information of a home gateway service and a public IP address of a home gateway through a mobile communication terminal. The present invention relates to a subscriber registration device for a home gateway service, and a home gateway service providing system and method using the same.

Recently, with the development of the Internet, as the home network technology is widely used, home network based technologies are actively developed to access and control devices connected to the home network, web cameras, etc. using an external terminal, for example, a smartphone. It is becoming.

To access devices such as web cameras connected to the home network from the outside, a home gateway must be installed to collect information about the device and provide a service using the same. The home gateway determines the type and status of the home devices connected to the home network, and provides services (eg, remote PC access, video viewing, FTP, etc.) and provides a service among them.

The home gateway is generally supplied by a home networking provider (or ISP), and is configured to enable the home networking provider (or ISP) to remotely manage its operating state and provide a home gateway service including various supplementary services.

In order to provide home gateway services, including services to manage the status of the home gateway and upgrade firmware, the home networking service provider (or ISP) must accurately identify the users of the home gateway installed after the home networking service is installed. It is necessary to verify that the proper subscriber is authorized to use the gateway.

For this purpose, when the home gateway is first installed, the installer dispatched by the home networking service provider (E or ISP) accesses the user interface provided by the home gateway, and then registers the MAC address of the home gateway and the subscriber at the place where the home gateway is installed. It is being serviced to manually enter information into a home gateway service providing system of a home networking operator.

However, the device information and subscriber information of the home gateway actually installed and the device information and subscriber information registered in the home gateway service providing system of the home networking service provider are inconsistent with each other due to an error in entering the subscriber information or the subscriber registration information, or the home networking service provider Frequently, there is a case where it is not properly registered in the home gateway service provisioning system.

If the device information and subscriber information of the actually installed home gateway and the device information and subscriber information registered in the home gateway service providing system of the home networking provider do not exactly match each other, the home gateway including remote access services such as home monitoring and home auto There is a problem that can not provide a smooth service,

To solve this problem, after the home gateway is installed, the device information and the subscriber information of the home gateway are automatically transferred to the home gateway service providing system of the home networking operator through the mobile terminal of the subscriber who is authorized to use the home gateway. The ability to register is required.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to automatically register subscriber information of a home gateway service and a public IP address of a home gateway through a mobile communication terminal of a subscriber authorized to use the home gateway after the home gateway is installed. The present invention provides a subscriber registration apparatus for a home gateway service and a system and method for providing a home gateway service using the same.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be described below and will be appreciated by the embodiments of the invention. Further, objects and advantages of the present invention can be realized by the means and the combination shown in the appended claims.

In order to achieve the above technical problem, according to the present invention, a subscriber registration apparatus of a home gateway service of a mobile communication terminal transmits a search query for searching for a home gateway connected to a UPnP network through a UPnP network, and sends a home query to the home through a response to a query. A home gateway search unit searching for a gateway; A home gateway address acquisition unit for obtaining a public IP address of the found home gateway from the found home gateway; And a subscriber registration unit which registers subscriber information and public IP address by transmitting subscriber information previously inputted from a user and the acquired public gateway's public IP address to a home gateway service providing system through a mobile communication network different from the UPnP network.

More preferably, the home gateway may perform the Internet Gateway Device (IGT) function of the UPnP network.

More preferably, the search query may include a M-Search message of the Simple Service Discovery Protocol (SSCP).

In order to achieve the above technical problem, the home gateway service providing system according to the present invention transmits a query for searching for a home gateway connected to a UPnP network through a UPnP network, and searches for a home gateway through a response to the query. Obtaining a public IP address of the home gateway, and transmitting the subscriber information and public IP address previously input from the user to the home gateway service providing server through a mobile communication network different from the UPnP network; And confirming whether the subscriber corresponding to the subscriber information is an appropriate subscriber authorized to use a home gateway corresponding to the public IP address based on the subscriber information received from the mobile communication terminal and the public IP address, It includes a home gateway service providing server for providing a gateway service.

In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a home gateway service providing method comprising: a search step of searching for a home gateway connected to a UPnP network through a UPnP network in a mobile communication terminal; The mobile terminal obtains a public IP address of the home gateway from the searched home gateway; Transmitting, by the mobile terminal, the acquired IP address of the home gateway to the home gateway service providing server through a UPnP network and another mobile communication network together with subscriber information previously input from the user; The gateway service providing server checking whether the subscriber corresponding to the subscriber information is an appropriate subscriber authorized to use a home gateway corresponding to the public IP address based on the subscriber information received from the mobile communication terminal and the public IP address; And the home gateway service providing server provides a home gateway service to the identified appropriate subscriber.

According to the present invention, after the subscriber of the home gateway service is installed, the subscriber information is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal carried by the subscriber without having to additionally register the customer information and the home gateway MAC address in the home gateway service providing server after the home gateway is installed. Just by typing, you will be able to seamlessly receive home gateway services.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate preferred embodiments of the invention and, together with the description of the invention given below, serve to further augment the technical spirit of the invention. And should not be construed as limiting.
1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a home gateway service system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a subscriber registration device provided in a mobile communication terminal which is one component of a home gateway service system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a home gateway service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The following merely illustrates the principles of the invention. Thus, those skilled in the art will be able to devise various apparatuses which, although not explicitly described or shown herein, embody the principles of the invention and are included in the concept and scope of the invention. Furthermore, all of the conditional terms and embodiments listed herein are, in principle, intended only for the purpose of enabling understanding of the concepts of the present invention, and are not intended to be limiting in any way to the specifically listed embodiments and conditions . It is also to be understood that the detailed description, as well as the principles, aspects and embodiments of the invention, as well as specific embodiments thereof, are intended to cover structural and functional equivalents thereof. In addition, these equivalents should be understood to include not only equivalents now known, but also equivalents to be developed in the future, that is, all devices invented to perform the same function regardless of structure.

Thus, the functionality of the various elements shown in the figures, including functional blocks represented by a processor or similar concept, can be provided by the use of dedicated hardware as well as hardware capable of executing software in conjunction with appropriate software. When provided by a processor, the functions may be provided by a single dedicated processor, a single shared processor, or a plurality of individual processors, some of which may be shared. Also, the use of terms such as processor, control, or similar concepts should not be construed as exclusive reference to hardware capable of executing software, but may include, without limitation, digital signal processor (DSP) hardware, (ROM), random access memory (RAM), and non-volatile memory. Other hardware may also be included.

The above objects, features and advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

On the other hand, when an element is referred to as "including " an element, it does not exclude other elements unless specifically stated to the contrary.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a home gateway service system 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the home gateway service system 100 according to the present embodiment includes a mobile communication terminal 110, a home gateway 120, and a home gateway providing server 130.

The mobile terminal 110 searches for a home gateway 120 on the UPnP network 150 to obtain a public IP address of the found home gateway 120.

The home gateway 120 connects the home information appliances 140 connected to the UPnP network 150 to the home gateway service providing server 130 through an external broadband communication network (WAN), for example, the Internet 160 network. Components to provide a home gateway service that allows home devices to remotely manage or control home appliances 140 through a home gateway service providing server, such as a home gateway, residential gateway, residential gateway, and residential gateway. May be replaced with other terms having the same meaning, and may be referred to as a broadband router and an IP router according to a viewpoint.

In the present embodiment, the Internet 160 is illustrated as a network between the home gateway 120 and the home gateway service providing server 130, but this is only one example for explaining the present embodiment more easily. The present invention is not limited thereto.

As shown in the present embodiment, when the home gateway 120 and the home gateway service providing server 130 are connected to the Internet 160, the home gateway 120 is an Internet Gateway Device (IGD) of a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) network. It is preferable to perform a) function, in order to search for a home gateway 120 performing the IGD function of UPnP, the mobile communication terminal 110, the multi-cast search (M-Search) message of the Simple Service Discovery Protocol (SSCP) It is preferable to search the home gateway 120 through.

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Internet Gateway Device (IGD) is a gateway that provides Internet connectivity to devices on a subnet, and the InternetGatewayDevice standard specifies subordinate devices and services for such gateways. UPnP IGD A UPnP device that provides the Device Control Protocol (DCP) can act as a gateway. A more detailed description of the UPnP IGD is given in the UPnP IGD standard and is omitted here.

After obtaining the public IP address of the home gateway 120, the mobile communication terminal 110 provides the home gateway service providing server 130 through a mobile communication network different from the UPnP network 150 together with subscriber information previously input from the user. To transmit.

In the present embodiment, the public IP address is a unique identification number for performing Internet-based communication with the home gateway service providing server 130 in the home gateway 120, and the home IP device is connected to the UPnP network on each of the home appliances connected through the UPnP network. In order to distinguish it from a private IP address allocated for communication, it is called a public IP address and generally refers to an IP address set in a wide area network (WAN) interface of the home gateway 120.

The home gateway service providing server 130 may determine whether the subscriber corresponding to the subscriber information based on the subscriber information and the public IP address received from the mobile terminal 110 is an appropriate subscriber authorized to use the home gateway corresponding to the public IP address. By verifying, the home gateway service is provided to the identified appropriate subscriber.

The home information appliance 140 is a device used in the home and is not limited to a laptop, a PC, and a PDA, but may be any device used in an environment in which all home appliances are interlocked, such as a ubiquitous environment. Necessary TVs, audios, refrigerators and other home appliances may also be included.

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a subscriber registration apparatus 200 of a home gateway service provided in a mobile communication terminal which is one component of a home gateway service system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the subscriber registration apparatus 200 according to the present embodiment may include a home gateway search unit 210, a home gateway address acquisition unit 220, and a subscriber registration unit 230.

The home gateway search unit 210 transmits a search query for searching for a home gateway connected to the UPnP network through the UPnP network, and searches for the home gateway through a response to the query.

In the present embodiment, the home gateway preferably performs an Internet Gateway Device (IGD) function of a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) network. Thus, in order to search for a home gateway that performs an IGD function of the UPnP, the home gateway search unit At 210, it is desirable to broadcast a search query in the form of a M-Search message of the Simple Service Discovery Protocol (SSCP) to the UPnP network.

The home gateway address acquisition unit 220 obtains a public IP address of the found home gateway from the home gateway searched by the home gateway search unit 210.

The subscriber registration unit 230 transmits the subscriber information received in advance from the user and the public IP address of the home gateway acquired in the home gateway address acquisition unit 220 to the home gateway service providing system through a mobile communication network different from the UPnP network. Register subscriber information and public IP address in gateway service providing system.

The mobile communication terminal according to the present embodiment performs data communication with an external device (home gateway service providing server), not a device connected to the UPnP network through a mobile communication network different from the UPnP network, such as a mobile phone, a smart phone or a tablet PC. It is assumed that the mobile station can be a device capable of performing data communication with a home gateway service providing server in a mobile communication terminal, separately from a UPnP network. Wired / wireless integrated networks such as Wi-fi, Wibro, WiMAX, Mobile WiMAX, and Long Term Evolution (LTE) and other IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) networks. It can contain everything.

Subscriber registration apparatus 200 according to the present embodiment is a component installed inside the mobile communication terminal, at least one digital signal process (DSP) processor, controller, ASIC (application specific integrated circuit), FPGA (field programmable gate) programmable logic elements such as arrays), other electronic devices, or combinations thereof. In addition, at least some of the functions provided by the subscriber registration apparatus 200 according to the present embodiment may be implemented in software, and such software may be recorded in a recording medium. In addition, the components and functions of the subscriber registration apparatus 200 according to the present embodiment may be implemented as a combination of hardware and software.

For example, when the function provided by the subscriber registration device 200 is implemented in the form of an application operating on a device such as a mobile phone, a smartphone or a tablet PC, a series of functions for registering the subscriber automatically with the start of the application. Can be implemented to be performed.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a home gateway system in a home gateway service system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The mobile communication terminal 310, the home gateway 320, and the home gateway service providing server 330 of the home gateway service system according to the present embodiment are the mobile communication terminal 110 of the home gateway service system 100 shown in FIG. 1. ), The home gateway 120 and the home gateway service providing server 130. Therefore, the same matters as in the description of the home gateway service system 100 shown in FIG. 1 are referred to this.

Referring to FIG. 3, first, the mobile communication terminal 310 searches for a home gateway serving as an IGD function of the UPnP network by sending an M-Search message of the SSDP to the UPnP network by broadcasting.

In this case, the ST (Search Target) header used to specify the search target in the M-Search message is "urn: schemas-upnp-org: device: InternetGatewayDevcie: 1" and "urn: schemas-upnp-org: service: WANIPConnection It can be set to "1".

The home gateway 320 receives the M-Search message of the SSDP sent in step S301 to inform that it is a home gateway supporting the IGD function of the UPnP network. In response to the M-search message, a "200 OK" type response is provided. The message is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 310 in a unicast manner (S302).

After confirming that the home gateway 320 supports the UPnP IGD through the response message received in step S302, the mobile communication terminal 310 calls the GetExternalIPAddress () method of the WANIPConnection service supported by the UPnP IGD. Request 320 the IP address (public IP address) of the WAN interface of the home gateway 320 (S304).

The home gateway 320 provides the IP address of its WAN interface to the mobile terminal 310 as a return value for the GetExternalIPAddress () method (S305).

The mobile terminal 310 transmits the IP address of the WAN interface of the home gateway 320 obtained in step S305 to the home gateway providing server 330 together with subscriber information, for example, an ID and a password, previously input from the user (S306). ). In this case, the network through which the IP address and subscriber information of the WAN interface is transmitted is preferably a 2G, 3G, or 4G network connected to a mobile communication network different from the UPnP network connected to the home gateway 320, for example, a mobile communication terminal.

The home gateway service providing server 330 receives the subscriber ID and password received through the step S306 and the IP address of the WAN interface, and the subscriber ID, password, and IP of the WAN interface previously inputted into the internal DB when the subscriber requests the home gateway service. By comparing the addresses with each other (S307), it is checked whether the user of the mobile communication terminal 310 is an appropriate subscriber authorized to use the home gateway corresponding to the IP address of the WAN interface received in step S306 (S308).

When the home gateway service providing server S308 determines that the user of the mobile communication terminal 310 is an appropriate subscriber, the home gateway service providing server S308 transmits a notification message indicating that the user is registered as an appropriate subscriber in the mobile communication terminal 310 (S309-1). It provides a home gateway service for the appropriate subscriber based on the IP address of the WAN interface received through (S309-2).

According to the embodiment, the home gateway service providing server 330 transmits the authentication number to the mobile communication terminal 310 when the subscriber information is inconsistent as a result of the comparison in step S307, and determines whether the user of the mobile communication terminal 310 is an appropriate subscriber. After confirming again, if it is confirmed that the subscriber is appropriate, the information transmitted from the mobile communication terminal 310 may be configured to update the information input in the internal DB.

According to the present invention, after the subscriber of the home gateway service is installed, the subscriber information is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal carried by the subscriber without having to additionally register the customer information and the home gateway MAC address in the home gateway service providing server after the home gateway is installed. Just by typing, you will be able to seamlessly receive home gateway services.

The method of providing a home gateway service according to the present invention can also be embodied as computer readable codes on a computer readable recording medium. A computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording apparatuses in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like, and may be implemented in the form of a carrier wave (for example, transmission over the Internet) . In addition, the computer-readable recording medium may be distributed over network-connected computer systems so that computer readable codes can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. In addition, functional programs, codes, and code segments for implementing the present invention can be easily inferred by programmers of the technical field to which the present invention belongs.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is clearly understood that the same is by way of illustration and example only and is not to be taken by way of limitation, You will understand. Accordingly, the true scope of protection of the present invention should be determined only by the appended claims.

Claims (10)

In the subscriber registration device of the home gateway service of the mobile communication terminal,
A home gateway search unit transmitting a search query for searching a home gateway connected to the UPnP network through a UPnP network to search the home gateway through a response to the query;
A home gateway address acquisition unit for obtaining a public IP address of the searched home gateway from the searched home gateway; And
The subscriber information and the public IP of the subscriber and the public IP address of the home gateway obtained in advance from the user is transmitted to a home gateway service providing system providing the home gateway service through a mobile communication network different from the UPnP network. Subscriber registration device of a home gateway service of a mobile communication terminal including a subscriber registration unit for registering an address The method of claim 1, wherein
The home gateway is a subscriber registration device of a home gateway service of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that to perform the function of the Internet Gateway Device (IGT) of the UPnP network. The method of claim 1,
The search query subscriber registration device of a home gateway service of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that it comprises a multi-cast search (M-Search) message of the Simple Service Discovery Protocol (SSCP). Send a query to search for a home gateway connected to the UPnP network through a UPnP network, search for the home gateway through a response to the query, obtain a public IP address of the found home gateway, and receive a pre-input from the user. A mobile communication terminal for transmitting subscriber information and the public IP address to a home gateway service providing server through a mobile communication network different from the UPnP network; And
On the basis of the subscriber information received from the mobile communication terminal and the public IP address, it is confirmed whether the subscriber corresponding to the subscriber information is an appropriate subscriber authorized to use a home gateway corresponding to the public IP address. And a home gateway service providing server providing a home gateway service to an appropriate subscriber. 5. The method of claim 4,
The home gateway is a home gateway service providing system, characterized in that to perform the function of the Internet Gateway Device (IGT) of the UPnP network. 5. The method of claim 4,
The search query is a home gateway service providing system comprising a multi-cast search (M-Search) message of the Simple Service Discovery Protocol (SSCP). A search step of searching for a home gateway connected to the UPnP network through a UPnP network in a mobile communication terminal;
The mobile communication terminal obtaining an official IP address of the home gateway from the searched home gateway;
Transmitting, by the mobile communication terminal, a home gateway service providing server through a mobile communication network different from the UPnP network together with subscriber information previously inputted from a user to the acquired public IP address of the home gateway;
The home gateway service providing server is a subscriber corresponding to the subscriber information based on the subscriber information received from the mobile communication terminal and the public IP address, and is an appropriate subscriber authorized to use a home gateway corresponding to the public IP address. Confirming; And
The home gateway service providing server includes providing a home gateway service to the identified appropriate subscriber. The method of claim 7, wherein
The home gateway provides a home gateway service, characterized in that to perform the function of the Internet Gateway Device (IGT) of the UPnP network. The method of claim 7, wherein
The searching step includes the step of discovering a home gateway connected to the UPnP network by broadcasting an M-Search message of a simple service discovery protocol (SSCP) to the UPnP network. How we deliver the service. The method of claim 7, wherein
The acquiring step includes the step of obtaining the public IP by calling the GetExternalIPAddress () method of the WANIPConnection service provided by the Internet Gateway Device (IGT) function of the UPnP network.

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