TWI807747B - Pairing authentication system and method for home appliances - Google Patents

Abstract

A pairing authentication system and a method for home appliances are provided. The pairing authentication system includes a plurality of home appliances, a server and a user terminal. The server performs a pre-pairing authentication procedure with each of home appliances for generating background pairing information corresponding to each of home appliances on the server and generating home appliance pairing information on the home appliance. The user terminal is electrically connected to the server through an application program and sends a pairing request signal to the server. The server adjusts the home appliance pairing information according to the pairing request signal and the background pairing information, so that the user terminal and the home appliance complete the pairing authentication.

Description

Home appliance device pairing authentication system and method

The present invention relates to the technical field of pairing authentication, and in particular to a system and method for pairing authentication of home appliances.

With the development of the Internet of Things (IoT) concept, home appliances such as vacuum cleaners, washing machines, refrigerators, air conditioners, and TVs that can be connected to the Internet are gradually becoming popular. Therefore, the control methods of current home appliances have gradually changed from traditional remote controls to user terminals such as smart phones.

In order for the user terminal to control home appliances such as vacuum cleaners, washing machines, refrigerators, air conditioners, and televisions, a pairing authentication procedure needs to be performed between the user terminal and the home appliances. During the pairing authentication process, the user usually needs to use the user terminal to read the two-dimensional barcode on the home appliance, and then wait for a period of time until the pairing authentication process is completed between the user terminal and the home appliance. During the period of waiting for the completion of the pairing verification procedure between the user terminal and the home appliance, the user often cannot or must avoid performing other operations on the user terminal, and this situation causes troubles to the user.

In view of the foregoing, the inventor of the present invention conceived and designed a home appliance pairing authentication system and method, in order to improve the deficiencies of the conventional technology, and further enhance the implementation and utilization in the industry.

The object of the present invention is to provide a pairing authentication system and method for home appliances to improve the aforementioned problems.

Based on the above purpose, the present invention provides a home appliance pairing authentication system, which includes a plurality of home appliances, a server and a user terminal. Wherein, each of the home appliances has a first wireless transmission module and home appliance pairing information. Each of the home appliances is connected to a wide area communication network or a near field communication network by using the first wireless transmission module. Wherein, the server performs a pre-pairing authentication procedure on each of the home appliances through the first wireless transmission module, so as to generate background pairing information corresponding to each of the home appliances on the server and generate the pairing information of the home appliance on the home appliance. Wherein, the user terminal has a second wireless transmission module and an application program provided by the server. The user terminal is electrically connected to the server through the application program and the second wireless transmission module. The user terminal uses the application program to send a pairing request signal, and the server adjusts the home appliance pairing information of the home appliance corresponding to the pairing request signal according to the pairing request signal and the background pairing information, so that the user terminal and the home appliance complete pairing authentication.

Preferably, the pairing request signal includes a terminal identification information of the user terminal.

Preferably, when the server and the home appliance perform the pre-pairing authentication procedure, an appliance identification number is generated, and the pairing request signal includes the home appliance identification number corresponding to the home appliance to be paired.

Preferably, when generating the pairing request signal, the user terminal scans whether the home appliance exists within the range of the near field communication network of the user terminal; if so, includes the home appliance identification information of the home appliance within the range of the near field communication network in the pairing request signal.

Preferably, the near field communication network is a Bluetooth communication network.

Based on the above purpose, the present invention further provides a home appliance pairing authentication method, which includes the following steps: performing a pre-pairing authentication procedure on a home appliance through a server to generate a background pairing information corresponding to the home appliance in the server and generating home appliance pairing information in the home appliance; using a user terminal to send a pairing request signal through an application program provided by the server; and, the server adjusts the home appliance pairing corresponding to the pairing request signal according to the pairing request signal and the background pairing information. Information, so that the user terminal and the home appliance complete the pairing authentication.

Preferably, the pairing request signal includes a terminal identification information of the user terminal.

Preferably, when the server and the home appliance perform the pre-pairing authentication procedure, an appliance identification number is generated; the home appliance pairing authentication method further includes the following steps: inputting the home appliance identification number, and generating the pairing request signal including the home appliance identification number.

Preferably, the home appliance pairing authentication method of the present invention further includes the following steps: the user terminal scans whether the home appliance exists within the range of the near field communication network of the user terminal; if so, includes the home appliance identification information of the home appliance within the range of the near field communication network in the pairing request signal.

Preferably, the near field communication network is a Bluetooth communication network.

The technical features of the present invention will be described in detail below with specific embodiments and accompanying drawings, so that those skilled in the art can easily understand the purpose, technical features, and advantages of the present invention.

The advantages, features and technical methods achieved by the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the exemplary embodiments and the accompanying drawings to make it easier to understand, and the present invention can be implemented in different forms, so it should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments stated here. On the contrary, for those skilled in the art, the provided embodiments will make this disclosure more thorough and comprehensive.

It should be understood that although the terms "first", "second" and the like may be used in the present invention to describe various elements, components, regions, sections, layers and/or sections, these elements, components, regions, sections, layers and/or sections should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element, component, region, section, layer and/or section from another element, component, region, section, layer and/or section.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used in this invention have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. It will be further understood that terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries should be interpreted as having definitions consistent with their meanings in the context of the relevant art and the present invention, and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a block diagram of the home appliance pairing authentication system of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the home appliance pairing authentication system 1 of the present invention mainly includes a plurality of home appliances 11 , a server 12 and a user terminal 13 .

Among them, a plurality of home appliances 11 may be home appliances such as vacuum cleaners, washing machines, refrigerators, air conditioners, air cleaners, electric fans, and televisions. Each home appliance 11 has a first wireless transmission module 111 and home appliance pairing information 112 respectively. Wherein, each of the home appliances 11 utilizes the first wireless transmission module 111 to connect to a wide area communication network 21 or a near field communication network 22; for example, the wide area communication network 21 can be connected to a local area network such as Wi-Fi, and then connected to the Internet; or, the wide area communication network 21 can be connected to a network such as 3G, 4G, 5G, and then connected to the Internet;

Wherein, the server 12 performs a pre-pairing authentication procedure 121 on each of the home appliances 11 through the first wireless transmission module 111, so that the server 12 generates a background pairing information corresponding to each of the home appliances 11 and generates the home appliance pairing information 112 on the home appliances 11. Among them, the server 12 is preferably established or provided by the supplier or manufacturer of the home appliance 11, so as to pre-pair the authentication program 121 during the production process or after completion.

Wherein, the user terminal 13 can be an electronic device such as a smart phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, etc., preferably a smart phone. The user terminal 13 has a second wireless transmission module 131 and the application program 132 provided by the server 12; that is to say, the application program 132 can preferably be established or provided by the supplier or manufacturer of the home appliance 11, and it can be placed in the cloud or other suitable locations so that users can download and install it. The user terminal 13 is electrically connected to the server 12 through the application program 132 and the second wireless transmission module 131 . Thereby, the user terminal 13 can use the application program 132 to send a pairing request signal 133 to the server 12 . When the server 12 receives the pairing request signal 133, the server 12 adjusts the home appliance pairing information 112 of the home appliance 11 corresponding to the pairing request signal 133 according to the pairing request signal 133 and the background pairing information 122, so that the user terminal 13 and the home appliance 11 complete pairing authentication.

Incidentally, before the user terminal 13 is paired with the home appliance 11 , the home appliance 11 can be electrically connected to the server 12 through the wide area communication network 21 . Among them, the user can temporarily connect to the home appliance 11 through the application program 132 in the user terminal 13 and cooperate with the near field communication network 22 such as the Bluetooth communication network, so that the user can directly import or import the relevant information in the current network of the user terminal 13 through the user terminal 13, such as the Wi-Fi SSID and password in the smart phone network; The wide area communication network 21 is electrically connected to the server 12, and in the subsequent process, the server 12 can adjust the home appliance pairing information 112 of the home appliance 11 corresponding to the pairing request signal 133; or, for example, hotspot sharing.

It is worth mentioning that the home appliance pairing information 112 can also be stored in the server 12, and after the server 12 adjusts the home appliance pairing information 112 of the home appliance 11 in response to the pairing request signal 133, then transmits the home appliance pairing information 112 to the home appliance 11 to store in the home appliance 11 or replace the original home appliance pairing information 112.

The home appliance pairing authentication system 1 of the present invention uses the server 12 to perform a pre-pairing authentication procedure 121 on each home appliance 11 at the front end, so that after the user purchases the home appliance 11, he can simply and quickly use the application program 132 to select the purchased home appliance 11, that is, the pairing authentication between the user's user terminal 13 and the home appliance 11 can be quickly completed.

Please refer to FIG. 2 , which is a block diagram of the first embodiment of the home appliance pairing authentication system of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the home appliance pairing authentication system 1 of the present invention mainly includes a plurality of home appliances 11 , a server 12 and a user terminal 13 .

Wherein, the pairing request signal 133 includes a terminal identification information 134 of the user terminal 13 . Moreover, when the server 12 and the home appliance 11 perform the pre-pair authentication procedure 121, an appliance identification number 123 is generated. The home appliance identification number 123 can be a string of alphanumeric characters or a two-dimensional barcode, etc., and can be arranged on the outer surface of the home appliance 11 for easy viewing by users. Wherein, the pairing request signal 133 includes the home appliance identification number 123 corresponding to the home appliance 11 to be paired.

That is to say, when the user purchases the home appliance 11 and enables the home appliance 11 to be electrically connected to the server 12 through the wide area communication network 21 through the above or other appropriate methods, the user can use the application program 132 of the user terminal 13 to input the home appliance identification number 123 as a string of alphanumeric characters, or read the home appliance identification number 123 such as a two-dimensional barcode through the camera module of the user terminal 13. Therefore, the application program 132 of the user terminal 13 can generate a pairing request signal 133 including the home appliance identification number 123 corresponding to the home appliance 11 to be paired and the terminal identification information 134 of the user terminal 13 to send to the server 12 .

Please refer to FIG. 3 , which is a block diagram of a second embodiment of the home appliance pairing authentication system of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the home appliance pairing authentication system 1 of the present invention mainly includes a plurality of home appliances 11 , a server 12 and a user terminal 13 .

Wherein, the pairing request signal 133 includes a terminal identification information 134 of the user terminal 13 . When generating the pairing request signal 133, the user terminal 13 scans whether the home appliance 11 exists within the range of the near field communication network 22 of the user terminal 13;

That is to say, when the user purchases the home appliance 11 and enables the home appliance 11 to be electrically connected to the server 12 through the wide area communication network 21 through the above or other appropriate methods, the user can turn on the Bluetooth of the user terminal 13, and use the user terminal 13 or the application program 132 of the user terminal 13 to check the devices in the Bluetooth of the user terminal 13, and click on the home appliance 11 to be paired to obtain information such as the home appliance identification information 113. Therefore, the application program 132 of the user terminal 13 can generate a pairing request signal 133 including the home appliance identification information 113 corresponding to the home appliance 11 to be paired and the terminal identification information 134 of the user terminal 13 to send to the server 12 . Incidentally, the appliance identification information 113 may be the same as or different from the appliance identification number 123 in the previous embodiment, and it only needs to be used for identifying each appliance 11 .

Please refer to FIG. 4 , which is a schematic diagram of the first step of the home appliance pairing authentication method of the present invention.

As shown in the figure, a home appliance pairing authentication method of the present invention includes the following steps: (S11) performing a pre-pairing authentication procedure on a home appliance through a server to generate background pairing information corresponding to the home appliance in the server and generating home appliance pairing information in the home appliance; (S12) inputting the home appliance identification number through an application program provided by the server to generate a pairing request signal including the home appliance identification number and terminal identification information; (S13) sending a pairing request signal; and ( S14) The server adjusts the home appliance pairing information of the home appliance corresponding to the pairing request signal according to the pairing request signal and the background pairing information, so that the user terminal and the home appliance complete pairing authentication.

Please refer to FIG. 5 , which is a schematic diagram of the second step of the home appliance pairing authentication method of the present invention.

As shown in the figure, a home appliance pairing authentication method of the present invention includes the following steps: (S21) performing a pre-pairing authentication procedure on the home appliance through the server to generate background pairing information corresponding to the home appliance in the server and generating home appliance pairing information in the home appliance; (S22) scanning whether the home appliance exists within the range of the near field communication network of the user terminal and selecting the home appliance to generate a pairing request signal including home appliance identification information and terminal identification information; (S23) Sending a pairing request signal; and (S24) the server adjusts the home appliance pairing information of the home appliance corresponding to the pairing request signal according to the pairing request signal and the background pairing information, so that the user terminal and the home appliance complete pairing authentication.

Specifically, the home appliance pairing authentication method provided by the embodiment of the present invention is used to implement the home appliance pairing authentication system in the corresponding embodiment above, so the specific steps of the home appliance pairing authentication method provided by the embodiment of the present invention are the same as or similar to the corresponding embodiment above, and will not be repeated here.

Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that each embodiment can be realized by software plus a necessary general-purpose hardware platform, and of course it can also be realized by hardware. Based on this understanding, the part of the above technical solution that is essentially or contributes to the known technology can be embodied in the form of a software product. The computer software product can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk, etc., and includes several instructions to make a computer device (which can be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) execute the methods described in various embodiments or some parts of the embodiments.

The above descriptions are illustrative only, not restrictive. Any equivalent modification or change made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention shall be included in the scope of the appended patent application.

1: Home appliance pairing authentication system 11: Home appliances 111:The first wireless transmission module 112: Home appliance pairing information 113: Home appliance identification information 12:Server 121: Pre-pairing authentication procedure 122: Background pairing information 123: Home appliance identification serial number 13: User terminal 131: Second wireless transmission module 132: Application 133: Pairing request signal 134: terminal identification information 21: Wide area communication network 22:Near field communication network S11～S14, S21～S24: steps

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the accompanying drawings that need to be used in the description of the embodiments of the present invention will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the accompanying drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present invention. For those with ordinary knowledge in the technical field of the present invention, other accompanying drawings can also be obtained according to these drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the home appliance pairing authentication system of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the first embodiment of the home appliance pairing authentication system of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a second embodiment of the home appliance pairing authentication system of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the first step of the home appliance pairing authentication method of the present invention. Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of the second step of the home appliance pairing authentication method of the present invention.

1: Home appliance pairing authentication system

11: Home appliances

111:The first wireless transmission module

112: Home appliance pairing information

12:Server

121: Pre-pairing authentication procedure

122: Background pairing information

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131: Second wireless transmission module

132: Application

133: Pairing request signal

21: Wide area communication network

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Claims (10)

A home appliance pairing authentication system, which includes: a plurality of home appliances, each of which has a first wireless transmission module and home appliance pairing information, and each of the home appliances uses the first wireless transmission module to connect to a wide area communication network or a near field communication network; a server is used to perform a pre-pairing authentication procedure on each of the home appliances through the first wireless transmission module before consumers purchase, so as to generate a background pairing information corresponding to each of the home appliances on the server and generate the home appliance pairing information on the server. The home appliance; and a user terminal, having a second wireless transmission module and an application program provided by the server, and electrically connected to the server through the application program and the second wireless transmission module, the user terminal sends a pairing request signal through the application program, and when the server receives the pairing request signal, the server directly adjusts the home appliance pairing information of the home appliance corresponding to the pairing request signal according to the pairing request signal and the background pairing information, so that the user The terminal completes pairing authentication with the home appliance. The home appliance pairing and authentication system as described in Claim 1, wherein the pairing request signal includes a terminal identification information of the user terminal. The home appliance pairing authentication system as described in Claim 2, wherein the server generates an appliance identification number when performing the pre-pairing authentication procedure with the home appliance, and the pairing request signal includes the home appliance identification number corresponding to the home appliance to be paired. As described in claim 2, the home appliance pairing authentication system, wherein when generating the pairing request signal, the user terminal scans whether the home appliance exists within the range of the near field communication network of the user terminal, and if so, includes the home appliance identification information of the home appliance within the range of the near field communication network in the pairing request signal. The home appliance pairing authentication system as described in claim item 4, wherein the near field communication The network is a bluetooth communication network. A pairing authentication method for home appliances, which includes the following steps: performing a pre-pairing authentication procedure on an appliance before a consumer purchases it through a server, so as to generate background pairing information corresponding to the home appliance on the server and generating pairing information on the home appliance; using a user terminal to send a pairing request signal through an application program provided by the server; The home appliance pairing information of the home appliance in the pairing request signal, so that the user terminal and the home appliance complete pairing authentication. As described in claim 6, the home appliance pairing authentication method, wherein the pairing request signal includes a terminal identification information of the user terminal. The home appliance pairing authentication method as described in claim item 7, wherein the server and the home appliance generate a home appliance identification serial number when performing the pre-pairing authentication procedure, and the home appliance pairing authentication method further includes the following steps: input the home appliance identification number, and generate the pairing request signal including the home appliance identification number. The home appliance pairing authentication method as described in claim item 7 further includes the following steps: the user terminal scans whether the home appliance exists within the range of a near field communication network of the user terminal; if so, includes the home appliance identification information of the home appliance within the range of the near field communication network in the pairing request signal. The pairing and authentication method for home appliances as described in Claim 9, wherein the near field communication network is a Bluetooth communication network.