KR101643870B1

KR101643870B1 - Easy guide how to connect between electronic devices and customer premises router with Wi-Fi

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Publication number: KR101643870B1
Application number: KR1020150120190A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 정영환; 손선국; 박주열
Original assignee: 린나이코리아 주식회사
Priority date: 2015-08-26
Filing date: 2015-08-26
Publication date: 2016-08-01

Abstract

The present invention relates to a connection guidance method between an electronic device having a Wi-Fi function and a home wireless router. More particularly, when a smartphone application (APP) is executed by a user, a wireless Wi- Determining whether there is a product registration history of the electronic device having the function; If there is no product registration history, inputting home router information; Sequentially checking whether the service set identifier (SSID) is compatible, whether the password is compatible, and the security type is compatible; If the service set identifier, the password, and the security type are both compatible, transmitting data for the electronic device to the server; Determining whether the server has successfully received the data; And transmitting the home router information to the Wi-Fi device of the electronic device when the data is received and terminating the home router information.
Therefore, in the step of inputting the router information input by the user into the smartphone, it is possible to grasp the user's compatibility with the wireless Wi-Fi device of the electronic device in advance and notify the user of the compatibility, The information can be more clearly guided to the user, so that the user can solve the problem of the router more quickly, and the reliability of the smartphone control for the electronic device having the Wi-Fi function and the merchantability of the product itself can be greatly improved .

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for connection between an electronic device having a Wi-Fi function and a home wireless router,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a connection guidance method between an electronic device having a Wi-Fi function and a home wireless router, and more particularly, to a method of connecting a home wireless router to various electronic devices having a wireless Wi- The user can notify the user of whether the router input by the user is communicable or not by using a smart phone and inform the user whether the router is capable of communicating with the user. In addition, when the user inputs a home router information, that is, a service set identifier ; SSID) and password), it is possible to check whether the smartphone is external to the Internet, and to confirm that the smartphone is a router that can be used in a corresponding electronic device having a wireless Wi-Fi function.

Generally, among various electronic devices, a boiler is installed for heating and hot water supply. It uses heat generated by burning various fuels to heat water, directly use heated water, or to heat a home or various buildings It is widely used and developed not only from domestic small boiler to large industrial boiler but also it is divided into oil boiler and gas boiler according to the fuel to be used. Has been developed and used.

Meanwhile, a mobile terminal including a smart phone is configured to perform various functions. Examples of such various functions include data and voice communication functions, a function of photographing or moving pictures through a camera, a voice storage function, a speaker system A music file playback function, and an image or video display function. Some mobile terminals may include additional functionality to execute games and some other mobile terminals may also be implemented as multimedia devices and recent mobile terminals may receive broadcast or multicast signals to view video or television programs have.

Efforts to support and increase the functions of the mobile terminal continue while performing various functions as described above. Such efforts include not only changes and improvements in structural components that form the mobile terminal, but also improvements in software or hardware.

Among them, the touch function of the mobile terminal allows a user who is unfamiliar with the button / key input to conveniently perform the operation of the terminal by using the touch screen. In recent years, not only simple input but also user interface (UI) Is becoming an important function of

Accordingly, as the touch function is applied to a mobile terminal in various forms, development of a user interface (UI) corresponding thereto is further demanded.

Wi-Fi, which has been developed and widely used, has been widely used in various devices such as notebook computers, mobile phones, console game machines, MP3 players, cameras and printers, and is widely used worldwide under the IEEE 802.11 standard.

As the Wi-Fi communicates with a router called AP as a connection point, Wi-Fi installed in various devices can communicate only by connecting to an AP that is a network access point.

Wi-Fi Direct, a new communication standard that supports data transmission between devices using Wi-Fi technology, is currently under development and standardization work is under way.

The Wi-Fi Direct is a next-generation local area communication technology that allows data to be directly connected to devices without passing through the AP.

The function of Wi-Fi Direct is short-range wireless communication technology like Bluetooth, but it provides a wider transmission range and faster speed than Bluetooth. Wi-Fi Direct is theoretically capable of sending and receiving data at a rate of 300 Mbps (actual 150 Mbps) when 802.11n wireless technology is used, whereas currently used Bluetooth supports transmission speeds of up to 3 Mbps.

In addition, the Wi-Fi Direct can be connected to a mobile phone, a printer, a computer, and a headphone within a distance of 100 meters, which is 10 times wider than Bluetooth, which is typically 10 meters (Class 2).

A conventional method of connecting an electronic device having a Wi-Fi function and a home wireless router is to connect various electronic devices 1 and smart phones 3 through an application (APP) of the smart phone 3 as shown in FIG. (2) information (2) is input to the smartphone (3), and then the inputted router (2) information is transmitted from the smart phone (3) to the various electronic devices (1) (③), and attempts to connect (④, ④ ') from the electronic device 1 to the server 4 via the router 2 with the received information.

That is, after inputting the information of the home Router 2 through the application (APP) of the smart phone 3, the information is transmitted to various electronic products having a wireless Wi-Fi function, The communication with the server 4 is attempted.

However, such a connection method can be applied to a case where a failure of communication with the server 4 in various electronic devices having a wireless Wi-Fi function causes the user to input information of the home router in an incorrect manner, There is a problem that the user does not know at all whether there is a problem in the communication of the server.

In other words, when looking at various electronic products having a conventional wireless Wi-Fi function, home router information inputted by the user is directly transmitted to the product, and when it is communicated with a server possessed by each company, The user is notified that the communication with the server is not performed. Therefore, there is a problem that actual users can not know at a certain point whether the corresponding electronic device is not connected to the server.

Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1276861 (June 10, 2013)

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems of the related art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a wireless communication device and a wireless communication method, If the home router information input by the user is wrong, the application (APP) of the smart phone displays an error message to inform the user of the wrong information. If the home router information inputted by the user is normal information, To be connected to the server in the electronic device so that the step of inputting the router information input by the user into the smartphone is grasped in advance to confirm that the wireless router is compatible with the wireless Wi-Fi device of the electronic device and informs the user It is possible to greatly improve the convenience and convenience of the user, Can you guide the user to the user Y can more quickly solve the problem of the router - to provide guidance how to connect between electronic devices and features pastries premises with a wireless router has its purpose.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for controlling a device, such as a smart phone, in which when a smart phone application (APP) is executed by a user, the application determines whether there is a product registration history of a corresponding electronic device having a wireless Wi- ; If there is no product registration history, inputting home router information; Sequentially checking whether the service set identifier (SSID) is compatible, whether the password is compatible, and the security type is compatible; If the service set identifier, the password, and the security type are both compatible, transmitting data for the electronic device to the server; Determining whether the server has successfully received the data; And transmitting the home router information to the Wi-Fi device of the electronic device when the data is received and terminating the home router information.

If the service set identifier (SSID) is not compatible, returning to the step of inputting the router information after transmitting the service set identifier (SSID) incompatible guidance message.

If the password is incompatible, the method further includes the step of returning to the step of inputting the router information after transmitting the password incompatible information message.

If the security type is incompatible, the method further includes the step of returning to the step of entering the home router information after transmitting the incompatible guidance message of the security type.

If the server fails to receive data, the step of transmitting the service set identifier (SSID) incompatible information message and returning to the step of inputting the router information is further performed.

As described above, according to the connection guidance method between the electronic device having the Wi-Fi function and the home wireless router according to the present invention, the home router provided by the user includes the boiler having the wireless Wi-Fi function If the home router information inputted by the user is wrong, the application (APP) of the smart phone displays an error message to notify the user of the wrong input information, and the home router If the information is normal information, the smartphone transmits the information of the router to the electronic device, and allows the electronic device to connect to the server, so that when the user enters the router information input by the user into the smartphone, And can inform the user in advance whether it is compatible with the In addition, it is possible to more clearly inform the user of the information that has been input erroneously, so that the user can solve the problem of the router more quickly, as well as the reliability of the smartphone control for the electronic device having the Wi- It is a very useful invention that can greatly improve the merchantability and the like.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a conventional connection method between an electronic device having a Wi-Fi function and a home wireless router.
2 is a block diagram of an electronic device to which the method of the present invention is applied, a smart phone, a home wireless router, and a server.
3 is a flow chart for explaining the method of the present invention.

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

In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an electronic apparatus to which the method of the present invention is applied, a smartphone, a home wireless router, and a server. FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating the method of the present invention.

According to the present invention,

When the application (APP) of the smartphone 3 is executed by the user (S1), a step (S2) of determining whether there is a product registration history of the corresponding electronic device 1 having a wireless Wi-Fi function, Wow;

If the product registration history is not found, step (S3) of entering the router information is performed;

Sequentially checking whether the service set identifier (SSID) is compatible (S4), the password is compatible (S5), and the security type is compatible (S6);

If the service set identifier, the password, and the security type are both compatible (Yes in all of S2 to S6), the step (S7) of transmitting data for the electronic appliance to the server 4;

A step (S8) of judging whether the server 4 has normally received data;

(S9) to the Wi-Fi device of the electronic device (1) when the data is received (S9) and terminating the process.

If the service set identifier (SSID) is not compatible with the service set identifier (SSID) in step S4,

And returning to step S3 of inputting the home router information after transmitting the service set identifier (SSID) incompatible information message (S10).

If the password is incompatible as a result of checking the compatibility of the password in step S5,

(S11) of returning to the step (S3) of inputting the home Router information after transmitting the password incompatible information message.

If it is determined in step S6 that the security type is compatible, if the security type is incompatible,

(S12) of returning to the step (S3) of inputting the in-house router information after transmitting the incompatible information message of the security type.

If it is determined in step S8 that the server 4 has received the data normally,

(S13) of returning to the step (S3) of inputting the home router information after transmitting the service set identifier (SSID) incompatible information message.

The operation and effect of the connection guidance method between the electronic device having the Wi-Fi function and the home wireless router according to the present invention having the above steps will be described as follows.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a communication sequence between the electronic device 1 to which the method of the present invention is applied and the smartphone 3, the home wireless router 2, and the server 4. FIG. &Lt; / RTI >

The electronic device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes various electronic devices installed in a house equipped with a router such as a boiler. In such an electronic device, (Wi-Fi) devices that can be connected to the Internet.

Meanwhile, a user executes an application (APP) of a smartphone 3 interlocked with a corresponding product in order to operate a specific one of the various electronic devices 1 by using the smart phone 3 (S1)

Then, it is determined whether there is a product registration history of the corresponding electronic device 1 having a wireless Wi-Fi function through the smartphone application (S2).

If the user does not have a product registration history as a result of checking through the smartphone, the user inputs information on the home router to the smart phone 3 (1: S3).

The smartphone 3 attempts to connect to the server 4 through the home router 2 with the entered router information (2, 2 ').

At this time, the smartphone 3 determines whether the service set identifier (SSID) is compatible (S4) and whether the password is compatible with the product (S5) and whether or not the security type is compatible (S6).

If the service set identifier, the password, and the security type are both compatible (Yes in S2 to S6), the data for the electronic device 1 is transmitted to the server 4 (S7).

Then, it is determined whether the server 4 has successfully received the data (S8). If it is determined that the server has normally received the data, the home router 2 information is transmitted to the Wi-Fi device of the electronic device 1 S9; 4) so that the electronic device 1 can communicate with the server 4 through the home router 2 (5) and (5) '.

However, if the service set identifier (SSID) is not compatible with the service set identifier (SSID) (S4), the service set identifier (SSID) is compatible (S10), and returns to the step S3 to input the home router information.

That is, if it is confirmed that the SSID of the home router input by the user is the SSID that can be recognized by the Wi-Fi device of the corresponding electronic device (1), it is determined that the SSID is not English + If it does not have this type of name, it sends a message to the user that it is set to an unrecognized SSID.

If it is determined that the password is compatible with the smartphone 3 (S5), if the password is incompatible (No in S5), the smartphone 3 transmits a password incompatible guidance message (S11) The process returns to step S3.

That is, if the password of the home Router 2 inputted by the user via the smartphone 3 is a password of a type that can not be recognized by the Wi-Fi device of the corresponding electronic device 1 (for example, Special characters are included), the user is informed that an unrecognized password has been input.

If the security type is incompatible as a result of checking whether the security type is compatible in the smart phone 3 (S6) (No in S6), a security type incompatible guidance message is transmitted (S12) The process returns to step S3 to input the router information.

That is, when the security type of the home Router held by the user is a type that can not be recognized by the Wi-Fi device of the corresponding electronic device 1 (for example, it is not compatible with a security type other than WPA) Type security message.

If it is determined in step S8 that the server 4 has normally received the data transmitted from the product, if the server can not receive the data (No in step S8), the service set identifier (SSID) (SSID) incompatible guidance message is transmitted (S13) as in the case where it is judged impossible, and then the process returns to the step of inputting the router information (S3).

On the other hand, there is a case where the router to be connected to the home is not connected to the external Internet. In this case, the smart phone is switched to the Wi-Fi mode by the router information inputted by the user, If the communication is normally performed by conducting the test, it may be transmitted to the Wi-Fi device of the corresponding electronic device so that the product can normally communicate with the server.

Thus, according to the present invention, in the step of inputting the router information input by the user into the smartphone, the user can be informed in advance of whether the router is compatible with the wireless Wi-Fi device of the electronic device, In addition, the user can more clearly inform the user of erroneously inputted information, so that the user can solve the problem of the router more quickly. In addition, reliability of the smartphone control for the electronic device having the Wi-Fi function, And the like can be greatly improved.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described for illustrative purposes, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention as disclosed in the accompanying claims. Which will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

1: Electronic device
2: Router
3: Smartphone
4: Server

Claims

When an application (APP) of a smart phone is executed by a user, the application determines whether there is a product registration history of a corresponding electronic device having a wireless Wi-Fi function;
If there is no product registration history, inputting home router information;
Sequentially checking whether the service set identifier (SSID) is compatible, whether the password is compatible, and the security type is compatible;
If the service set identifier, the password, and the security type are both compatible, transmitting data for the electronic device to the server;
Determining whether the server has successfully received the data;
And transmitting the home router information to the Wi-Fi device of the electronic device when the data is received, and terminating the home router information.

The method according to claim 1,
If the service set identifier (SSID) is incompatible,
And returning to the step of inputting the home router information after transmitting the service set identifier (SSID) incompatible guidance message to the home wireless router. Way.

The method according to claim 1,
If the password is not compatible,
And returning to the step of entering the home router information after transmitting the password incompatible information message. The method of connection guidance between an electronic device having a Wi-Fi function and a home wireless router.

The method according to claim 1,
If the security type is incompatible,
And returning to the step of entering the home router information after transmitting the incompatible guidance message of the security type. The method of connection guidance between an electronic device having a Wi-Fi function and a home wireless router.

The method according to claim 1,
If the server does not receive data for the electronic device,
And returning to the step of inputting the home router information after transmitting the service set identifier (SSID) incompatible guidance message to the home wireless router. Way.