TW202341766A - 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 equipment pairing authentication system and method

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

With the development of the concept of Internet of Things (IoT), home appliances such as vacuum cleaners, washing machines, refrigerators, air conditioners, and televisions that can be connected to the Internet have gradually become popular. Therefore, the control methods of current home appliances have The traditional remote control is gradually changed to be controlled by the user's user terminal such as a smartphone.

In order for the user terminal to control home appliances such as vacuum cleaners, washing machines, refrigerators, air conditioners, and televisions, a pairing authentication process 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 a 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. While waiting for the pairing recognition process to be completed between the user terminal and the home appliance, the user is often unable or must avoid performing other operations on the user terminal, and this situation causes trouble to the user.

In summary, the inventor of the present invention has thought about and designed a home appliance device pairing authentication system and method in order to improve upon the shortcomings of the conventional technology and thereby enhance industrial implementation and utilization.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a home appliance pairing authentication system and method to improve the aforementioned problems.

Based on the above objectives, the present invention provides a home appliance pairing authentication system, which includes a plurality of home appliances, a server and a user terminal. Each of the home appliances has a first wireless transmission module and home appliance pairing information. 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. Among them, the server performs a pre-pairing authentication process on each of the home appliances through the first wireless transmission module to generate a background pairing information corresponding to each of the home appliances in the server and generate the home appliances pairing information in the server. The 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 based on the pairing request signal and the background pairing information, so that the use The user terminal and the home appliance device complete pairing authentication.

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

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

Preferably, when the pairing request signal is generated, the user terminal scans whether the home appliance device exists within the range of the near field communication network of the user terminal; if so, the home appliance device present in the near field communication network will be An appliance identification information of the household appliance in the range is included 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 device pairing authentication method, which includes the following steps: performing a pre-pairing authentication process on a home appliance device through a server to generate a background pairing information corresponding to the home appliance device in the server and generate a home appliance pairing information on the home appliance; use a user terminal to send a pairing request signal through an application provided by the server; and, the server adjusts based on the pairing request signal and the background pairing information. The home appliance pairing information of the home appliance corresponding to the pairing request signal enables the user terminal and the home appliance to complete pairing authentication.

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

Preferably, when the server and the home appliance device perform the pre-pairing authentication process, an appliance identification serial number is generated; the home appliance device pairing authentication method further includes the following steps: input the home appliance identification serial number, and generate the home appliance identification serial number. Pairing request signal.

Preferably, the home appliance device pairing authentication method of the present invention further includes the following steps: the user terminal scans whether the home appliance device exists within the range of the near field communication network of the user terminal; if so, The home appliance identification information of the home appliance within the range of the field communication network is included 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 with ordinary skill 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 accompanying drawings to be more easily understood. The present invention can be implemented in different forms and should not be understood to be limited to what is described here. Rather, these embodiments will be provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those of ordinary skill in the art, and the present invention will only be construed as appended. defined by the scope of the patent application.

It will be understood that, although the terms "first," "second," etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, components, regions, sections, layers and/or sections, these elements, components, regions, sections , layers and/or sections shall 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 herein have the same meanings 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 construed to have definitions consistent with their meanings in the context of the relevant technology and the present invention, and are not to be construed as idealistic or overly formal meaning unless expressly so defined herein.

Please refer to Figure 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, there are a plurality of home appliances 11, which may be vacuum cleaners, washing machines, refrigerators, air conditioners, air purifiers, electric fans, televisions and other home appliances. Each home appliance 11 has a first wireless transmission module 111 and home appliance pairing information 112 respectively. Among them, each of the home appliances 11 uses 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 areas such as Wi-Fi. network, and then connected to the Internet, or the wide area communication network 21 can be connected to 3G, 4G, 5G and other networks, and then connected to the Internet; for example, the near field communication network 22 can be blue Bud Communications Network, etc.

Among them, the server 12 performs a pre-pairing authentication process 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 in The home appliance device 11 generates the home appliance pairing information 112 . The server 12 may preferably be established or provided by a supplier or manufacturer of the home appliance 11 so as to pre-pair the authentication program 121 during the production process or after completion.

Among them, the user terminal 13 can be an electronic device such as a smart phone, a tablet computer, or a notebook computer, and preferably can be a smart phone. The user terminal 13 has a second wireless transmission module 131 and an application program 132 provided by the server 12; that is to say, the application program 132 can preferably be provided by a supplier or manufacturer of the home appliance 11, etc. Create or provide it, which can be placed in the cloud or other suitable location for easy download and installation by users. 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 based on the pairing request signal 133 and the background pairing information 122, As a result, the user terminal 13 and the home appliance 11 complete pairing authentication.

Incidentally, in order to enable the home appliance 11 to be electrically connected to the server 12 using the wide area communication network 21 before the user terminal 13 is paired with the home appliance 11 . Among them, the user can temporarily connect to the home appliance 11 through the application 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 currently connected to the user terminal 13, such as the SSID and password of the Wi-Fi in the smart phone connection; alternatively, the user can directly input the SSID and password of the Wi-Fi through the user terminal 13 to The home appliance 11 can be electrically connected to the server 12 using the wide area communication network 21, and in the subsequent process, the server 12 can adjust the home appliance 11 corresponding to the pairing request signal 133. Pairing information 112; 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, the home appliance pairing information 112 Sent to the home appliance device 11 to be stored in the home appliance device 11 or replace the original home appliance pairing information 112 .

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

Please refer to Figure 2, which is a block diagram of the first embodiment of the household 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 .

The pairing request signal 133 includes terminal identification information 134 of the user terminal 13 . Moreover, when the server 12 and the home appliance 11 perform the pre-pairing authentication procedure 121, a home appliance identification serial number 123 is generated. The home appliance identification serial number 123 can be a string of alphanumeric characters or a two-dimensional barcode, etc., which can be set in The outer surface of the home appliance 11 is convenient for the user to view. 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 using the wide area communication network 21 through the above or other appropriate methods, the user can use the user terminal 13 The application program 132 inputs the home appliance identification serial number 123 which is a combination of alphanumeric characters, or reads the home appliance identification serial 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 Figure 3, which is a block diagram of the second embodiment of the household 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 .

The pairing request signal 133 includes terminal identification information 134 of the user terminal 13 . When the pairing request signal 133 is generated, the user terminal 13 scans whether the home appliance 11 exists in the range of the near field communication network 22 of the user terminal 13; if so, it will exist in the near field communication network. The household appliance identification information 113 of the household appliance 11 in the range of 22 is included in the pairing request signal 133 .

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 using the wide area communication network 21 through the above or other appropriate methods, the user can open the user terminal 13 Bluetooth, and use the user terminal 13 or the application 132 of the user terminal 13 to view the devices in the Bluetooth of the user terminal 13, and click on the home appliance device 11 to be paired, to obtain home appliance identification information such as 113 and other information. Therefore, the application program 132 of the user terminal 13 can generate the pairing request signal 133 including the home appliance identification information 113 corresponding to the home appliance device 11 to be paired and the terminal identification information 134 of the user terminal 13 to send to the server 12 . Incidentally, the home appliance identification information 113 may be the same as or different from the home appliance identification serial number 123 in the previous embodiment, and it can mainly be used to identify each home appliance 11.

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

As shown in the figure, a home appliance device pairing authentication method of the present invention includes the following steps: (S11) Perform a pre-pairing authentication process on the home appliance device through the server to generate background pairing information corresponding to the home appliance device in the server and generate home appliance pairing information on the home appliance; (S12) input the home appliance identification serial number through the application provided by the server to generate a pairing request signal including the home appliance identification serial number and terminal identification information; (S13) issue Pairing request signal; and (S14) the server adjusts the home appliance pairing information of the home appliance corresponding to the pairing request signal based on the pairing request signal and the background pairing information, so that the user terminal and the home appliance device Complete pairing authentication.

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

As shown in the figure, a home appliance device pairing authentication method of the present invention includes the following steps: (S21) Perform a pre-pairing authentication process on the home appliance device through the server to generate background pairing information corresponding to the home appliance device in the server and generate home appliance pairing information on the home appliance; (S22) Scan whether the home appliance exists in the range of the near field communication network of the user terminal and select the home appliance to generate a pair including home appliance identification information and terminal identification information request signal; (S23) sends a pairing request signal; and (S24) the server adjusts the home appliance pairing information of the home appliance device corresponding to the pairing request signal based on the pairing request signal and the background pairing information, so that the 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 execute the home appliance pairing authentication system in the above corresponding embodiments. Therefore, the specific steps of the home appliance pairing authentication method provided by the embodiment of the present invention correspond to the above. The embodiments are the same or similar and will not be described again here.

Through the above description of the embodiments, those with ordinary knowledge in the relevant technical field can clearly understand that each embodiment can be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and of course, it can also be implemented by hardware. Based on this understanding, the above-mentioned technical solutions can be embodied in the form of software products in essence or in part that contribute to the conventional technology. The computer software products can be stored in computer-readable storage media, such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disc, optical disc, etc., including a number of instructions for causing a computer device (which can be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute the methods described in various embodiments or certain parts of the embodiments.

The above is only illustrative and not restrictive. Any equivalent modifications or changes that do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention shall be included in the appended patent scope.

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:Backend matching 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 explain the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention more clearly, the drawings required for describing the embodiments of the present invention will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present invention. For those with ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention belongs, other drawings can also be obtained based on these drawings. Figure 1 is a block diagram of the home appliance pairing authentication system of the present invention. Figure 2 is a block diagram of the first embodiment of the home appliance pairing authentication system of the present invention. Figure 3 is a block diagram of the second embodiment of the home appliance pairing authentication system of the present invention. Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of the first step of the household appliance pairing authentication method of the present invention. Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of the second step of the household appliance pairing authentication method of the present invention.

1: Home appliance pairing authentication system

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111:The first wireless transmission module

112: Home appliance pairing information

12:Server

121: Pre-pairing authentication procedure

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22: Near field communication network

Claims (10)

A home appliance equipment pairing authentication system, which includes: A plurality of home appliances, each of which has a first wireless transmission module and one appliance pairing information, and each of which uses the first wireless transmission module to connect to a wide area communication network or a near field communication network; A server performs a pre-pairing authentication process on each of the home appliances through the first wireless transmission module to generate a background pairing information corresponding to each of the home appliances in the server and generate the home appliances pairing information in the appliance; and A user terminal has a second wireless transmission module and an application program provided by the server, and is electrically connected to the server through the application program and the second wireless transmission module. The user The 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 based on the pairing request signal and the background pairing information, so that the user terminal and The home appliance has completed pairing authentication. The home appliance device pairing authentication system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pairing request signal includes terminal identification information of the user terminal. The home appliance device pairing authentication system as described in claim 2, wherein the server generates an appliance identification serial number when performing the pre-pairing authentication process with the home appliance device, and the pairing request signal includes a number corresponding to the home appliance device to be paired. The appliance identification serial number. The home appliance device pairing authentication system as described in claim 2, wherein when the pairing request signal is generated, the user terminal scans whether the home appliance device exists within the range of the near field communication network of the user terminal. If so, Then, the appliance identification information of the household appliance that exists within the range of the near field communication network is included in the pairing request signal. The home appliance equipment pairing authentication system as described in claim 4, wherein the near field communication network is a Bluetooth communication network. A home appliance device pairing authentication method, which includes the following steps: Perform a pre-pairing authentication process on a home appliance device through a server to generate a background pairing information corresponding to the home appliance device in the server and generate home appliance pairing information in the home appliance device; using a user terminal to send a pairing request signal through an application provided by the server; and The server adjusts the home appliance pairing information of the home appliance device corresponding to the pairing request signal based on the pairing request signal and the background pairing information, so that the user terminal and the home appliance device complete pairing authentication. The home appliance device pairing authentication method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the pairing request signal includes a terminal identification information of the user terminal. As for the home appliance device pairing authentication method described in claim 7, wherein the server and the home appliance device generate an appliance identification serial number when performing the pre-pairing authentication process, and the home appliance device pairing authentication method further includes the following steps: The home appliance identification serial number is input, and the pairing request signal containing the home appliance identification serial number is generated. The home appliance device pairing authentication method described in request 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, the appliance identification information of the household appliance that exists within the range of the near field communication network is included in the pairing request signal. The home appliance device pairing authentication method described in claim 9, wherein the near field communication network is a Bluetooth communication network.