TWI228357B - Method and system for linking information appliance to internet - Google Patents

Abstract

Method and system for linking an information appliance to the Internet are provided. The information appliance communicates with a processor. The method includes the following. A first firmware is installed in the information appliance. The first firmware includes a virtual Internet Protocol address of the information appliance. A second firmware is installed in the processor. The second firmware includes a virtual Internet Protocol address of the processor for communicating with the first firmware. The processor sends a multicast packet to the information appliance through the virtual Internet Protocol address of the processor. The multicast packet includes an Internet Protocol address of the processor. The information appliance receives the multicast packet. To link the information appliance to the Internet, the first firmware set an Internet Protocol address of the information appliance, a netmask and a gateway for the information appliance according to the Internet Protocol address of the processor.

Description

1228357 V. Description of the invention (1) [Technical field to which the invention belongs] The present invention relates to a method and system for connecting an information appliance (Informatiori Appliance, IA) to the Internet (interne ^). 2. [Previous technology] Information appliances that can connect to the Internet make it possible to turn on the air conditioner through the Internet, order food from the refrigerator, and so on. Generally, information appliances based on the Internet Protocol address have a preset fake Internet protocol address (for example, 192 · 168 · 1.2) at the factory. When the user wants to use the computer to communicate with this information and home appliances via the network, the Internet protocol address of the computer must be changed to the same network segment as this information appliance (for example, 192 · 168 · 1.3 ·). Then enter this Gongxun appliance through an interface to modify its network settings, and finally, it can successfully communicate with this information home electronic loan network. ~ 'However, the above method is inconvenient and time-consuming. Because it is necessary to change the Internet address of the computer, and the information appliances are passive, instead of actively adapting to the network environment, they will not actively inform their status. If the network environment is more complicated, for example, to connect to the Internet, use Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) or Point-to-Point Protocol (Point_t〇—p〇int Pr〇t〇c) on the Ethernet. 〇l 〇ver

Ethernet, PPP0E) to obtain a dynamic Internet protocol address, the above method will be more difficult.

1228357 V. Description of the invention (2) III. [Summary of the invention] The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a method and system for connecting an information appliance to the Internet, which is relatively simple, and the information appliance can actively inform its status, And adapt to different network environments. The invention provides a method for connecting an information appliance to the Internet, and is applicable to a network environment that obtains a dynamic Internet protocol address through DHCP or PPPoE. The information appliance communicates with a processor. This method includes the following steps. A first firmware (f) is installed in the information appliance, and the first firmware packet contains a processor Internet Protocol address of one of the processors. Information appliances, receive multicast packets. According to the processor's Internet Protocol address, the first network blade σ is also an Internet Protocol address of one of the home appliances, and a network cover contains a virtual Internet Protocol address. ). A second firmware is installed in the processor, and the second firmware includes a processor virtual Internet Protocol address to communicate with the first firmware. The processor uses the processor's virtual Internet protocol address to send a multicast packet to the information appliance, a multicast mask (netmask), and a connection to the Internet local area network (Local and a communication gate ( gateway) to enable information appliances. In the above method, the information appliances and the processor can communicate via a 1 Area Network. The net husbandry method can further include the following steps. The first firmware uses the home network's "Broadway Association" address to send the notification packet to the processor, and the notification packet contains the home 1228357

Internet Protocol Address Internet Protocol Address,. The second firmware receives the notification packet. Using homes and appliances to further connect to the Internet

System. Sub 3 provides a system for connecting information appliances to the Internet. Poor home appliances contain a first 钿 十 τ Internet Protocol address. This Li :: The first brother contains a virtual server. This local area network is connected to a packet /: a local area network and a processor. Including-the second place = connection to the local area network 'packet C sent from the local area network-multicast packet to the first-one of the home network i P 5 Therefore, it is based on the multicast packet setting information home appliance funding 1 Jia Lei ;: 蛊 t co-location address, a network mask and a communication gate, so that Fu Bei can connect to the Internet. In the above system, the first firmware may include a first receiving unit, a first unit, and a first transmitting unit. The first—receiving unit is used for receiving multi-point transmission. Evening packets contain a processor Internet Protocol address. The fixed unit is based on the processor's Internet protocol address and is used to set the home network's Internet protocol address, network mask, and communication gate. No.-Transmission unit for transmission

The notification packet is sent to the mobile device. The notification packet contains the home network protocol address. In the above system, the second firmware may include a second transmitting unit and a second receiving unit. The second transmission unit is used for transmitting multicast packets to the first firmware. The second receiving unit is configured to receive the notification packet.

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Fourth, [Embodiment] FIG. 1 shows the cooling of the first embodiment of the method in the present invention. In the example, the information appliance and a processor are borrowed from a regional network ', picture. This is implemented here. This processor can be located in a local computer. This Dan i is not limited. Install a first firmware on the information appliance (step 10) and include _ to ^ The next step contains the address of a virtual Internet protocol. Anzhuang-_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ __ __ __ ___ __ ___ _ ___ ___ _ of ___________________________________ (step 102) The Erwei blade body contains one place two-younger two: body in place

Agreement address to communicate with the first firmware. Processing the heart, the Kushiro Internet Protocol address sends out a multicast packet 2 2 17 virtual 104) location address. The information appliance receives the multicast packet (step 106). This = The first firmware can also first test whether the information appliances and the processor are in the same network domain and whether the network is unblocked. If they are not in the same network domain, the first firmware can know the processor's processor Internet protocol 'address from the received multicast packet. According to the processor Internet protocol address, the first server can set the Internet protocol address, a network mask and a communication gate of one of the information appliances (step 108), so that the information appliances can be connected to The internet.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a second embodiment of a method according to the present invention. Steps 2000 to 208 in this embodiment are similar to steps 1000 to 108 in the first embodiment of the method, so they are not repeated here. This embodiment further includes the following steps after setting the Internet protocol address, network mask, and communication gate of the information appliance home (step 208). The first firmware uses the home network Internet Protocol address to send a

Page 9 1228357 V. Description of the invention (5) The notification packet is processed as (step 2 10), and the notification packet contains the home network internet protocol address. The second firmware receives the notification packet (step 2 丨 2). Then the first carcass can know the home network internet protocol address of the information appliance. Using the home network internet protocol address, the information appliances are further connected to the internet (step 214). After executing the above method, the second firmware can further set the network connection method of Gongxun appliances, such as using a static Internet Protocol address (static lnternet Pr〇t〇c〇1 address), using DHCP, PPPoE assignment Internet Protocol address, etc. In addition, the second firmware can also be used for information transmission. In addition, the Internet protocol address of the mail server of the in ^ ernet service Provider (ISP) and the e-mail account of a specific person enable information appliances to actively notify the special person of their status via e-mail . It is even possible to set the mobile phone number of a specific person to an information appliance so that they can proactively inform the status of a specific person by text message. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a system in the present invention. The required embodiment is not limited to this. The information appliance 302 includes: = =, Λ-Λ body 304 includes an electric virtual Internet protocol bit ', a local area network 300, and a processor 306. This processing cry 306 can be located in: the local computer. This local area network is connected to 3 0 0; :: 302. The processing state 306 is connected to the local area network 300, and includes one or two ^^^ outlines. The second mobile body 308 includes a processor virtual Internet consortium, and the second mobile body 308 is sent by the local area network 300-a multicast packet ′ Wei blade 304. After receiving the multicast packet, the first f blade 疋 j tests first

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Whether the data rate 302 and the processing state 306 are in the same network domain, and whether the network is unblocked. If they are not in the same network domain, the first firmware 304 can know the processor Internet Protocol address of the processor 306 by the received multicast packet. Then the first firmware 304 can set an Internet Protocol address, a network mask, and a communication gate of the information appliance 3002 according to the multicast packet, so that the information appliance 3202 can connect to the Internet. Road 3 1 0. In the system embodiment of FIG. 3, the first firmware 304 and the second firmware 308 can be as shown in FIG. The first firmware 304 may include a first receiving unit 402, a setting unit 404, and a first transmitting unit 406. The first receiving unit 402 is configured to receive a multicast packet 412. The multicast packet 412 contains a processing Internet Protocol address. The setting unit 404 locates the address of the Internet protocol of the home network, the network mask, and the communication gate according to the Internet protocol address of the processor. The first transmitting unit 406 is configured to transmit a notification packet 418 to the second firmware 308. The notification packet 418 includes an Internet Protocol address of the home network. The second firmware 308 may include a second transmitting unit 408 and a second receiving unit 410. The second transmitting unit 408 is configured to transmit the multicast packet 412 to the first blade-receiving body 304. The second receiving unit 41 0 is used to receive the notification packet 41 8, then the second body 3 0 8 can know the home appliance Internet protocol address of the information appliance 3 2 and the second Ethernet blade 308 can further set the information appliance 302 Network connection methods, such as using a static Internet protocol address, using DHCP, or assigning an Internet protocol address. In addition, the second firmware 3008 can also determine the Internet protocol address% of the mail server of the Internet service provider for the information appliance 3002, and the e-mail account of a specific person, so that the information appliance 3〇 2 can take the initiative

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Page 121228357 Brief description of the drawings V. [Simplified description of the drawings] FIG. 1 is a flowchart of the first embodiment of the method of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the second embodiment of the method of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the system in the present invention; and FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the first firmware and the second firmware in the system embodiment of FIG. 3. Schematic component symbol description

300 LAN 302 Information appliances 304 First-firmware 306 Processor 308 Second-second firmware 310 Internet 402 First-receiving unit 404 Setting unit 406 First-transmitting unit 408 Second transmit unit 410 Second second Receiver 412 Multicast packet 414 Processor Internet protocol address 416 Internet protocol address 418 Notification packet

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Claims (1)

1228357 VI. Scope of patent application1. A method for connecting an information appliance to the Internet. The information appliance communicates with a processor. The method includes the following steps. (A) Installing a first firmware on the information For home appliances, the first firmware includes an electrical virtual Internet Protocol address; (B) installing a second firmware on the processor, the second firmware includes a processing virtual Internet A protocol address for communicating with the first firmware; (C) the processor uses the processor's virtual Internet protocol address to send and out a mul ticast packet to the information appliance; The point-to-ship packet contains a processor Internet Protocol address of one of the processors; (D) the information appliance receives the multicast packet; and — = (^) ta ^ according to the processor Internet Protocol address The first firmware is set to an Internet Protocol address, a network mask (^ etmask), and a gateway of the information network to enable the information to be transmitted to the Internet. % Β κ where step (E) goes further 3. The method as described in item 丨 of the scope of patent application. One step includes: (F) 1228357 VI. Positioning address for patent application scope; (G) The second firmware receives the notification packet; and (ii) The information appliance is further connected to the Internet using the Internet Protocol address of the home network. 4. A method for connecting an information appliance to the Internet. The information appliance communicates with a processor. The method includes the following steps: (A) installing a first firmware on the information appliance, the first firmware Contains a virtual Internet Protocol address; (B) Installs a second firmware on the processor, the second firmware contains a processed virtual Internet Protocol address. (C) the processor uses the processor's virtual Internet Protocol address to send a multicast packet to the information appliance, the multicast packet contains the processing One of the processor's Internet Protocol address; (D) the information appliance receives the multicast packet; (E) the first firmware sets one of the information appliance according to the processor's Internet protocol address Home network internet protocol address, netmask, and a gateway; (F) the first firmware uses the home internet protocol address to transmit-a notification packet to the processor, The notification packet contains the appliance Inter-network agreements address; Λ (G) of the second firmware receives the notification packet; and ([eta]) using the Internet Protocol address of the appliance, the information appliance goes Page 15 1228357 Connect to the Internet in one step. 5 · If the scope of the patent application is No. 4, the processor is a method of borrowing a local area network, where the information appliance and 6 spoons of two types of f appliances are connected to the Internet *%, and m appliances include a first The firmware, the first — Grid Heart, and the last one, the system contains: a & a virtual Internet Protocol Association :: domain,: road 'connected to the information appliance; and the- Connected to the local network, including-the second firmware, the virtual Internet protocol address of the worker, the second error: the local network sends a multicast packet to the first router; — + I 此 弟 —The tough system sets the information according to the multicast packet. The two Internet Protocol address, a network mask, and a communication gate of the information network enable the information appliance to connect to the Internet . 7. The system according to item 6 of the scope of patent application, wherein the first firmware includes a first receiving unit for receiving the multicast packet, the multicast packet including a processor Internet protocol An address; a setting unit for setting the Internet Protocol address of the home, the network mask, and the communication bus according to the Internet protocol address of the processor; and a first transmitting unit for transmitting a notification Packet to the second blade, 1228357 VI. Scope of patent application The notification packet contains the address of the Internet Protocol of the home network. 8. The system according to item 7 of the patent application scope, wherein the second firmware comprises: a second transmitting unit for transmitting the multicast packet to the first firmware; and a second receiving unit for Receive the notification packet. Page 17