WO2018079925A1

WO2018079925A1 - Method for controlling quick pairing with internet-of-things devices by using service subscriber information

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Publication number: WO2018079925A1
Application number: PCT/KR2016/014225
Authority: WO
Inventors: 박효원; 육근웅; 윤홍수; 이준연
Original assignee: 가온미디어 주식회사
Priority date: 2016-10-28
Filing date: 2016-12-06
Publication date: 2018-05-03
Also published as: KR101723510B1

Abstract

The present invention relates generally to technology for conveniently and quickly performing wireless communication paring with Internet-of-things devices. More specifically, the present invention relates to technology for, using service subscriber information acquired when the user subscribes to a communication service, conveniently and quickly performing wireless communication pairing with Internet-of-things devices provided in association the communication service while minimizing a user's operation for the pairing. The present invention can conveniently and quickly achieve wireless communication pairing with Internet-of-things devices. Particularly, for Internet-of-things devices which operate in cooperation with a communication service, the present invention can achieve wireless communication pairing with the Internet-of-things devices without requiring a user's complex operation for the pairing, and thus can improve the user's convenience, thereby promoting the spread of a communication service provided in association with Internet-of-things technology.

Description

Quick pairing control method of IoT devices using service subscriber information

The present invention generally relates to a technique for easily and quickly performing pairing of wireless communication with respect to an IoT apparatus.

More specifically, the present invention is simple and minimizes the pairing of the wireless communication to these IoT devices by using the service subscriber information secured at the time of subscribing the communication service to the IoT devices provided in connection with the communication service. It is about a technique to perform quickly.

Recently, the Internet of Things (IoT) has been actively discussed. The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to the concept that all things are connected to a network to communicate with each other. These objects are classified as Things or Objects, which may include devices capable of producing and using data such as sensors. The Internet of Things is about connecting these devices with wired and wireless communications.

Simply connecting the devices to the Internet is meaningless and something meaningful from them must be implemented. In the field of the IoT, 'things' are implemented as a sensor node for obtaining information or as a device capable of performing a specific operation. It installs a number of IoT sensor nodes to acquire various information and collects it externally through the Internet, and analyzes the collected information to control IoT devices according to service scenarios.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a general IoT construction environment, and assumes a situation in which a so-called 'smart home' is constructed by implementing IoT technology in a home device existing in a home.

In order for the IoT construction environment of FIG. 1 to operate normally, a plurality of IoT apparatuses 100 existing in a home are connected to an IoT service server 490 through an IoT gateway 200, a WLAN AP 300, and the Internet. Must be able to communicate with In this case, the IoT service server 490 is an arbitrary device that provides an IoT-based service, and provides a service according to its own information using information collected from the IoT device 100.

At this time, the point that is expected to be the most problematic in the actual use environment with respect to the network setup is the wireless communication connection between the plurality of IoT devices 100 and the IoT gateway 200. Here, the IoT gateway 200 is a device, also called an IoT hub, which is in charge of a communication interface to a plurality of IoT devices 100.

In general, the IoT apparatus 100 is expected to be connected to the IoT gateway 200 through a wireless communication. Such wireless communication technologies are ZigBee, ZWAVE, Bluetooth, WLAN, Wi-SUN, RoLA, and so on. To date, whenever a user installs the IoT apparatus 100, a user or an installation technician may use a wireless network environment. It was necessary to set or pair between them. In this specification, establishing a wireless communication connection between devices is referred to as 'pairing'.

Such a wireless communication pairing operation is an access barrier for a general consumer who is not skilled in digital information communication devices, and thus can be a significant obstacle to the spread of IoT services.

Accordingly, techniques for solving such difficulties of wireless communication pairing have been proposed in the past. For example, technologies such as Bluetooth contact method, NFC contact method, QR code and barcode reader method have been proposed. However, such conventionally presented methods are still inconvenient because the user must directly hold and operate the hardware of the IoT apparatus 100, and it is inconvenient to be applied to the IoT apparatus 100 having a fixed installation, a hidden installation, or a large size. Do.

In addition, when the number of the IoT devices 100 is quite large, it is also very inconvenient or virtually impossible to find and pair these IoT devices one by one. It was also very cumbersome or virtually impossible in the prior art to determine whether the wireless communication pairing of these IoT devices is currently well maintained.

Accordingly, a technique for effectively performing wireless communication pairing control on the IoT apparatus 100 is desired.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is generally to provide a technique for easily and quickly performing pairing of wireless communication for an IoT apparatus.

In particular, it is an object of the present invention to simplify the pairing of wireless communication to these IoT devices using service subscriber information secured at the time of subscription to the IoT devices provided in connection with the communication service, while minimizing user operation. It is to provide the technology to perform.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for controlling wireless communication pairing between an IoT device and an IoT gateway using a service subscriber information collected during a specific communication service subscription and corresponding equipment installation process, and communication. A first step in which the service management server 400 manages the service subscriber information collected in the process of installing the equipment in the subscriber space for the communication service subscription and the communication service with the subscriber management database 410; A second step of the IoT gateway 200 requesting service subscriber information about itself from the communication service management server 400; A third step of the communication service management server 400 querying the subscriber management database to obtain service subscriber information corresponding to the IoT gateway 200 and providing the service subscriber information to the IoT gateway 200; A fourth step of the IoT gateway 200 obtaining identification information (hereinafter, referred to as 'pairing target identification information') of at least one pairing target IoT device to which wireless communication pairing with itself is performed from the service subscriber information; And a fifth step of the IoT gateway 200 searching for a pairing target IoT device through wireless communication based on the obtained pairing target identification information and performing wireless communication pairing with the pairing target IoT device.

In this case, the method for controlling quick pairing of an IoT apparatus according to the present invention may include: transmitting, by the IoT gateway 200, an MQTT Publish message informing the MQTT broker 600 of wireless communication pairing; Transmitting, by the IoT gateway 200, identification information of the pairing target IoT device which has set up wireless communication pairing to the MQTT broker 600; The MQTT broker 600 may update the service subscriber information by reflecting the wireless communication pairing between the IoT gateway and the target IoT device to be paired with the communication service management server 400.

In addition, the third step, the communication service management server 400 receives a service subscriber information request message from the IoT gateway 200; Obtaining, by the communication service management server 400, identification information of the IoT gateway 200 from the service subscriber information request message; Obtaining, by the communication service management server 400, the subscriber management database to obtain service subscriber information corresponding to the identification information of the IoT gateway 200; And generating, by the communication service management server 400, a service subscriber information response message including the obtained service subscriber information and transmitting the generated service subscriber information response message to the IoT gateway 200.

In addition, the fifth step, the IoT gateway 200 to discover a pairing target IoT device by broadcasting a pairing guidance signal to the wireless communication; Detecting, by the IoT gateway 200, a pairing target IoT device according to the search by receiving a response signal from the pairing target IoT device in response to the pairing guidance signal; And performing wireless communication pairing with the pairing target IoT device which has transmitted the response signal by the IoT gateway 200.

Meanwhile, in the method for quickly pairing the IoT apparatus of the present invention, the subscriber management database 410 receives service subscriber information collected by the communication service management server 400 in the process of subscribing to the communication service and installing equipment in the subscriber space for the communication service. First step to manage with; A second step of the pairing agent 500 receiving service subscriber information for a specific subscriber from the communication service management server 400; A third step of the pairing agent 500 identifying from the service subscriber information the IoT gateway 200 and one or more IoT devices associated with the particular subscriber; A fourth step of the pairing agent 500 identifying a pairing target IoT device that is a party to perform wireless communication pairing with the IoT gateway 200 among one or more IoT devices; A fifth step of the pairing agent 500 requesting wireless communication pairing with the IoT device to be paired with the IoT gateway 200; A sixth step of the IoT gateway 200 obtaining identification information (hereinafter, referred to as 'pairing target identification information') of the pairing target IoT device for which wireless communication pairing is requested; The IoT gateway 200 may search for a pairing target IoT device through wireless communication based on the pairing target identification information and perform wireless communication pairing with the pairing target IoT device.

In this case, the seventh step may include: searching, by the IoT gateway 200, a pairing target IoT device by broadcasting a pairing guidance signal through wireless communication; Detecting, by the IoT gateway 200, a pairing target IoT device according to the above search by receiving a response signal from the pairing target IoT device in response to the pairing guidance signal; And performing wireless communication pairing with the pairing target IoT device which has transmitted the response signal by the IoT gateway 200.

In addition, the second step, the pairing agent 500 receives a UDS Request message for requesting the service subscriber information for a specific subscriber from the app UI manager 700; Sending, by the pairing agent 500, an HTTP Request message requesting service subscriber information for the specific subscriber to the HTTP / UI server 450; Obtaining, by the HTTP / UI server 450, the service subscriber information for the specific subscriber in cooperation with the communication service management server 400; Sending, by the HTTP / UI server 450, an HTTP Response message providing the service subscriber information for the specific subscriber to the pairing agent 500; The pairing agent 500 transmits a UDS response message for providing service subscriber information for the specific subscriber to the app UI manager 700.

Also, the fourth step may include requesting, by the pairing agent 500, wireless communication pairing between the IoT gateway 200 and the IoT device to be paired with the HTTP / UI server 450; Transmitting, by the HTTP / UI server 450, an MQTT Publish message to the MQTT broker 600 requesting wireless communication pairing between the IoT gateway 200 and the IoT device to be paired with; The MQTT broker 600 transmits an MQTT Publish message for requesting wireless communication pairing with the IoT device to be paired to the IoT gateway 200; and may be configured.

In addition, the method for controlling quick pairing of an IoT apparatus according to the present invention may include: transmitting, by the IoT gateway 200, an MQTT Publish message informing the MQTT broker 600 of wireless communication pairing; Transmitting, by the IoT gateway 200, identification information of the pairing target IoT device which has set up wireless communication pairing to the MQTT broker 600; Updating, by the MQTT broker 600, service subscriber information by reflecting wireless communication pairing between the IoT gateway and a pairing target IoT device in cooperation with the communication service management server 400; The MQTT broker 600 notifying the pairing agent 500 that the wireless communication pairing is established between the IoT gateway and the paired IoT device; The pairing agent 500 may further include updating the user interface to reflect the wireless communication pairing setting between the IoT gateway and the target IoT device to be paired.

On the other hand, the computer-readable nonvolatile recording medium according to the present invention records a program for executing a fast pairing control method for an IoT apparatus using the above-described service subscriber information on a computer.

According to the present invention, there is an advantage in that wireless communication pairing of IoT devices can be easily and quickly achieved.

Particularly, according to the present invention, wireless communication pairing is achieved for IoT devices cooperatively operating with a communication service, thereby improving user convenience.

In particular, according to the present invention, since wireless communication pairing of IoT devices is easily achieved, there is an advantage of activating the dissemination of a communication service associated with IoT technology.

1 is a diagram illustrating a general IoT construction environment.

2 conceptually illustrates a quick pairing control technique for an IoT apparatus according to the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a connection topology of an IoT gateway and IoT devices in the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating a first embodiment of a process of setting up wireless communication pairing of an IoT apparatus in the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a pairing control process performed by the IoT gateway according to the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a pairing control process performed by the IoT apparatus in the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a second embodiment of a process of setting up wireless communication pairing of an IoT apparatus in the present invention. FIG.

8 is a view showing a process of initializing a user UI for pairing control of the Internet of Things in the present invention.

9 is a view showing a command sequence and an event sequence for wireless communication pairing control of the Internet of Things in the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings will be described in detail the present invention.

2 is a diagram conceptually illustrating a fast pairing control technique for an IoT apparatus according to the present invention.

The rapid pairing control technology of an IoT device according to the present invention is a wireless communication pairing between the IoT device 100 and the IoT gateway 200 using service subscriber information collected during a specific communication service subscription and corresponding device installation process. This is a technique to control to be set up quickly. In this case, the IoT gateway 200 is also referred to as an IoT hub as a device for interfacing a plurality of IoT devices 100 in common. IoT devices 100 are generally connected by wireless communication such as WLAN, Bluetooth, ZigBee, and ZWAVE.

In the present invention, it is assumed that a user subscribes to a communication service provider, for example, a communication service provided by LG Uplus, SK Telecom, KT, etc. in Korea. When the user subscribes to such a communication service, as shown in FIG. 2, the communication service provider installs the IoT devices 100 and the IoT gateway 200 necessary for providing the communication service in the corresponding space.

At this time, the communication service provider collects the identification information of the IoT gateway 200 installed in the corresponding space and the identification information of the IoT devices 100, and connects the identification information of the device with the corresponding subscriber to 'service subscriber information'. As a subscriber management database (410). The communication service management server 400 operated by the communication service provider manages the service subscriber information in the subscriber management database 410. The subscriber management database 410 includes a subscriber database 411, a hub database 412, a thing database ( 413).

Subscriber database 411 stores the information of the customer, that is, the subscriber subscribed to the communication service, the hub database 412 stores the identification information of the IoT gateway 200 installed for the subscriber, the thing database 413 Stores identification information of the IoT devices 100 installed for the subscriber. Therefore, the communication service management server 400 separately manages the information of the IoT devices 100 and the IoT gateway 200 supplied as a package for communication service for each subscriber, and manages this combination in the present specification. Information.

The present invention relates to wireless communication pairing between these IoT devices 100 and the IoT gateway 200. In the prior art, the user had to individually set pairing while individually manipulating both devices, that is, the IoT device 100 and the IoT gateway 200. In the present invention, when the operation power is applied to the IoT gateway 200, the IoT device 100 and the IoT gateway 200 by using the service subscriber information established in the subscriber management database 410 even if the user does not go through cumbersome operations. Wireless pairing is quickly established. However, the present invention is not limited to the fact that the user's operation is completely excluded in the process of setting the wireless communication pairing.

The pairing agent 500 is a software module that monitors wireless communication pairing between the IoT devices 100 and the IoT gateway 200 and presents the state in the form of a user interface (UI). For example, it displays individually which IoT devices 100 exist in the space and whether wireless communication pairing is established between them and the IoT gateway 200. In addition, the pairing agent 500 preferably identifies a user operation made on the UI and correspondingly sets up a wireless communication pairing between a specific IoT device 100 (eg, IoT speaker unit) and the IoT gateway 200. Or may provide a command to cancel a preset wireless pairing. The pairing agent 500 may be implemented as software installed in a device having a display function, for example, the set top box 510 or the smartphone 520.

The WLAN AP 300 provides a function of accessing the Internet, which is a broadband network, to various devices in a corresponding space.

The HTTP / UI server 450 performs a function of a server device so that the pairing agent 500 may operate in a client / server manner. That is, the pairing agent 500 monitors the wireless communication pairing between the IoT devices 100 installed in the specific space and the IoT gateway 200 and presents the function in the form of a user interface (UI). The HTTP / UI server 450 performs a function as a server device so that it can be performed as software.

3 is a diagram conceptually illustrating a wireless communication connection topology between the IoT gateway 200 and the IoT devices 100 installed in a subscriber's space for a communication service according to the present invention.

First, one subscriber may operate several IoT gateways 200 as needed. In FIG. 2, only one IoT gateway 200 is illustrated, but is not limited thereto.

In addition, one IoT gateway 200 may be connected to several IoT devices 100 to perform a hub function.

In addition, one IoT device 100 may be connected to only one IoT gateway 200. Once the wireless communication pairing is established, the user may utilize the user interface provided by the pairing agent 500 to allow the user to connect to the IoT device 100. ) May change the IoT gateway 200 for wireless communication pairing.

4 is a diagram illustrating a first embodiment of a process of establishing wireless communication pairing between the IoT gateway 200 and the IoT apparatus 100 according to the quick pairing control technique of the present invention.

The present invention wirelessly communicates between the IoT device 100 and the IoT gateway 200 by using the service subscriber information collected in the process in which the user subscribes to a specific communication service and the installer installs the corresponding equipment for the communication service in the corresponding space. It is a technology that controls communication pairing to be set up quickly.

First, the communication service management server 400 manages the service subscriber information collected in the process of installing the corresponding equipment in the subscriber's space for the communication service subscription and communication service to the subscriber management database 410. The subscriber management database 410 includes a subscriber database 411, a hub database 412, a thing database 413, through which the information of the communication service subscriber, the identification information of the IoT gateway 200 installed for the subscriber, Stores identification information of the IoT devices 100 installed for the subscriber.

The IoT gateway 200, for example, when operating power is supplied and starts to operate, the IoT gateway 200 connects to the wireless LAN AP 300 and the communication service management server 400 through the Internet and requests service subscriber information about itself.

When the communication service management server 400 receives the service subscriber information from the IoT gateway 200, the communication service management server 400 searches the subscriber management database 410 and searches whether there is service subscriber information stored in association with the corresponding IoT gateway 200. When the service subscriber information corresponding to the IoT gateway 200 is obtained as the search result, the service subscriber information is provided to the IoT gateway 200.

An embodiment for implementing this process is as follows.

The communication service management server 400 receives a service subscriber information request message from the IoT gateway 200 and obtains identification information of the IoT gateway 200 from the request message. The communication service management server 400 queries the subscriber management database 410 to obtain service subscriber information corresponding to the identification information of the IoT gateway 200. A service subscriber information response message containing the obtained service subscriber information is generated. Then, the service subscriber information response message is transmitted to the IoT gateway 200.

After receiving the service subscriber information about the IoT gateway 200, the IoT gateway 200 obtains identification information of one or more pairing target IoT devices to be subjected to wireless communication pairing with the service subscriber information. In the present specification, the identification information of the pairing target IoT device, which is a target of performing wireless communication pairing with the IoT gateway 200, is referred to as 'pairing target identification information'. The service subscriber information includes information of a communication service subscriber, identification information of the IoT gateway 200 installed for the subscriber, and identification information of the IoT devices 100 installed for the subscriber. Accordingly, the IoT gateway 200 may obtain pairing target identification information associated with itself from the service subscriber information.

The IoT gateway 200 searches for a pairing target IoT device by wireless communication based on the acquired pairing target identification information and performs wireless communication pairing with the found pairing target IoT device. This process will be described later in detail with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6.

Then, the IoT gateway 200 transmits an MQTT Publish message informing the MQTT broker 600 of wireless communication pairing with the IoT device to be paired. This content is transmitted to the communication service management server 400, the communication service management server 400 updates the service subscriber information to reflect the wireless communication pairing between the IoT gateway 200 and the IoT device to be paired.

In addition, the IoT gateway 200 transmits identification information of the pairing target IoT device which has established a wireless communication pairing with itself to the MQTT broker 600. This content is also delivered to the communication service management server 400, the communication service management server 400 updates the service subscriber information to reflect this.

Preferably, the information transmitted to the communication service management server 400 through the MQTT broker 600 is reflected and displayed in real time on the user interface provided by the pairing agent 500.

5 and 6 illustrate the IoT gateway 200 and the IoT device 100 in the process of establishing wireless communication pairing between the IoT gateway 200 and the IoT device 100 according to the quick pairing control technology of the present invention. A flow chart illustrating the pairing control process to be performed.

First, the pairing control process performed by the IoT gateway 200 will be described with reference to FIG. 5.

Step S100: The IoT gateway 200 acquires service subscriber information associated with itself from the communication service management server 400 and is installed in the vicinity of the IoT devices 100 to perform wireless communication pairing with itself. ), That is, pairing target identification information.

Step S110: The IoT gateway 200 checks whether there is an IoT device in which wireless communication pairing is not set. For example, since the IoT gateway 200 internally manages identification information of devices for which wireless communication pairing is set, the IoT gateway 200 has not yet configured wireless communication pairing with itself among the IoT devices 100 corresponding to pairing target identification information. You can check whether the device exists. As a result of the check, if there is no such IoT device, the process is terminated immediately.

Step S120: The IoT gateway 200 discovers a pairing target IoT device by broadcasting a pairing guidance signal through wireless communication.

Step S130: When the pairing target IoT device transmits a response signal in response to the pairing induction signal, the IoT gateway 200 receives the response signal to discover the pairing target device according to the search. The IoT gateway 200 checks whether an unregistered IoT device, that is, an IoT device that has not been wirelessly paired with itself, is found among the IoT devices 100 that should perform wireless communication pairing with itself. As a result of the check, if an unregistered IoT device is found, the process proceeds to step S140. As a result of the check, if no unregistered IoT device is found, there is something wrong, so the process proceeds to step S170 and immediately ends after transmitting the error to the communication service management server 400.

Steps S140 and S150: The IoT gateway 200 transmits a response signal and attempts wireless communication pairing with a pairing target IoT device that is not yet registered. If the wireless communication pairing attempt is successful, the process proceeds to step S160, and if the wireless communication pairing attempt fails, the process proceeds to step S170 and ends immediately after transmitting an error to the communication service management server 400.

Step S160: If the IoT communication 200 succeeds in pairing with the paired IoT device, the IoT gateway 200 transmits information related thereto, that is, pairing setting data, to the communication service management server 400.

Next, a pairing control process performed by the IoT device 100 will be described with reference to FIG. 6.

Step (S200): First, the IoT device 100 performs a self-diagnosis on whether wireless communication is paired. For example, when wireless communication pairing is set, it is checked whether a network key or a flag value, which is an internal setting value, is set.

Step S210: As a result of the self-diagnosis, if the device has already set up the wireless communication pairing, the IoT device 100 immediately terminates. In contrast, if the wireless communication pairing is not yet set, the process proceeds to step S220.

Steps S220 and S230: In order to set up wireless communication pairing, the IoT device 100 enters a 'pairing standby mode' which is an operation mode waiting for a pairing guidance signal transmitted by the IoT gateway 200. Accordingly, the IoT device 100 waits until receiving the pairing guidance signal.

Steps S240 and S250, upon receiving the pairing guidance signal, the IoT device 100 wirelessly transmits a response signal to the pairing guidance signal to the IoT gateway 200 and attempts wireless communication pairing with the IoT gateway 200. Preferably, the IoT device 100 terminates regardless of a wireless communication pairing result, which is often a device in which the IoT device 100 cannot directly communicate with an external server, and the IoT gateway 200 goes to an external server when the pairing fails. This is because an error is sent.

7 is a diagram illustrating a second embodiment of a process of setting up wireless communication pairing between the IoT gateway 200 and the IoT apparatus 100 according to the quick pairing control technique of the present invention. In the second embodiment, the IoT gateway 200 and the specific IoT device 100 may correspond to a user manipulation performed by a user interface provided by the pairing agent 500 on the screen of the set-top box 510 or the smartphone 520. Wireless communication pairing is performed.

The pairing agent 500 receives service subscriber information for a specific subscriber from the communication service management server 400. The communication service subscriber is given an account from the communication service provider at the time of subscription, and the subscriber will log in to the pairing agent 500 using the account. Since the pairing agent 500 provides IoT management functions for the subscriber using the account, the pairing agent 500 acquires service subscriber information for the subscriber. This process will be described below in detail with reference to FIG. 8.

The pairing agent 500 identifies the IoT gateway 200 and one or more IoT devices 100 associated with that particular subscriber from the service subscriber information for that particular subscriber provided.

Then, the pairing agent 500 is a list of the IoT devices 100 and the wireless communication pairing with the IoT gateway 200 through the display screen of the device such as set-top box 510 or smart phone 520 is set Indicates whether or not there is. When a user selects a specific IoT device 100 (for example, touch input) and selects a pairing menu on the user interface, the pairing agent 500 may wirelessly pair the selected IoT device 100 with the IoT gateway 200. A party to perform the operation identifies the pairing IoT device selected by the user.

As such, when a user selects a specific IoT device 100 and requests wireless communication pairing, the pairing agent 500 requests wireless communication pairing with the IoT device 200 identified as pairing target IoT device 200.

An embodiment for implementing this process is as follows.

The pairing agent 500 requests wireless communication pairing between the IoT gateway 200 and the IoT device to be paired to the HTTP / UI server 450. The HTTP / UI server 450 transmits an MQTT Publish message to the MQTT broker 600 requesting wireless communication pairing between the IoT gateway 200 and the IoT device to be paired with. In response, the MQTT broker 600 transmits an MQTT Publish message to the IoT gateway 200 requesting wireless communication pairing with the IoT device to be paired.

The IoT gateway 200 obtains identification information of the pairing target IoT device, that is, pairing target identification information, for which wireless communication pairing is requested. The pairing agent 500 requests the wireless communication pairing and provides identification information of the pairing IoT device to the IoT gateway 200.

The IoT gateway 200 searches for a pairing target IoT device by wireless communication based on the obtained pairing target identification information and performs wireless communication pairing with the found pairing target IoT device. This process has been described in detail with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6.

In addition, the IoT gateway 200 transmits an MQTT Publish message informing the MQTT broker 600 of the identification information of the pairing target IoT device that has established wireless communication pairing with itself. This content is also delivered to the communication service management server 400, the communication service management server 400 updates the service subscriber information to reflect this.

In addition, the MQTT broker 600 transmits to the pairing agent 500 an MQTT Refresh message informing of the fact that the wireless communication pairing between the IoT gateway 200 and the target IoT device is paired, and the pairing agent 500 transmits the content to the user interface. Reflected and displayed in real time.

8 is a diagram illustrating a process of initializing a user UI for pairing control of an IoT in the present invention.

The communication service subscriber is given an account from the communication service provider at the time of subscription, and the subscriber will log in to the pairing agent 500 using the account. Since the pairing agent 500 provides an IoT management function for the corresponding subscriber who uses the account, the pairing agent 500 obtains service subscriber information for the corresponding subscriber and utilizes it in the screen configuration of the app (APP).

First, the app (APP) installed in the set-top box 510 or the smart phone 520 to manage wireless communication pairing of the IoT starts operation and the IoT device 100 installed in the corresponding space from the pairing agent 500. The information regarding the IoT gateway 200 is provided and a UI screen is configured accordingly.

First, the pairing agent 500 receives a UDS (UNIX Domain Socket) Request message for requesting service subscriber information for a specific subscriber, that is, a subscriber using a specific account described above, from the app UI manager 700. In this case, the app UI manager 700 is in charge of configuring the UI screen as a software module included in the app APP, for example.

The pairing agent 500 transmits an HTTP Request message for requesting service subscriber information for the specific subscriber to the HTTP / UI server 450, whereby the HTTP / UI server 450 communicates with the communication service management server 400. In conjunction with the subscriber management database 410 is provided with the service subscriber information previously collected for the particular subscriber.

Subsequently, the HTTP / UI server 450 transmits an HTTP Response message providing the service subscriber information for the specific subscriber to the pairing agent 500, and the pairing agent 500 sends the identification to the app UI manager 700. Sends a UDS Response message that provides service subscriber information for subscribers.

Through this process, the pairing agent 500 secures service subscriber information for a particular subscriber, and the details thereof are displayed on the user interface screen so that the user can check it.

9 is a diagram illustrating a command sequence and an event sequence for wireless communication pairing control of the IoT in the present invention.

The sequence of FIG. 9 shows a procedure until the UI of the app is updated by sending a user command from the pairing agent 500 and controlling the IoT devices 100 in response to a user manipulation and reflecting the result.

The command sequence represents a procedure from the UI of the app to the data to the IoT devices 100, the event sequence represents a procedure from detecting the event of the IoT devices 100 to delivery to the UI of the app.

Meanwhile, a service using only one sequence among the command sequence and the event sequence is also possible. For example, in the case of the temperature sensor, only the event sequence is used because control based on user input is not required and only the current measured temperature value is transmitted to the UI of the app in real time.

Meanwhile, the present invention may be embodied in the form of computer readable codes on a computer readable nonvolatile recording medium. Such nonvolatile recording media include all types of storage devices that store computer readable data, such as hard disks, SSDs, CD-ROMs, NAS, magnetic tapes, web disks, cloud disks, etc. The code may be implemented in a form in which the code is distributed and stored in a storage device.

Claims

A method of controlling wireless communication pairing between an IoT device and an IoT gateway using a service subscriber information collected during a specific communication service subscription and corresponding equipment installation process,

A first step in which the communication service management server 400 manages the service subscriber information collected in the process of subscribing to the communication service and installing equipment in the subscriber space for the communication service with the subscriber management database 410;

A second step of the IoT gateway 200 requesting service subscriber information about itself from the communication service management server 400;

A third step of the communication service management server 400 querying the subscriber management database to obtain service subscriber information corresponding to the IoT gateway 200 and providing the service subscriber information to the IoT gateway 200;

A fourth step of the IoT gateway 200 obtaining identification information (hereinafter, referred to as 'pairing target identification information') of one or more pairing target IoT devices to which to perform wireless communication pairing with itself from the service subscriber information;

A fifth step of the IoT gateway 200 searching for the pairing target IoT device by wireless communication based on the obtained pairing target identification information and performing wireless communication pairing with the pairing target IoT device;

Quick pairing control method of the IoT apparatus using the service subscriber information configured to include.
The method according to claim 1,

After the fifth step,

Transmitting, by the IoT gateway 200, an MQTT Publish message informing the MQTT broker 600 of wireless communication pairing;

Transmitting, by the IoT gateway (200), identification information of the pairing target IoT device in which the wireless communication pairing is set to the MQTT broker (600);

Updating, by the MQTT broker (600), the service subscriber information by reflecting wireless communication pairing between the IoT gateway and the paired IoT device in association with the communication service management server (400);

Fast pairing control method of the IoT apparatus using the service subscriber information, characterized in that it further comprises.
The method according to claim 1,

The third step,

Receiving, by the communication service management server (400), a service subscriber information request message from the IoT gateway (200);

Obtaining, by the communication service management server (400), identification information of the IoT gateway (200) from the service subscriber information request message;

Obtaining, by the communication service management server (400), the subscriber management database to obtain service subscriber information corresponding to the identification information of the IoT gateway (200);

Generating, by the communication service management server (400), a service subscriber information response message including the obtained service subscriber information and transmitting it to the IoT gateway (200);

Quick pairing control method of the IoT apparatus using the service subscriber information, characterized in that configured to include.
The method according to claim 1,

The fifth step,

Searching for the pairing target IoT device by broadcasting a pairing guidance signal through wireless communication by the IoT gateway 200;

Discovering the pairing target IoT device according to the search by receiving, by the IoT gateway 200, a response signal from the pairing target IoT device in response to the pairing guidance signal;

Performing, by the IoT gateway 200, wireless communication pairing with the pairing target IoT device which has transmitted the response signal;

Quick pairing control method of the IoT apparatus using the service subscriber information, characterized in that configured to include.
A method of controlling wireless communication pairing between an IoT device and an IoT gateway using a service subscriber information collected during a specific communication service subscription and corresponding equipment installation process,

A first step in which the communication service management server 400 manages the service subscriber information collected in the process of subscribing to the communication service and installing equipment in the subscriber space for the communication service with the subscriber management database 410;

A second step in which a pairing agent 500 receives service subscriber information for a specific subscriber from the communication service management server 400;

A third step of the pairing agent 500 identifying the IoT gateway 200 and one or more IoT devices associated with the specific subscriber from the service subscriber information for the specific subscriber received;

A fourth step of the pairing agent 500 identifying a pairing target IoT device that is a party to perform wireless communication pairing with the IoT gateway 200 among the one or more IoT devices;

A fifth step of the pairing agent 500 requesting wireless communication pairing with the IoT device to be paired with the IoT gateway 200;

A sixth step of the IoT gateway 200 obtaining identification information (hereinafter, referred to as 'pairing target identification information') of the pairing target IoT device to which the wireless communication pairing is requested;

A seventh step of the IoT gateway 200 searching for the pairing target IoT device through wireless communication based on the pairing target identification information and performing wireless communication pairing with the pairing target IoT device;

Quick pairing control method of the IoT apparatus using the service subscriber information configured to include.
The method according to claim 5,

The seventh step,

Searching for the pairing target IoT device by broadcasting a pairing guidance signal through wireless communication by the IoT gateway 200;

Discovering the pairing target IoT device according to the search by receiving, by the IoT gateway 200, a response signal from the pairing target IoT device in response to the pairing guidance signal;

Performing, by the IoT gateway 200, wireless communication pairing with the pairing target IoT device which has transmitted the response signal;

Quick pairing control method of the IoT apparatus using the service subscriber information, characterized in that configured to include.
The method according to claim 5,

Performed after the seventh step,

Transmitting, by the IoT gateway 200, an MQTT Publish message informing the MQTT broker 600 of wireless communication pairing;

Transmitting, by the IoT gateway (200), identification information of the pairing target IoT device in which the wireless communication pairing is set to the MQTT broker (600);

Updating, by the MQTT broker (600), the service subscriber information by reflecting wireless communication pairing between the IoT gateway and the paired IoT device in association with the communication service management server (400);

The MQTT broker 600 notifying the pairing agent 500 that the wireless communication pairing is established between the IoT gateway and the pairing IoT device;

Updating, by the pairing agent, a user interface by reflecting a wireless communication pairing setting between the IoT gateway and the pairing IoT device;

Fast pairing control method of the IoT apparatus using the service subscriber information, characterized in that it further comprises.
The method according to claim 5,

The second step,

The pairing agent 500 receiving a UDS Request message for requesting service subscriber information for a specific subscriber from an app UI manager 700;

Sending, by the pairing agent 500, an HTTP Request message requesting service subscriber information for the specific subscriber to the HTTP / UI server 450;

Obtaining, by the HTTP / UI server 450, service subscriber information for the specific subscriber in cooperation with the communication service management server 400;

The HTTP / UI server 450 transmitting an HTTP response message to the pairing agent 500 providing service subscriber information for the specific subscriber;

Sending, by the pairing agent (500), a UDS Response message providing service subscriber information for the specific subscriber to the app UI manager 700;

It is configured to include,

The fifth step,

Requesting, by the pairing agent (500), wireless communication pairing between the IoT gateway (200) and the paired IoT device to the HTTP / UI server (450);

Transmitting, by the HTTP / UI server 450, an MQTT Publish message requesting wireless communication pairing between the IoT gateway 200 and the paired IoT device to an MQTT broker 600;

Transmitting, by the MQTT broker (600), an MQTT Publish message to the IoT gateway (200) to request wireless communication pairing with the paired IoT device;

Quick pairing control method of the IoT apparatus using the service subscriber information, characterized in that configured to include.
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a fast pairing control method of an IoT apparatus using a service subscriber information according to any one of claims 1 to 8.