US 12,294,574 B2
Home appliance and operating method thereof
Hyunsoo Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jungwoo Choi, Suwon-si (KR); Kihoon Nam, Suwon-si (KR); Dongwan Kang, Suwon-si (KR); Sangkoo Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Donghoo Park, Suwon-si (KR); Jooseok Park, Suwon-si (KR); Jeonghyo Sohn, Suwon-si (KR); and Kanghee Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jun. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/841,242.
Application 17/841,242 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/006277, filed on May 2, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0101026 (KR), filed on Jul. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0035368 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 63/0846 (2013.01) [H04L 12/2803 (2013.01); H04L 2012/285 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
by a home appliance,
obtaining access point information and information of a set-up cloud server, from a mobile device connected to the home appliance through device-to-device communication;
transmitting a temporary password to the mobile device through the device-to-device communication;
establishing a communication connection with the set-up cloud server by using the obtained access point information and the obtained information of the set-up cloud server;
obtaining user account information from the set-up cloud server by using the temporary password as an identification key; and
registering the home appliance in an Internet-of-Things (IoT) server by providing information of the home appliance and the obtained user account information to the IoT server.