US 12,089,157 B2
Appliance, appliance network system, and connection method thereof
Hyungryoung Park, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Mar. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/698,792.
Application 17/698,792 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2020/012268, filed on Sep. 11, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0115422 (KR), filed on Sep. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0210740 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 52/36 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 52/0229 (2013.01) [H04W 52/028 (2013.01); H04W 52/367 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An appliance comprising:
a WiFi module configured to perform wireless fidelity (WiFi) communication with an access point (AP) and communicate with a terminal device through the AP;
a Bluetooth module configured to perform Bluetooth communication with a Bluetooth device, wherein the Bluetooth device is configured to transmit a wake-up signal to the appliance in response to receiving an appliance control command transmitted from the terminal device; and
a controller configured to, in response to receiving the wake-up signal by the Bluetooth module, turn on the WiFi module in an off state.