US 12,137,031 B2
Method and system of network configuration for domestic appliances, electronic device, and computer storage medium
Xiongbin Ye, Foshan (CN)
Assigned to MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Foshan (CN); and GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., Foshan (CN)
Filed by Midea Group Co., Ltd., Foshan (CN); and GD Midea Air-Conditioning Equipment Co., Ltd., Foshan (CN)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/220,793.
Application 18/220,793 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2022/129533, filed on Nov. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202111316091.6 (CN), filed on Nov. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0353454 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04L 41/084 (2022.01); H04M 1/72415 (2021.01)
CPC H04L 41/0846 (2013.01) [H04B 17/318 (2015.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of performing network configuration on domestic appliances, comprising:
receiving a network configuration request and determining a plurality of network configuration appliances, wherein the plurality of network configuration appliances comprise an appliance that is to be configured with a network and at least two appliances that have been configured with the network;
obtaining environmental information of the appliances that have been configured with the network, allocating, based on the environmental information, the appliance that is to be configured with the network to a corresponding one of the at least two appliances that have been configured with the network; and
performing network configuration on the appliance to be configured with the network based on a corresponding appliance that has been configured with the network and is allocated to the corresponding appliance;
wherein a network device connected to one of the at least two appliances that have been configured with the network is different from a network device connected to another one of the at least two appliances that have been configured with the network or the at least two appliances that have been configured with the network are connected to one network device; and
wherein obtaining environmental information of the appliances that have been configured with the network, allocating, based on the environmental information, the appliance that is to be configured with the network to a corresponding one of the at least two appliances that have been configured with the network, comprises:
in accordance with a determination that the network device connected to one of the at least two appliances that have been configured with the network is different from the network device connected to another one of the at least two appliances that have been configured with the network:
for one of the at least two appliances that have been configured with the network, obtaining first signal strength of the network device monitored by the appliance that has been configured with the network, second signal strength of the rest of the at least two appliances that have been configured with the network, and third signal strength of the appliance that is to be configured with the network;
for one of the at least two appliances that have been configured with the network, determining, based on the first signal strength, the second signal strength, and the third signal strength, a priority of allocating the appliance, which is to be configured with the network the appliance, to the appliance, which has been configured with the network; and
allocating, based on the priority, the appliance, which is to be configured with the network, to the corresponding one of the at least two appliances that have been configured with the network; and wherein the environmental information comprises signal strength, and
in accordance with a determination that the at least two appliances that have been configured with the network are connected to one network device:
obtaining third signal strength of the appliance, which is to be configured with the network and is monitored by one of the at least two appliances that have been configured with the network, is obtained; and
allocating, based on the third signal strength, the appliance that is to be configured with the network to the corresponding one of the at least two appliances that have been configured with the network.