US 11,855,797 B2
Household appliance and network configuration method thereof, control terminal, and computer storage medium
Jinquan Situ, Foshan (CN); and Weiming Huo, Foshan (CN)
Assigned to GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., Foshan (CN); and MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Foshan (CN)
Appl. No. 17/921,561
Filed by GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., Foshan (CN); and MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Foshan (CN)
PCT Filed Mar. 17, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/081347
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 26, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/248963, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202010521713.8 (CN), filed on Jun. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0163991 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 12/2807 (2013.01) [H04L 63/107 (2013.01); H04L 2012/2841 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A household appliance network configuration method comprising
searching, by a control terminal, for connection information;
establishing, by the control terminal, a connection with a household appliance in response to finding the connection information of the household appliance;
sending network configuration information corresponding to the household appliance to the household appliance, to cause the household appliance to perform network configuration according to the network configuration information; and
authenticating the control terminal after the network configuration is successfully performed, wherein authenticating the control terminal includes:
sending an authorization request to a cloud server after the network configuration is successfully performed, to cause the cloud server to return an authorization response according to the authorization request in response to a preset button of the household appliance being triggered; and
determining that the control terminal has been authenticated in response to receiving the authorization response from the cloud server.