Control Device Shared Account Registration via Server Intermediary
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of home network services face inconvenience in registering additional control devices, as they must undergo a separate registration process, which can be time-consuming and may require sharing personal information, and there is a need for a method to allow secondary users to quickly access and register control devices using an existing registered control device.
Innovation Solution
A method and system where a first control device registered in a server can request and share a shared account with a second control device, allowing the second device to register without displaying the shared account, enabling seamless registration and access to home network services without the need for additional user registration procedures.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a separate user registration procedure is performed for each control device, then user account security and proper authentication are ensured, but the registration process becomes time-consuming and inconvenient for secondary users
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary user authentication through the first control device before the second control device registration. The server verifies the user's identity through the already-registered first control device, and based on this preliminary authentication result, enables simplified registration for the second control device without requiring the user to go through the complete registration procedure again.
2Adaptability or versatility
If personal information is collected during registration, then proper user account creation and authority management are achieved, but user privacy is compromised and the registration process becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts and separates the essential authentication function from the complete user registration process. Instead of collecting all user personal information for each control device registration, the system extracts only the necessary authentication verification through the first control device, and uses this extracted authentication result to enable the second control device registration without requiring additional personal information collection.
3Ease of operation
If a shared account system is implemented, then registration simplicity and user privacy are improved, but account security and authority management complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The server acts as an intermediary that manages the shared account system. The server receives authentication requests from the first control device, verifies user identity, generates shared account information, and distributes it to the second control device. This intermediary role centralizes the complexity of account management and security verification in the server, while keeping the client-side control devices simple.
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AI summary
A method and a system for registering control devices are provided. A 1st control device, registered in a server, for registering a 2nd control device in the server, includes a communication unit configured to transmit and receive data to and from the server or other devices, an input unit configured to sense a user's input, and a controller configured to control the communication unit to request a shared account, used by the 1st or 2nd control device to log in the server, to receive the shared account from the server, to receive a registration request from the 2nd control device, to request, when a 1st user's input for approving the registration request is sensed, the server to register the 2nd control device, and to transmit, when a notice of completion for registration of the 2nd control device is received from the server, the shared account to the 2nd control device.