External Device Cloud Onboarding with Ownership and Location Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing IoT systems face challenges in efficiently and securely onboarding external electronic devices to a cloud network, particularly in determining user ownership and location, leading to suboptimal user experience and potential security risks.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device equipped with a communication circuit, memory, and processor that searches for external devices, determines user ownership, and displays a popup for onboarding based on user input, identifying connection type and location, thereby streamlining the onboarding process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If automatic device onboarding is implemented, then onboarding speed is improved, but security control deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a popup display as an intermediary component between the automatic device detection system and the cloud connection process. This popup serves as a mediation interface that presents device information to the user and awaits confirmation before proceeding with cloud onboarding, thereby maintaining security control while preserving automated detection benefits
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary device detection and information gathering automatically before the actual cloud connection process. By pre-identifying devices and preparing connection parameters, the system reduces onboarding time while maintaining security through subsequent user confirmation in the popup interface
2Reliability
If manual device verification is performed, then security control is improved, but onboarding time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary automatic device detection and information collection before user verification. This pre-processing step gathers necessary device details and connection parameters, so that when the user reviews the popup, the verification process is quick and informed rather than time-consuming
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically generates and presents the device information popup with pre-filled details, reducing the manual effort required from users. The user simply needs to review and confirm rather than manually input or verify all device parameters, thus maintaining security while minimizing time loss
3Measurement precision
If detailed device information collection is implemented, then network configuration accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple device information collection functions into a single integrated popup display. This unified interface presents connection type, location information, and other device details together in one view, allowing the system to gather comprehensive data without requiring multiple separate user interactions or complex procedural steps
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AI summary
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication circuit, memory, comprising one or more storage media, storing instructions, and at least one processor, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to search for an external electronic device via a peripheral device search, and determine whether the external electronic device belongs to the same user as that of the electronic device, or is an indoor device, based on a result of the determination, display a pop-up display to onboard the external electronic device to a cloud, identify the connection type of the external electronic device in response to a user input on the pop-up display, and determine location information of the external electronic device based on the connection type of the external electronic device.