Hub-Based Smart Home Registration Without Direct Cloud Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
In smart home solutions, when smart home devices cannot communicate with the cloud or a user account is not determined, field engineers struggle to register devices, leading to cumbersome procedures and poor user experience.
Innovation Solution
A device registration method utilizing a hub device that registers smart home devices with assistance from user equipment, allowing the hub device to act as an edge server, simplifying the registration process by enabling coordinated management and automatic registration with a server.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a smart home device registers directly with the cloud platform, then the device can be managed by the user account, but the procedure becomes cumbersome when the device cannot communicate with the cloud or the user account is not determined
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a hub device as an intermediary between smart home devices and the cloud platform. The hub device receives registration requests from devices, stores local registration information, and communicates with the cloud platform when available. This intermediary approach allows devices to register even when cloud communication is unavailable, eliminating the need for direct device-cloud communication and simplifying the registration procedure for end users.
2Productivity
If the hub device acts as an edge server to register devices locally, then the registration procedure is simplified, but additional device complexity is introduced
Solution Approach 1:
The hub device performs preliminary registration actions by storing device registration information locally before cloud communication is available. The hub device pre-processes registration requests, maintains local device databases, and prepares registration data for later synchronization with the cloud platform. This preliminary action enables registration to proceed without immediate cloud connectivity, improving registration efficiency while the hub device handles the complexity of local storage and data management.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple devices are registered through the hub device, then coordinated management is enabled, but the hub device becomes a single point of failure
Solution Approach 1:
The hub device is designed with multi-functionality to serve as both a local registration server and a coordination center for device management. It maintains local device databases, handles registration requests, synchronizes with the cloud platform, and provides coordinated management capabilities. This universal design enables the hub to perform multiple functions that reduce the need for separate systems while maintaining system reliability through its role as a central coordination point.
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AI summary
This application can be applicable to the field of the internet of things, and relates to a device registration method, a hub device, and an apparatus. In an example device registration method provided in this application, a hub device may register a target device with the hub device with assistance of first user equipment, and the hub device may register the hub device with a server with assistance of second user equipment. The hub device may register a registered device (which may include the target device that is registered with the hub device) with the server after the hub device registers the hub device with the server.