IoT Device Wireless Router Connection Setup via User Terminal
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Solution Overview
Problem
IoT devices with limited or no input means, such as small displays, face complexity in setting up connections to wireless routers, making the process cumbersome for users.
Innovation Solution
A wireless router that detects new IoT devices and transmits their information to a user terminal, allowing for easy connection and management using account information registered on the router, facilitating a convenient network setup.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If IoT devices use small displays or limited input means for connection setup, then device portability and simplicity are improved, but connection setup complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a user terminal (smartphone, tablet, or PC) as an intermediary device to facilitate the connection setup between the IoT device and wireless router. The user terminal displays connection information, receives user input, and transmits authentication data, thereby eliminating the need for complex input interfaces on the IoT device itself while maintaining ease of setup
2Ease of manufacture
If IoT devices have no display or limited input means, then device simplicity and cost are improved, but user input capability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The user terminal serves as an external input interface that compensates for the IoT device's lack of display or input means. Users can interact with the connection setup process through the user terminal's full-featured interface, while the IoT device remains simple and cost-effective
Solution Approach 2:
The user terminal performs multiple functions: displaying connection information from the IoT device, receiving user authentication input, and transmitting setup data to the wireless router. This multi-functional approach eliminates the need for dedicated input hardware on each IoT device
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AI summary
An electronic device for supporting a connection to a wireless router of an internet of things (IoT) device is provided. The electronic device includes a transceiver, a communication interface, a processor, and a memory. The processor connects a first external device by using a first service set identifier (SSID), receives first information about the first external device from the first external device, transmits at least part of the first information and second information about the electronic device to a second external device, forwards connection information from the second external device, which includes a second SSID for wireless connection between the first external device and the electronic device, or receives a transmission request of the connection information from the second external device and transmits the connection information to the first external device, and wirelessly connects to the first external device by using the connection information.