Mobile Terminal MAC Address Relay for Home Appliance Registration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mobile terminals and home appliances face complexity in product registration processes, requiring multiple steps and modes, which complicates user convenience and efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A mobile terminal and home appliance system that simplifies product registration by setting an access point device and transmitting a MAC address, allowing the home appliance to access a server through the access point device, reducing the number of steps required for registration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the home appliance operates in both AP and station modes sequentially for product registration, then the registration can be completed, but the number of steps increases to approximately 19 steps and user convenience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile terminal serves as an intermediary device between the home appliance and the server. It receives the MAC address from the home appliance, automatically performs product registration with the server, and transmits registration results back to the home appliance. This eliminates the need for the home appliance to sequentially operate in AP and station modes, reducing the registration steps from 19 to approximately 5-6 steps while maintaining reliable registration completion.
2Reliability
If the product registration process requires multiple modes and steps, then comprehensive registration can be achieved, but the process complexity increases to approximately 19 steps
Solution Approach 1:
The product registration process is segmented into distinct functional components: (1) MAC address transmission from home appliance to mobile terminal, (2) automatic registration execution by mobile terminal with server, and (3) registration result transmission back to home appliance. This segmentation allows each component to be handled by the most suitable device, reducing overall process complexity from 19 steps to 5-6 steps while ensuring comprehensive registration.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile terminal performs automatic product registration with the server using the received MAC address, eliminating the need for manual intervention or complex mode switching by the home appliance. The system leverages the mobile terminal's capabilities to self-complete the registration process, reducing complexity while maintaining registration completeness.
3Reliability
If the home appliance directly communicates with the server, then communication can be established, but the number of required steps and modes increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile terminal performs the product registration action preliminarily on behalf of the home appliance. It receives the MAC address, automatically communicates with the server to complete registration, and then transmits the registration result to the home appliance. This preliminary action by the mobile terminal eliminates the need for the home appliance to undergo complex mode switching and direct server communication, significantly reducing registration time while ensuring reliable communication establishment.
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AI summary
The invention provides a mobile terminal comprising: a display (651); a wireless communication unit (610) configured to perform data exchange with a server (500), or to transmit data to a home appliance (200); and a controller (680) configured to: control the wireless communication unit (610) to transmit a media access control, MAC, address information of an access point device (400) stored in the mobile terminal along with password information for the access point device (400) stored in the mobile terminal to the home appliance, and wherein, upon transmission of the MAC address information, the wireless communication unit (610) is configured to transmit a starting signal for a prescribed amount of time and, after transmission of the starting signal, transmit a message including the MAC address information using any one wireless channel among a plurality of wireless channels; wherein the controller (680) is configured to perform information processing in a MAC layer (1332) included in a data link layer (1320) of open systems interconnection, OSI, layers (1300) rather than information processing in an application layer (1370) of the OSI layers (1300).