Personal Cloud Apparatus Registration via NFC Pairing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cloud services require users to undergo an initial setup process and often raise privacy concerns, especially when multiple family members need to share content across various devices within a home network.
Innovation Solution
A personal cloud system and method that allows electronic devices to register a personal cloud apparatus with an external registration server, enabling content storage and sharing via home or external networks using Near Field Communication (NFC), Bluetooth, WiFi, or Zigbee interfaces, facilitating easy access and secure connection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If cloud services use common cloud servers with fixed infrastructure, then service stability is improved, but user privacy is compromised and setup complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the cloud service into personal cloud apparatuses deployed in individual user environments (homes) rather than using a single centralized cloud server. Each personal cloud apparatus stores and manages data locally, allowing users to maintain privacy while accessing cloud-like functionality. This segmentation enables family members to share content within their own private network without exposing data to external cloud servers.
2Reliability
If cloud services require initial account setup, then service security is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary pairing between electronic devices and personal cloud apparatuses using NFC or other wireless communication before actual cloud service usage. This pairing process establishes secure connections in advance, and the system automatically manages authentication credentials. Users simply need to bring devices close together for pairing, eliminating the need for manual account creation, password setup, and complex security configurations while maintaining secure access control.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If multiple family members use separate cloud accounts, then user privacy is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple user profiles and accounts into a single personal cloud apparatus deployed in the user's home. Instead of requiring separate cloud server accounts for each family member, the system allows multiple users to register and access the same personal cloud apparatus with their respective credentials. The personal cloud apparatus manages all user data and permissions locally, enabling family members to share content while maintaining individual privacy controls without needing separate cloud accounts or complex account management across multiple services.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables convenient and secure content sharing among multiple devices within and outside the home network without the need for extensive initial setup, enhancing user convenience and privacy by allowing multiple users to share a personal cloud apparatus using different accounts.
Implementation Method 1
downloading the application based on the download information of the application. The pairing may include determining whether the electronic device is in a login state with an authentication server using a specific user account, searching available communication interfaces for the pairing with the personal cloud apparatus when determining that the electronic device is in the login state with the authentication server, and pairing with the personal cloud apparatus via one of the searched communication interfaces.
Implementation Method 2
The available communication interfaces may include at least one of a Bluetooth interface, a WiFi interface and a Zigbee interface.
Implementation Method 3
transmitting the information about the access point to the personal cloud apparatus to connect the personal cloud apparatus to a network
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AI summary
An electronic device, a personal cloud apparatus, a personal cloud system, and a method thereof for registering personal cloud apparatus are provided. The method of the electronic device for registering the personal cloud apparatus includes pairing with the personal cloud apparatus when an application is executed, acquiring information about an access point and transmitting the same to the personal cloud apparatus to connect the personal cloud apparatus to a network, and registering the personal cloud apparatus to a registration server, when the personal cloud apparatus is connected to the network via the access point. As a result, users are able to upload or download various contents using the personal cloud apparatus, inside or outside the house.