Power Distribution Authentication for Appliance Network Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing appliance management systems require users to repeatedly update communication settings and perform cumbersome procedures whenever a new appliance is introduced, posing a significant burden for users unfamiliar with technical communication protocols.
Innovation Solution
The system employs power distribution equipment to control and monitor appliances via a public network after authentication, eliminating the need for users to manually update communication settings for each new appliance by integrating power distribution equipment with a high-order system for automated management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If appliances are connected to home network for management, then unified control and monitoring is achieved, but user workload increases due to repeated communication settings updates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces power distribution equipment as an intermediary between the home network and appliances. This mediator automatically manages appliance connections and communication settings, eliminating the need for users to manually update communication configurations when adding new appliances. The power distribution equipment handles the technical complexity in the background while providing simple user interaction.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by allowing appliances to automatically register and connect to the network through the power distribution equipment without user intervention. The power distribution equipment autonomously performs authentication, communication setting updates, and appliance registration, making the system self-configuring and reducing user burden.
2Ease of operation
If manual communication settings updates are required for new appliances, then network security is maintained, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Power distribution equipment serves as an intermediary that abstracts away the complex communication settings configuration from users. It automatically handles network authentication, protocol configuration, and appliance registration processes, presenting a simplified interface to users while maintaining secure network operations in the background.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring communication settings and authentication credentials before appliances are actually connected. The power distribution equipment prepares the network environment in advance, so when new appliances are introduced, they can immediately integrate without requiring users to perform complex configuration tasks.
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AI summary
An appliance management method is designed to make power distribution equipment, provided on a power supply channel, control and/or monitor an appliance to be electrically connected to the power distribution equipment. The appliance management method includes an authentication step and a management step. The authentication step includes allowing a high-order system to perform authentication on the power distribution equipment by making the power distribution equipment access the high-order system via a public network after the power distribution equipment has been energized. The management step includes making the power distribution equipment that has been authenticated in the authentication step control and/or monitor the appliance.