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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2022
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Seongil Hahm, Suwon-si, KR;
Jeik Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Kwanjoo Myoung, Suwon-si, KR;
Miyoung Yoo, Suwon-si, KR;
Daesung An, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A method of controlling a home appliance, the method including, by a home appliance: outputting, via Bluetooth low energy (BLE) advertising, a BLE advertising packet including service set identifier (SSID)-related information related to an SSID of a software enabled access point (Soft AP) of the home appliance in a new product state in which the home appliance has not been registered in a server; outputting a Wi-Fi beacon of the Soft AP; in response to a connection request for the Soft AP received from a mobile device after outputting the Wi-Fi beacon, establishing a Wi-Fi communication connection between the mobile device and the Soft AP; receiving, from the mobile device via the Wi-Fi communication connection, a control signal related to an initial setting operation of registering the home appliance in the server; and performing the initial setting operation, based on the received control signal.