KR20170014532A - METHOD AND HOME IoT SERVICE SYSTEM FOR SETTING USER AUTHORITY - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a method of setting user authority and a home (Internet of Things) IOT service system for performing the same. The method of setting user authority sets user authority for a home IOT device having at least one device function in a home IOT service system. The method of setting user authority includes the steps of: receiving, by a master user client, a user authority setting request for the home IOT device from the one or more family user clients; and setting user authority differently for each of the one or more family user clients in a use permitted device function among device functions possessed by the home IOT device accessible by the one or more family user clients and device functions of accessible home IOT device.

Description

METHOD AND HOME IO T SERVICE SYSTEM FOR SETTING USER AUTHORITY [0002]

The present invention relates to a method for setting a user authority and a home object Internet service system for performing the method.

Recently, the number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices has surpassed that of conventional PCs (personal computers) and smart phones, and the penetration rate is rapidly increasing. Home IoT devices such as gas valves, door locks, and so on, as well as wearable personal IoT devices such as watches and accessories are emerging one after another.

If a home IoT device is different from other devices, if a conventional enterprise IoT device or a personal device is configured by a single user or an administrator as a single control / monitoring service scenario, ≪ / RTI > That is, a plurality of users install and operate a plurality of IoT devices for the common use, and even use different usage scenarios for each user in the same home.

For example, a father, who is a service subscriber, wants to give his young son family control of a door lock, which is a household IoT device, but he does not want to give control of the gas valve and his mother may want to have control over door locks and gas valves .

However, in the related art, only a technique of granting a privilege registered in advance to a user terminal connected to the IoT network is disclosed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and system for managing a plurality of scenarios of a plurality of users in an IoT network, And a system therefor.

According to one aspect of the present invention, a method of setting a user authority is a method for setting a user right for a home object Internet device having at least one device function in a home object Internet service system, Receiving a request for setting a user right for the home Internet device, and receiving a device permission function that is allowed among the device functions of the home object Internet device and the accessible home object Internet device accessible by the one or more family user clients And setting user rights differently for each of the one or more family user clients.

Wherein the receiving comprises:

The master user client accessing and logging in to the home control server through the Internet network and receiving a user rights setting request of the one or more family user clients from the home control server when the login is successful have.

Wherein the setting step comprises:

Determining whether the master user client approves the user right setting request and responding to the home control server when the master user client approves the user right setting request; Selecting a function of a home object Internet device and a device available for each of the one or more family user clients on the user interface, And transmitting selection information to the home control server,

And the user right may be set for each of the one or more family user clients according to the selection information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of setting a user authority for a home object Internet device having at least one device function in a home object Internet service system, Transmitting a request for setting a user authority to the Internet device, and receiving the user right information with the home object Internet device and the device function for which the family user client is accessible,

Wherein the user right information comprises:

A home object Internet device accessible to one or more family user clients and a device function available for each home object Internet device are set to be different from each other.

Wherein the transmitting comprises:

Receiving a master user client list from the home control server when the family user client accesses and logs in to the home control server through the Internet network; , And requesting the selected master user client to set the user authority.

Wherein the receiving of the user right information comprises:

Wherein the family user client accesses the home control server through the Internet network and logs in. When the login is successful, the home user Internet client And receiving the user right information including Internet devices and device functions approved for use among the device functions possessed by the home Internet devices.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a home object Internet service system includes a plurality of home object Internet devices located in a home network and each having one or more device functions, and a plurality of home Internet devices, And a home control server connected to the one or more family user clients and configured to set user rights for the plurality of home internet devices on the device function unit differently for each of the one or more family user clients under the control of the master user client do.

Wherein the home control server comprises:

A home object internet device that transmits a user authority setting request received from the family user client to the master user client and is accessible by the one or more family user clients at the request of the master user client, And a user authority management unit that transmits user authority information including a device function permitted to use among the device functions held by the user user client to the family user client.

The user authority management unit,

Transmits a rights setting UI to the master user client,

The rights setting UI,

A list of a plurality of home Internet devices held by the master user client, and a selection item for setting a user right for each device function possessed by the home Internet device.

The user authority management unit,

When the family user client accesses the home network, the home user Internet client and the family user client can transmit to the family user client a privileged access screen configured by a plurality of home internet devices and device function information usable by the family user client according to the user right information.

An apparatus meta DB for storing device function information of each of the home object Internet apparatuses for each home object Internet apparatus, a holding apparatus DB for storing a list of home object Internet apparatuses held by the master user client for each master user client, And a database server managing a user right information DB storing user right information set for each of the one or more family user clients matching the client.

Wherein the home control server comprises:

Object device information of each of the plurality of home Internet devices from the device meta DB when receiving the device identification information from each of the plurality of home Internet devices, And a device function management unit for updating the device DB with the storage device DB.

Wherein the plurality of home internet devices are connected to the plurality of home internet devices via a wired or wireless connection and are connected to the Internet network, wherein the plurality of home internet devices receive the device identification information at bootstrap from the plurality of home Internet devices, And a home gateway for transmitting the home gateway to the home control server connected through the network.

Wherein the home control server comprises:

Further comprising an interface unit connected to the master user client and the one or more family user clients through the Internet to perform login,

The user authority management unit,

If the interface unit succeeds in logging in, the master user client and the one or more family user clients can perform the requested operation.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide the control authority designated by the owner of the device to the family user who is the extended user, so that it is possible to construct an independent scenario for each user in one IoT network.

1 is a configuration diagram of a home IoT service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 shows a detailed configuration of the home control server and the database server of FIG.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a device preparation process according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of setting a user authority according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a home IoT service method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without excluding other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

Also, the terms of " part ", "... module" in the description mean units for processing at least one function or operation, which may be implemented by hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software.

Hereinafter, a method of setting a user authority according to an embodiment of the present invention and a service system of the Internet of Things (IoT) will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 is a configuration diagram of a home IoT service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, a home IoT service system includes a client 100, an Internet network 200, a home control server 300, a database server 400, a home gateway 500, and a home IoT device 600 .

Here, the home gateway 500 and the home IoT device 600 are located in the customer's home IoT home. That is, a home IoT home network is configured.

The client 100 is a terminal that a user uses to access the home I / O device 1 601 and the home I / O device 603 remotely. The client 100 may be a variety of user terminal devices such as a personal computer, a tablet PC, a smart phone, and the like. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other types of terminal devices may be clients 100 as well.

Users participating in the home IoT service are classified into a master user and a family user. The master user is the original contractor of the home IoT service or the owner of the home IoT device 600 and manages the management authority of the family user and the control authority of the device of the family user with all service use rights. The family user has the right to use only the home IoT device 600 to which the master user has been authorized.

The client 100 includes a master user client 101, a family user client 1 (103), and a family user client n (105).

The master user client 101, the family user client 1 103, the family user client 105 and the home IoT device 600 communicate with each other using IoT communication.

The home control server 300 is connected to the master user client 101, the family user client 1 103, the family user client n 105 and the home gateway 113 via the Internet 107.

The home control server 300 is connected to the master user client 101, the family user client 1 103 and the family user client n 105 via the Internet network 200.

The home control server 300 is connected to the home gateway 500 and the home IOT device 600 through the Internet network 200.

The home control server 300 differently sets user rights for a plurality of home internet devices 600 for each of the one or more family user clients 103 and 105 in units of the device function unit under the control of the master user client 101 . For example, the family user client 103 sets the user authority of the a function and the b function of the home object Internet apparatus 1 (601). Then, the family user client 105 sets the a function of the home object Internet apparatus 1 601 and the user authority of the c function of the home object Internet apparatus n 603. As described above, it is possible to set the function of the home object Internet device and the function of the home object different for each family user client.

The database server 400 is connected to the home control server 300 and manages the home object Internet device information and the user right information.

The home gateway 500 included in the home IoT home network communicates with the home IoT device 600 in a wired or wireless manner. At this time, in the case of wireless, short-range wireless communication can be performed.

The home gateway 500 allows the home IoT device 600 to be connected to the Internet 107 to communicate.

The home gateway 500 assigns the device identification information to the home IOT device 600. The home gateway 600 transfers the device identification information to the home control server 300 when the home IOT device 600 bootstrap. Here, bootstrap refers to an operation to start the system by an operation such as turning on the computer or pressing the reset key.

The home IoT device 600 is located in the home IoT home network and is an object having an IoT communication chip embedded therein. For example, the home IoT device 600 may include a headphone, a digital camcorder, an audio, a digital camera, a table top corresponding to home appliances, a refrigerator, A microwave oven, a gas range, an electric rice cooker, a washing machine, an air conditioner, and a television (TV). However, It is not.

Home IoT device 600 has one or more device capabilities, respectively. For example, in the case of a TV, a recording function, an automatic on / off function, and the like may be included. In the case of a washing machine, a laundry reservation function is included. As described above, the device functions of the home IoT device 600 are different from each other.

2 shows a detailed configuration of the home control server and the database server of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 2, the home control server 300 includes an interface unit 310, a device function management unit 330, a rights management unit 350, and an access control unit 370. The database server 400 includes a device meta DB 410, a holding device DB 430, and a user authority DB 450.

Here, the interface unit 310 is connected to the Internet network 200 and performs a connection process through the Internet network 200.

The interface unit 310 is connected to the master user client 101 and the one or more family user clients 103 and 105 through the Internet network 200 to perform login. Here, the login may be a procedure for confirming a user account composed of an ID and a password.

Upon receiving the device identification information from each of the plurality of home Internet devices 600, the device function management unit 330 inquires of the plurality of home internet devices 600 of the device function information held by the device meta DB 410 do. Then, the retrieved device function information and the device identification information are matched and updated in the holding device DB 430. At this time, the device identification information may include information that identifies the device owner in addition to the device-specific identification information. The information that can identify the device owner may be the IP information or the MAC address. After confirming the device owner (i.e., the master user) through the information, the device identification information and the device capability information are matched with the master user, .

The user authority management unit 350 transmits a user authority setting request received from the family user clients 103 and 105 to the master user client 101. [ In response to a request from the master user client 101, a user right for the home object Internet apparatus 600 is set in units of a device function. That is, it is possible to set user authority information including a device function permitted to be used among the device functions held by the accessible home object Internet device and the home object Internet device accessible by one or more family user clients 103 and 105, (103, 105).

At this time, the user authority management unit 350 transmits a rights setting UI to the master user client 101. [ The rights setting UI includes a plurality of home object Internet device lists held by the master user client 101 and includes a selection item for setting user rights for each device function possessed by the home object Internet device.

When the family user clients 103 and 105 access the user authority management unit 350, the user authority management unit 350 may include a plurality of home object Internet devices and device function information usable by the family user clients 103 and 105 according to the user right information And transmits the authority-specific connection screen to the family user clients 103 and 105. And transmits the use request information selected on the authority-specific connection screen to the corresponding home IOT device 600 through the home gateway 500. [

The device meta DB 410 stores device function information held by the home IoT device 600 for each home IoT device 600. That is, information about which device functions the home IoT device provides is stored.

The holding device DB 430 stores a home IOT device list held by the corresponding master user client for each master user client. At this time, the home IoT device list also includes device function information provided by the held home IoT device.

The user right DB 450 stores user right information set for each of the one or more family user clients matching the master user client 101.

Now, a method of setting a user right of a home IoT service and a home IoT service method according to a user right will be described based on the above description. At this time, the same reference numerals are used in connection with the configurations described in FIG. 1 and FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a device preparation process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, when the home IoT device 1 601 performs the bootstrap S101, it transmits the device identification information to the home gateway 500 (S103).

The home gateway 500 transmits the received device identification information to the home control server 300 (S105).

When the home IoT device n (603) performs bootstrap S107, it transmits the device identification information to the home gateway 500 (S109).

The home gateway 500 transmits the received device identification information to the home control server 300 (S111).

Then, the home control server 500 updates the received device identification information in the holding device DB 430 (S113). Specifically, the function information of the corresponding device is inquired from the device meta DB 410 based on the received device identification information. The device identification information and the retrieved device function information are matched with the master user of the corresponding home IOT device 600 and stored in the storage device DB 430.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of setting a user authority according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the family user clients 103 and 105 access the home control server 300 through the Internet network 200 and log in (S201). The family user clients 103 and 105 can access the web site provided by the home control server 300 and log in by driving the web browser. Or, the user can access the home control server 300 and log in by executing the installed dedicated app.

If the login is successful, the home control server 300 transmits the master selection screen to the family user clients 103 and 105 (S203).

The family user clients 103 and 105 select or input a master user identifier, for example, a telephone number or an ID, in the master selection screen (S205), and send a family user participation approval request for the master user to the home control server 300 (S207).

At this time, the home control server 300 may notify the master user client 101 of the family user participation approval request by SMS or application push notification.

Then, the master user client 101 accesses the home control server 300 through the Internet network 200 and logs in (S209). The master user client 101 can access the web site provided by the home control server 300 and log in by driving the web browser. Or, the user can access the home control server 300 and log in by executing the installed dedicated app.

When the master user client 101 receives the family user participation approval request from the home control server 300 (S211), the master user client 101 determines whether the family user is approved (S213).

If the master user client 101 rejects the family user approval, it transmits an approval rejection response to the home control server 300 (S215).

On the other hand, when the master user client 101 permits the family user, the home acceptance acceptance response is transmitted to the home control server 300 (S217).

The home control server 300 transmits the rights setting UI to the master user client 101 (S219).

The master user client 101 sets a user authority in unit functional units on the authority setting UI (S221). The master user client 101 selects a home IoT device and a device function for which the usage right is to be granted to the family user clients 103 and 105 from the home IoT device list included in the authority setting UI.

The master user client 101 transmits the user right information set in step S221 to the home control server 300 (S223).

The home control server 300 stores the user right information received in step S223 in the user right information DB 450 (S225).

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a home IoT service method according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is performed after step S225 of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 5, the family user clients 103 and 105 access the home control server 300 and log in (S301). The family user clients 103 and 105 can access the web site provided by the home control server 300 and log in by driving the web browser. Or, the user can access the home control server 300 and log in by executing the installed dedicated app.

If the login is successful, the home control server 300 confirms the user right information of the connected family user clients 103 and 105 from the user right information DB 450 (S203). At this time, the user right information may be matched for the user accounts of the family user clients 103 and 105.

The home control server 300 transmits an authority-specific access control screen based on the user right information to the family user clients 103 and 105 (S305). At this time, the access control screen for each authority is generated differently according to the user authority information. For example, only the device functions a and b of the home IoT device 1 601 are included in the family user client 1 (103), and the device functions a and b of the home IoT device 1 (601) And the device functions c, d, and e of the home IoT device 2 603 may be included.

The family user clients 103 and 105 output the received access control screen for each privilege (S307). Then, the family user selects the control item execution command (S309) on the authority-specific access control screen to the home control server 300 (S311).

Then, the home control server 300 transmits the received control item execution command to the home gateway 500 (S315). At this time, although the authority-specific access control screen itself is in accordance with the user authority information, it may be checked once again whether the control item execution command is permitted according to the user authority information, and then step S315 may be performed.

The home gateway 500 delivers the received control item execution command to the corresponding home IOT device 600 (S317). Then, the home IoT device 600 operates according to the received control item execution command (S319).

The embodiments of the present invention described above are not implemented only by the apparatus and method, but may be implemented through a program for realizing the function corresponding to the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention or a recording medium on which the program is recorded.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, It belongs to the scope of right.

Claims (14)

A method for setting a user right for a home object Internet device having one or more device functions in a home object Internet service system,
The master user client receiving a request for setting a user right for the home object Internet device from one or more family user clients, and
Setting a user authority differently for each of the one or more family user clients from among the device functions of the home object internet device accessible by the one or more family member clients and the device functions of the accessible home object internet device
/ RTI > The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the receiving comprises:
The master user client accessing and logging in to the home control server through the Internet network, and
If the login succeeds, receiving a request for setting a user authority of the one or more family user clients from the home control server
/ RTI > 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the setting step comprises:
Determining whether the master user client approves the user right setting request and responding to the home control server; and
Receiving, from the home control server, a user interface capable of granting a privilege for each device function of the home object Internet device and the home object Internet device list held by the master user client when the user authority setting request is approved;
Selecting a home object Internet device and a device function available for the one or more family user clients on the user interface, and
And transmitting selection information to the home control server,
And the user authority is set for each of the one or more family user clients according to the selection information. A method for setting a user right for a home object Internet device having one or more device functions in a home object Internet service system,
The family user client transmits a request for setting a user right to the home object Internet device to the master user client, and
Receiving a home object internet device accessible by the family user client and user right information on which the device function is set,
Wherein the user right information comprises:
A method for setting a user authority in which a home object internet device accessible by one or more family user clients and a device function available for each home object internet device are set differently. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the transmitting comprises:
Connecting the family user client to the home control server through the Internet network and logging in,
Receiving the master user client list from the home control server if the login is successful,
Selecting one master user client from the master user client list, and
Requesting the selected master user client to set the user authority
/ RTI > 6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the receiving of the user right information comprises:
Connecting the family user client to the home control server through the Internet network and logging in,
If the login is successful, the home-appliance internet devices that the master user client has approved using among the home-appliance internet devices owned by the master user client and the device functions approved for use among the device functions held by the home- Receiving the user right information including
/ RTI > A plurality of home Internet devices located in the home network and each having one or more device functions, and
Wherein the plurality of home Internet devices are connected to the plurality of home object Internet devices, the master user client, and the one or more family user clients through an Internet network, A home control server that sets permissions differently in device function units
A home Internet service system. 8. The method of claim 7,
Wherein the home control server comprises:
A home object internet device that transmits a user authority setting request received from the family user client to the master user client and is accessible by the one or more family user clients at the request of the master user client, A user authority managing unit for transmitting user authority information including a device function permitted to use among the device functions held by the user user client to the family user client,
A home Internet service system. 9. The method of claim 8,
The user authority management unit,
Transmits a rights setting UI to the master user client,
The rights setting UI,
And a selection item that includes a plurality of home object Internet device lists held by the master user client and can set a user right for each device function possessed by the home object Internet device. 10. The method of claim 9,
The user authority management unit,
A home object Internet service, which transmits, to the family user client, a privileged access screen composed of a plurality of home internet devices and device function information usable by the family user client according to the user right information, system. 9. The method of claim 8,
A device meta DB for storing device function information held by the home object Internet device for each home object Internet device,
A holding device DB for storing a list of home object Internet devices held by the master user client for each master user client,
A user right information DB for storing user right information set for each of the one or more family user clients matching the master user client,
And a database server that manages the home Internet service system. 12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the home control server comprises:
Object device information of each of the plurality of home Internet devices from the device meta DB when receiving the device identification information from each of the plurality of home Internet devices, A device function management unit
The home Internet service system further comprising: 13. The method of claim 12,
Wherein the plurality of home internet devices are connected to the plurality of home internet devices via a wired or wireless connection and are connected to the Internet network, wherein the plurality of home internet devices receive the device identification information at bootstrap from the plurality of home Internet devices, To the home control server connected through the network,
The home Internet service system further comprising: 14. The method of claim 13,
Wherein the home control server comprises:
Further comprising an interface unit connected to the master user client and the one or more family user clients through the Internet to perform login,
The user authority management unit,
Wherein the master user client and the one or more family user clients perform the requested operation when the interface unit succeeds in logging in.

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