CPC H04L 63/0236 (2013.01) [H04L 63/0876 (2013.01); H04W 12/63 (2021.01); H04L 12/2807 (2013.01)] | 13 Claims |
1. An apparatus for controlling access to an electrical appliance by a user device, the apparatus being configured:
to determine electrical appliance data with regard to a data communication of the electrical appliance;
to determine user device data with regard to a data communication of the user device;
to determine, on a basis of the electrical appliance data and on a basis of the user device data, whether or not the electrical appliance and the user device are located in a common local communication network;
on establishing that the electrical appliance and the user device are located in a common local communication network, to render possible an access of the user device to the electrical appliance;
the electrical appliance data including a first list of other devices which communicate within the local communication network in which the electrical appliance is arranged;
the user device data including a second list of the other devices which communicate within the local communication network in which the user device is arranged;
the apparatus being configured to determine, on a basis of the first list and on a basis of the second list, whether or not the electrical appliance and the user device are located in a common local communication network and to determine an extent of an overlap between the first list and the second list, and, depending on the extent of the overlap, to determine whether or not the electrical appliance and the user device are located in a common local communication network.
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