US 12,170,658 B2
Networking method for household appliance, household appliance, and terminal device
Lin Yan, Guangdong (CN)
Assigned to GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN); and MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed by GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN); and MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/703,299.
Application 17/703,299 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/088824, filed on May 6, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201911036768.3 (CN), filed on Oct. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0217131 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/083 (2013.01) 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A networking method for a household appliance, wherein the household appliance is provided with a hardware processor for implementing a network module, the networking method comprising:
receiving, by the hardware processor, router information and an account and a password of a router transmitted by a mobile terminal, the router information comprising time-related data required to access the router;
accessing, by the hardware processor, the router according to the router information and the account and the password of the router; and
after accessing the router:
receiving, by the hardware processor, a random number transmitted by the mobile terminal;
transmitting, by the hardware processor, the random number received from the mobile terminal to a server via the router so that the server sends back the random number transmitted from the household appliance to the mobile terminal; and
broadcasting, by the hardware processor, the random number to the mobile terminal, so that the mobile terminal compares the random number transmitted from the server with the random number broadcasted from the household appliance to confirm a network setup between the household appliance and the router is completed based on a result of the comparison being a consistent comparison.