CN109413653B - Network distribution method and network distribution system for household appliances - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a network distribution method and a network distribution system of household appliances. The network distribution method of the household appliance comprises the following steps: a plurality of household appliances to be connected with a network enter an access point mode; a first household appliance to be distributed in the plurality of household appliances to be distributed is distributed with a network according to the network distribution information; the first household appliance to be distributed with the successful network distribution carries out network distribution on a second household appliance to be distributed in the plurality of household appliances to be distributed; and the first household appliance to be distributed and the second household appliance to be distributed which are successfully distributed are used for distributing the network to other household appliances to be distributed so as to network all the household appliances to be distributed. According to the network distribution method of the household appliances, disclosed by the embodiment of the invention, the network distribution time of the plurality of household appliances is shortened, and a user does not need to distribute networks for each household appliance to be distributed respectively, so that the complicated operation is avoided, and the user experience is improved.

Description

Network distribution method and network distribution system for household appliances

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to a network distribution method and a network distribution system of a household appliance.

Background

In the related art, the distribution network modes of the home appliance mainly include an AP (Wireless Access Point) distribution network and a smart configuration (Smartconfig) distribution network. Compared with a network with one key, the AP distribution network is more stable and reliable. However, the AP distribution network can only distribute the network to one household appliance at a time, so that when a plurality of household appliances needing to be distributed exist in a user house, the network can only be distributed to each household appliance, operation is complex, and user experience is influenced.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a network distribution method and a network distribution system of household appliances.

The network distribution method of the household appliance comprises the following steps:

a plurality of household appliances to be connected with a network enter an access point mode;

a first household appliance to be distributed in the plurality of household appliances to be distributed is distributed with a network according to the network distribution information;

the first household appliance to be distributed with the successful network distribution carries out network distribution on a second household appliance to be distributed in the plurality of household appliances to be distributed;

and the first household appliance to be distributed and the second household appliance to be distributed which are successfully distributed carry out distribution of the network on other household appliances to be distributed so as to network all the household appliances to be distributed.

According to the network distribution method of the household appliances, the first household appliance to be distributed is distributed, then the first household appliance to be distributed which is successfully distributed is distributed to the second household appliance to be distributed, and then the first household appliance to be distributed and the second household appliance to be distributed which are successfully distributed are used for distributing other household appliances to be distributed so as to realize the networking of all the household appliances to be distributed. Therefore, the network distribution time of the plurality of household appliances is shortened, the user does not need to distribute the network to each household appliance to be distributed respectively, the complex operation is avoided, and the user experience is improved.

In some embodiments, before the first household appliance to be distributed successfully distributes the network to the second household appliance to be distributed in the plurality of household appliances to be distributed, the network distribution method of the household appliance includes: the first household appliance to be distributed with the successful network distribution acquires hotspot information sent by the plurality of household appliances to be distributed in the access point mode and generates a hotspot statistical table, wherein the hotspot statistical table comprises the corresponding relation between the plurality of household appliances to be distributed and the hotspot information.

In some embodiments, the first household appliance to be networked that succeeds in network distribution performs network distribution on a second household appliance to be networked in the plurality of household appliances to be networked, and the network distribution method includes: after the first household appliance to be distributed with the successful network is used for distributing the network to the second household appliance to be distributed by using the hotspot information corresponding to the second household appliance to be distributed in the hotspot statistical table, the first household appliance to be distributed with the successful network deletes the hotspot information corresponding to the second household appliance to be distributed with the successful network in the hotspot statistical table. The network distribution method of the household appliance comprises the following steps: the first household appliances to be distributed with the successful network distribution keep the hot spot information of the first preset number in the current hot spot statistical table and transmit the hot spot information of the second preset number in the current hot spot statistical table to the second household appliances to be distributed with the successful network distribution.

In some embodiments, the hotspot statistics tables are stored in all the household appliances to be networked that are successfully distributed over the network, and the hotspot information recorded in the hotspot statistics tables stored in the household appliances to be networked that are successfully distributed over the network is different.

In some embodiments, the network distribution method of the household appliance includes: and when the quantity of the hotspot information in the hotspot statistical table stored by the household appliances to be networked which are successfully distributed with the network is zero, confirming that all the household appliances to be networked are networked.

In some embodiments, the network distribution method of the household appliance includes: the household appliances to be distributed with successful network distribution are connected with the household appliances to be distributed in the access point mode, the household appliances to be distributed with successful network distribution transmit the network distribution information to the household appliances to be distributed, and the household appliances to be distributed carry out network distribution according to the network distribution information.

In some embodiments, the distribution network information includes connection information of the wireless router and cloud server login registration information, or the distribution network information includes connection information of the wireless router.

The network distribution system of the household appliances comprises a plurality of household appliances to be distributed, the household appliances to be distributed are all used for entering an access point mode, a first household appliance to be distributed among the household appliances to be distributed is used for distributing a network according to network distribution information, the first household appliance to be distributed with the successful network distribution is used for distributing a network to a second household appliance to be distributed among the household appliances to be distributed, and the first household appliance to be distributed and the second household appliance to be distributed with the successful network distribution are used for distributing networks to other household appliances to be distributed so as to enable all the household appliances to be distributed to be networked.

According to the distribution network system of the household appliances, disclosed by the embodiment of the invention, the first household appliance to be distributed is firstly distributed, then the first household appliance to be distributed, which is successfully distributed, is used for distributing the network to the second household appliance to be distributed, and then the first household appliance to be distributed and the second household appliance to be distributed, which are successfully distributed, are used for distributing the network to other household appliances to be distributed so as to realize the networking of all the household appliances to be distributed. Therefore, the network distribution time of the plurality of household appliances is shortened, the user does not need to distribute the network to each household appliance to be distributed respectively, the complex operation is avoided, and the user experience is improved.

In some embodiments, before the first household appliance to be networked that succeeds in network distribution is used to perform network distribution on a second household appliance to be networked among the plurality of household appliances to be networked, the first household appliance to be networked that succeeds in network distribution is used to obtain hotspot information sent by the plurality of household appliances to be networked that are in an access point mode and generate a hotspot statistical table, where the hotspot statistical table includes a correspondence between the plurality of household appliances to be networked and the hotspot information.

In some embodiments, after the first household appliance to be networked successfully with the network is configured to perform network distribution on the second household appliance to be networked by using the hotspot information corresponding to the second household appliance to be networked in the hotspot statistical table, the first household appliance to be networked successfully with the network is configured to delete the hotspot information corresponding to the second household appliance to be networked successfully with the network in the hotspot statistical table, and the first household appliance to be networked successfully with the network is configured to retain the first preset number of hotspot information in the current hotspot statistical table and transmit the second preset number of hotspot information in the current hotspot statistical table to the second household appliance to be networked successfully with the network.

In some embodiments, the hotspot statistics tables are stored in all the household appliances to be networked that are successfully distributed over the network, and the hotspot information recorded in the hotspot statistics tables stored in the household appliances to be networked that are successfully distributed over the network is different.

In some embodiments, the household appliances to be networked which are successfully distributed with the network are used for establishing connection with the household appliances to be networked which are in the access point mode, the household appliances to be networked which are successfully distributed with the network are used for transmitting the distribution network information to the household appliances to be networked, and the household appliances to be networked are used for distributing the network according to the distribution network information.

In some embodiments, the distribution network information includes connection information of the wireless router and cloud server login registration information, or the distribution network information includes connection information of the wireless router.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

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The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

fig. 1 is a schematic flow chart of a network distribution method of a household appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic block diagram of a distribution network system of a home appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a block schematic diagram of a household appliance in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a distribution network of multiple home appliances in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is another schematic block diagram of a distribution network of multiple home appliances according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Description of the main element symbols:

the system comprises anetwork distribution system 1000, ahousehold appliance 100, ahousehold appliance 10 to be distributed, afirst household appliance 11 to be distributed, asecond household appliance 12 to be distributed, athird household appliance 13 to be distributed, afourth household appliance 14 to be distributed, afifth household appliance 15 to be distributed, asixth household appliance 16 to be distributed, aseventh household appliance 17 to be distributed, aneighth household appliance 18 to be distributed, afirst household appliance 21 to be distributed successfully, asecond household appliance 22 to be distributed successfully, athird household appliance 23 to be distributed successfully, afourth household appliance 24 to be distributed successfully, aWiFi module 101, afirst receiving module 103, aprocessing module 105, afirst scanning module 107, afirst sending module 109, aterminal 200, asecond scanning module 201, asecond receiving module 203 and asecond sending module 205.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are illustrative only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implying any number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defined as "first", "second", may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the described features. In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as being fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; may be mechanically connected, may be electrically connected or may be in communication with each other; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. Specific meanings of the above terms in the embodiments of the present invention can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to specific situations.

Referring to fig. 1 to fig. 6, a network distribution method of a household appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention can be implemented by anetwork distribution system 1000 of a household appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention. Thedistribution network system 1000 of the home appliances includes a plurality ofhome appliances 10 to be distributed. It can be understood that thehousehold appliance 100 is thehousehold appliance 10 to be connected to the network when the network is not connected. Thehousehold appliance 100 is built in with a WiFi (WIreless-FIdelity)module 101. Thehousehold appliance 100 comprises afirst receiving module 103, aprocessing module 105, afirst scanning module 107 and afirst transmitting module 109. Thehousehold appliance 100 may be an air conditioner, a refrigerator, a washing machine, an electric cooker, a microwave oven, or the like.

Referring to fig. 1, a network distribution method for a household appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention includes:

step S12: the plurality ofhome appliances 10 to be networked enter an Access Point (AP) mode.

It is understood that thehome appliance 10 to be networked enters the access point mode, which means that theWiFi module 101 of thehome appliance 10 to be networked enters the access point mode. Thehome appliance 10 to be networked enters the access point mode, that is, thehome appliance 10 to be networked is in the access point mode. In the embodiment of the present invention, all theWiFi modules 101 of thehome appliance 10 to be networked are initially set to the access point mode. Therefore, after all thehousehold appliances 10 to be connected to the network are powered on, thehousehold appliances 10 to be connected to the network directly enter the access point mode. When theWiFi module 101 of thehousehold appliance 10 to be networked is in another mode (such as a relay mode), the user may set the mode of theWiFi module 101 of thehousehold appliance 10 to be networked to the access point mode through a remote controller configured to thehousehold appliance 10 to be networked, so that thehousehold appliance 10 to be networked enters the access point mode.

Step S14: and afirst household appliance 11 to be distributed in the plurality ofhousehold appliances 10 to be distributed performs distribution according to the distribution network information.

It can be understood that, if thehousehold appliance 10 to be configured with a network has no input interface, the network distribution information needs to be transmitted to thefirst household appliance 11 to be configured with a network through theterminal 200, so that thefirst household appliance 11 to be configured with a network is connected to the network according to the network distribution information, and thus thefirst household appliance 21 to be configured with a network can be controlled through the household appliance APP (Application program) configured with theterminal 200. In this embodiment, the terminal 200 may be a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or a tablet computer.

Specifically, the terminal 200 includes asecond scanning module 201, asecond receiving module 203, and asecond transmitting module 205. The terminal 200 in a Station (SAT) mode scans through thesecond scanning module 201 to obtain AP hotspots of the plurality ofhome appliances 10 to be networked, and the user may select the AP hotspot of thefirst home appliance 11 to be networked and input connection information (i.e., an authentication password) of the AP hotspot at the terminal 200, and then thesecond receiving module 203 receives the connection information of the AP hotspot so as to establish connection between the terminal 200 and thefirst home appliance 11 to be networked. Or, the terminal 200 in the site mode scans the two-dimensional code of the first to-be-distributednetwork household appliance 11 through the household appliance APP to connect the AP hotspot of the first to-be-distributednetwork household appliance 11. The two-dimensional code of thefirst household appliance 11 to be connected to the network contains the connection information of the AP hotspot, and the two-dimensional code can be arranged on a remote controller matched with thefirst household appliance 11 to be connected to the network, so that the scanning is facilitated. After the terminal 200 is connected to thefirst household appliance 11 to be connected to the network, thesecond sending module 205 sends the network information to thefirst household appliance 11 to be connected to the network. Thefirst household appliance 11 to be distributed receives the distribution network information sent by the terminal 200 through thefirst receiving module 103, and then theprocessing module 105 accesses the network according to the distribution network information. In this way, thefirst household appliance 11 to be connected in the access point mode is successfully connected in the network, and theWiFi module 101 is switched from the access point mode to the station mode.

It can be understood that, if thefirst household appliance 11 to be connected to the network has an input interface, the user can directly input the network connection information at the input interface, and thefirst household appliance 11 to be connected to the network is connected to the network according to the network connection information.

Further, the network may be a wireless local area network established for wireless routers in the user's home. The distribution network information comprises connection information of the wireless router and login and registration information of the cloud server. Or the distribution network information comprises the connection information of the wireless router. The connection information of the wireless router includes an SSID (Service Set Identifier) and a password. The cloud server login registration information is information such as an account number and a password of the user login household appliance APP, and after thehousehold appliance 100 accesses the network, the information can be stored under the account number of the cloud server login registration information, so that thehousehold appliance 100 can be controlled through the household appliance APP.

It should be noted that the terminal 200 is connected to the wireless router in advance, and the connection information of the wireless router may be stored in theterminal 200. The cloud server login registration information is also stored in theterminal 200. Therefore, the terminal 200 can directly transmit the distribution network information to thefirst household appliance 11 to be distributed through thesecond transmitting module 205. Of course, the connection information of the wireless router may also be manually input by the user at the terminal 200, and then transmitted to thefirst household appliance 11 to be connected to the network by theterminal 200.

Step S16: the first household appliance to be networked 21 which is successfully distributed performs network distribution on the second household appliance to be networked 12 in the plurality of household appliances to be networked 10.

In an embodiment of the present invention, before step S16, a method for distributing a network of a home appliance includes: thefirst household appliance 21 to be connected with the network, which is successfully connected with the network, acquires hotspot information sent by the plurality ofhousehold appliances 10 to be connected with the network in the access point mode and generates a hotspot statistical table. The hot spot statistical table includes a plurality ofhome appliances 10 to be networked and a corresponding relationship of hot spot information.

It can be understood that thefirst scanning module 107 of thefirst household appliance 21 to be networked, which is in the station mode and is successfully connected to the network, can scan the AP hotspots of theother household appliances 10 to be networked, which are in the access point mode, so as to obtain hotspot information sent by the plurality ofhousehold appliances 10 to be networked. The hot spot information of eachhousehold appliance 10 to be networked has a unique feature identifier (such as a hot spot name), and the feature identifier includes numerical features. The numerical characteristics carried by the hotspot information of eachhousehold appliance 10 to be networked are unique. Therefore, theprocessing module 105 may sort according to the obtained numerical features of the hotspot information to generate a hotspot statistical table, so that thefirst household appliance 21 to be connected with the network, which is successfully connected with the network subsequently, can conveniently connect the network to thehousehold appliance 10 to be connected with the network according to the hotspot statistical table. Each piece of hot spot information in the hot spot statistical table corresponds to onehousehold appliance 10 to be networked.

Further, step S16 includes: after thefirst household appliance 21 with the successful network distribution function performs network distribution on thesecond household appliance 21 with the hotspot information corresponding to thesecond household appliance 12 with the network distribution function in the hotspot statistical table (for example, the first hotspot information in the hotspot statistical table corresponds to thesecond household appliance 12 with the network distribution function), thefirst household appliance 21 with the successful network distribution function deletes the hotspot information corresponding to thesecond household appliance 22 with the successful network distribution function in the hotspot statistical table.

After thefirst household appliance 21 to be connected with the network successfully deletes the hotspot information corresponding to thesecond household appliance 22 to be connected with the network successfully in the hotspot statistical table, thefirst household appliance 21 to be connected with the network successfully keeps the first preset amount of hotspot information in the current hotspot statistical table and transmits the second preset amount of hotspot information in the current hotspot statistical table to thesecond household appliance 22 to be connected with the network successfully.

Specifically, thefirst household appliance 21 to be connected with the network successfully sends the authentication password to thesecond household appliance 12 to be connected with the network successfully through thefirst sending module 109, and thefirst receiving module 103 of thesecond household appliance 12 to be connected with thefirst household appliance 21 to be connected with the network successfully after receiving the authentication password. After thefirst household appliance 21 to be connected with thesecond household appliance 12 to be connected with the network successfully, thefirst sending module 109 of thefirst household appliance 21 to be connected with the network successfully transmits the network information to thesecond household appliance 12 to be connected with the network. Thesecond household appliance 12 to be networked receives the distribution network information sent by thefirst household appliance 21 to be networked successfully through thefirst receiving module 103, and then theprocessing module 105 performs network distribution according to the distribution network information to access the network. In this way, thesecond household appliance 12 to be networked in the access point mode is successfully networked, and theWiFi module 101 is switched from the access point mode to the station mode.

After thefirst household appliance 21 to be distributed with a successful network is successfully distributed to thesecond household appliance 12 to be distributed, theprocessing module 105 of thefirst household appliance 21 to be distributed with a successful network needs to update the hot spot statistical table. Specifically, thefirst household appliance 21 to be connected with the network successfully deletes the hotspot information corresponding to thesecond household appliance 22 to be connected with the network successfully in the initial hotspot statistical table, then divides the remaining hotspot information in the current hotspot statistical table into the first preset number of hotspot information and the second preset number of hotspot information, and thefirst household appliance 21 to be connected with the network successfully keeps the first preset number of hotspot information in the current hotspot statistical table and transmits the second preset number of hotspot information in the current hotspot statistical table to thesecond household appliance 22 to be connected with the network successfully by thefirst transmitting module 109. In this way, thesecond household appliance 22 to be networked that succeeds in network distribution obtains the hotspot statistical table, and thesecond household appliance 22 to be networked that succeeds in network distribution can also perform network distribution forother household appliances 10 to be networked. When the remaining hot spot information in the current hot spot statistical table can be averaged, the first preset number is equal to the second preset number. When the remaining hotspot information in the current hotspot statistical table cannot be equalized, the first preset number may be one more than the second preset number, or the first preset number may be one less than the second preset number.

It should be noted that the authentication password is a password pre-stored in thehome appliance 100, and for convenience, the authentication passwords of all thehome appliances 100 are consistent. In this way, thehome appliance 100 in the site mode may transmit the authentication password to thehome appliance 100 in the access point mode, so that thehome appliance 100 in the site mode connects the AP hotspot of thehome appliance 100 in the access point mode. Preferably, in the embodiment of the present invention, all thehome appliances 100 arehome appliances 100 of the same brand. Thus, it is convenient to pre-store the same authentication password in thehome appliance 100.

Step S18: thefirst household appliance 21 to be networked, which is successful in network distribution, and thesecond household appliance 22 to be networked, which is successful in network distribution, perform network distribution on theother household appliances 10 to be networked, so that all thehousehold appliances 10 to be networked are networked.

It can be understood that thefirst household appliance 21 to be distributed successfully in the network and thesecond household appliance 22 to be distributed successfully in the network both store the hot spot statistical table. The hotspot information recorded by the hotspot statistical table stored by the household appliances to be distributed which are successfully distributed in each distribution network are different. Thefirst household appliance 21 to be networked, which is successful in network distribution, and thesecond household appliance 22 to be networked, which is successful in network distribution, can respectively perform network distribution on thehousehold appliance 10 to be networked, which corresponds to the first hotspot information in the hotspot statistical table, according to the hotspot statistical table stored by the household appliance to be networked, which is stored by the household appliance to be networked. For example, the first hotspot information in the hotspot statistical table stored by thefirst household appliance 21 to be networked with successful network distribution corresponds to thethird household appliance 13 to be networked, and the first hotspot information in the hotspot statistical table stored by thesecond household appliance 22 to be networked with successful network distribution corresponds to thefourth household appliance 14 to be networked. Namely, thefirst household appliance 21 to be networked which is successful in network distribution performs network distribution on thethird household appliance 13 to be networked which is in the access point mode, and thesecond household appliance 22 to be networked which is successful in network distribution performs network distribution on thefourth household appliance 14 to be networked which is in the access point mode. The specific process of the household appliance to be networked, which is successful in network distribution, for distributing the network to thehousehold appliance 10 to be networked can refer to the process of the first household appliance to be networked, which is successful in network distribution, for distributing the network to thesecond household appliance 12 to be networked, and details are not repeated herein.

After the third to-be-distributed household appliance 13 and the fourth to-be-distributed household appliance 14 are successfully distributed, other to-be-distributed household appliances 10 can be also distributed so as to enable all the to-be-distributed household appliances 10 to be networked.

Further, the network distribution method of the household appliance comprises the following steps: and when the quantity of the hotspot information in the hotspot statistical tables stored by all the household appliances to be networked which are successfully connected with the network and are to be networked is zero, confirming that all thehousehold appliances 10 to be networked are networked.

In this way, it is ensured that allhousehold appliances 10 to be networked are networked. It can be understood that when thehousehold appliance 10 to be networked is successfully networked, the corresponding hotspot information in the hotspot statistical table is deleted. Therefore, when the number of the hotspot information in the hotspot statistical table stored in each household appliance to be successfully distributed with a network is zero, it indicates that allhousehold appliances 10 to be distributed have completed the distribution of the network, that is, allhousehold appliances 10 to be distributed have been networked.

It should be noted that, in the process of the household appliance to be networked that is successfully distributed to the network for thehousehold appliance 10 to be networked to distribute the network, whether thehousehold appliance 10 to be networked is successfully distributed to the network can be regularly determined. When thehousehold appliance 10 to be networked fails to be networked, the household appliance to be networked which succeeds in being networked can record the number of times of failure in the network distribution of thehousehold appliance 10 to be networked. When the number of times of failure of thehousehold appliance 10 to be networked in the network distribution is greater than 3, the household appliance to be networked which is successfully networked can display the information that thehousehold appliance 10 to be networked is not successfully networked on the display panel of the household appliance to be networked, and then the hotspot information corresponding to thehousehold appliance 10 to be networked in the hotspot statistical table is deleted. In this way, the situation that thehousehold appliances 10 to be connected which cannot be successfully connected to the network run into the dead cycle of the distribution network and the distribution time of the plurality ofhousehold appliances 100 is prolonged can be avoided.

In summary, in the network distribution method for the home appliances according to the embodiment of the present invention, thefirst home appliance 11 to be distributed is first distributed, then thefirst home appliance 21 to be distributed that is successfully distributed distributes the network to thesecond home appliance 12 to be distributed, and then thefirst home appliance 21 to be distributed and thesecond home appliance 22 to be distributed that are successfully distributed distribute the network to theother home appliances 10 to be distributed, so as to implement networking of all thehome appliances 10 to be distributed. Therefore, the network distribution time of the plurality ofhousehold appliances 100 is shortened, and the user does not need to distribute the network to eachhousehold appliance 10 to be distributed respectively, so that the complex operation is avoided, and the user experience is improved.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 5, there are eighthome appliances 10 to be networked without an input interface in the user's home. First, thefirst household appliance 11 to be distributed is subjected to a first network distribution by using theterminal 200. Then, thefirst household appliance 21 to be connected with the network successfully performs the second network connection on thesecond household appliance 12 to be connected with the network. Then, the first household appliance to be networked 21, which has succeeded in the network distribution, performs the third network distribution on the third household appliance to be networked 13, and the second household appliance to be networked 22, which has succeeded in the network distribution, performs the third network distribution on the fourth household appliance to be networked 14. Finally, thefirst household appliance 21 to be networked which is successfully distributed performs fourth network distribution on thefifth household appliance 15 to be networked, thesecond household appliance 22 to be networked which is successfully distributed performs fourth network distribution on thesixth household appliance 16 to be networked, thethird emergency appliance 23 to be networked which is successfully distributed performs fourth network distribution on theseventh household appliance 17 to be networked, and thefourth household appliance 24 to be networked which is successfully distributed performs fourth network distribution on theeighth household appliance 18 to be networked.

It should be noted that, in the example of fig. 5, the terminal 200 is a mobile phone or a tablet computer. The method comprises the following steps of firstly, representing a first distribution network, secondly, representing a second distribution network, thirdly, and fourthly. The same distribution network indicates that the distribution network process can be performed simultaneously.

In another embodiment, referring to fig. 6, there are eighthome appliances 10 to be networked in the user's home. Thefirst household appliance 11 to be connected to the network has an input interface. Firstly, a user can directly input the distribution network information on the input interface of the user to carry out the first distribution network, and thefirst household appliance 11 to be distributed is connected to the wireless router according to the distribution network information so as to be networked. Then, thefirst household appliance 21 to be connected with the network successfully performs the second network connection on thesecond household appliance 12 to be connected with the network. Then, the first household appliance to be networked 21, which has succeeded in the network distribution, performs the third network distribution on the third household appliance to be networked 13, and the second household appliance to be networked 22, which has succeeded in the network distribution, performs the third network distribution on the fourth household appliance to be networked 14. Finally, thefirst household appliance 21 to be networked which is successfully distributed performs fourth network distribution on thefifth household appliance 15 to be networked, thesecond household appliance 22 to be networked which is successfully distributed performs fourth network distribution on thesixth household appliance 16 to be networked, thethird emergency appliance 23 to be networked which is successfully distributed performs fourth network distribution on theseventh household appliance 17 to be networked, and thefourth household appliance 24 to be networked which is successfully distributed performs fourth network distribution on theeighth household appliance 18 to be networked.

It should be noted that, in the example of fig. 6, first, second, third, and fourth distribution networks are shown. The same distribution network indicates that the distribution network process can be performed simultaneously.

Referring to fig. 2, 5 and 6, adistribution network system 1000 of a household appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality ofhousehold appliances 10 to be distributed. A plurality ofhome appliances 10 to be equipped with a network are used to enter the access point mode. Thefirst household appliance 11 of the plurality ofhousehold appliances 10 to be connected to the network is used for connecting the network according to the network connecting information. The first household appliance to be networked 21 that succeeds in network distribution is used for network distribution of the second household appliance to be networked 12 in the plurality of household appliances to be networked 10. Thefirst household appliance 21 to be networked successfully with the network and thesecond household appliance 22 to be networked successfully with the network are used for carrying out network distribution onother household appliances 10 to be networked so as to network all thehousehold appliances 10 to be networked.

According to thenetwork distribution system 1000 of the household appliances, thefirst household appliance 11 to be distributed is firstly distributed, then thefirst household appliance 21 to be distributed, which is successfully distributed, is distributed to thesecond household appliance 12 to be distributed, and then thefirst household appliance 21 to be distributed and thesecond household appliance 22 to be distributed, which are successfully distributed, are used for distributing the network toother household appliances 10 to be distributed so as to realize the networking of all thehousehold appliances 10 to be distributed. Therefore, the network distribution time of the plurality ofhousehold appliances 100 is shortened, and the user does not need to distribute the network to eachhousehold appliance 10 to be distributed respectively, so that the complex operation is avoided, and the user experience is improved.

It should be noted that the explanation and the beneficial effects of the distribution network method of the household appliance in the above embodiment are also applicable to thedistribution network system 1000 of the household appliance in the present embodiment, and are not expanded in detail here to avoid redundancy.

In some embodiments, before thefirst household appliance 21 to be networked that succeeds in network distribution is used to perform network distribution on thesecond household appliance 12 to be networked in the plurality ofhousehold appliances 10 to be networked, thefirst household appliance 21 to be networked that succeeds in network distribution is used to obtain hotspot information sent by the plurality ofhousehold appliances 10 to be networked that are in the access point mode and generate a hotspot statistical table. The hot spot statistical table includes a plurality ofhome appliances 10 to be networked and a corresponding relationship of hot spot information.

In some embodiments, after thefirst household appliance 21 to be connected with the network successfully is used to connect the network to thesecond household appliance 12 to be connected with the network by using the hotspot information corresponding to thesecond household appliance 12 to be connected with the network in the hotspot statistical table, thefirst household appliance 21 to be connected with the network successfully is used to delete the hotspot information corresponding to thesecond household appliance 22 to be connected with the network successfully in the hotspot statistical table. Thefirst household appliance 21 to be connected to the network, which has succeeded in the network distribution, is configured to keep the first preset number of hot spot information in the current hot spot statistics table and transmit the second preset number of hot spot information in the current hot spot statistics table to thesecond household appliance 22 to be connected to the network distribution, which has succeeded in the network distribution.

In some embodiments, all the household appliances to be distributed that are successfully distributed with the network store the hot spot statistical table. The hotspot information recorded by the hotspot statistical table stored by the household appliances to be distributed which are successfully distributed in each distribution network are different.

In some embodiments, the household appliance to be networked that succeeds in network distribution is used to establish a connection with thehousehold appliance 10 to be networked that is in the access point mode, the household appliance to be networked that succeeds in network distribution is used to transmit the network distribution information to thehousehold appliance 10 to be networked, and thehousehold appliance 10 to be networked is used to perform network distribution according to the network distribution information.

In some embodiments, the distribution network information includes connection information of the wireless router and cloud server login registration information. Or the distribution network information comprises the connection information of the wireless router.

In the description herein, references to the description of the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example" or "some examples" or the like mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

Any process or method descriptions in flow charts or otherwise described herein may be understood as representing modules, segments, or portions of code which include one or more executable instructions for implementing specific logical functions or steps in the process, and alternate implementations are included within the scope of the preferred embodiment of the present invention in which functions may be executed out of order from that shown or discussed, including substantially concurrently or in reverse order, depending on the functionality involved, as would be understood by those reasonably skilled in the art of the present invention.

The logic and/or steps represented in the flowcharts or otherwise described herein, such as an ordered listing of executable instructions that can be considered to implement logical functions, can be embodied in any computer-readable medium for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device, such as a computer-based system, processing module-containing system, or other system that can fetch the instructions from the instruction execution system, apparatus, or device and execute the instructions. For the purposes of this description, a "computer-readable medium" can be any means that can contain, store, communicate, propagate, or transport the program for use by or in connection with the instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. More specific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of the computer-readable medium would include the following: an electrical connection (electronic device) having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette (magnetic device), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber device, and a portable compact disc read-only memory (CDROM). Additionally, the computer-readable medium could even be paper or another suitable medium upon which the program is printed, as the program can be electronically captured, via for instance optical scanning of the paper or other medium, then compiled, interpreted or otherwise processed in a suitable manner if necessary, and then stored in a computer memory.

It should be understood that portions of embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or a combination thereof. In the above embodiments, the various steps or methods may be implemented in software or firmware stored in memory and executed by a suitable instruction execution system. For example, if implemented in hardware, as in another embodiment, any one or combination of the following techniques, which are known in the art, may be used: a discrete logic circuit having a logic gate circuit for implementing a logic function on a data signal, an application specific integrated circuit having an appropriate combinational logic gate circuit, a Programmable Gate Array (PGA), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), or the like.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the steps carried by the method for implementing the above embodiments may be implemented by hardware related to instructions of a program, which may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, and when the program is executed, the program includes one or a combination of the steps of the method embodiments.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated into one processing module, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one module. The integrated module can be realized in a hardware mode, and can also be realized in a software functional module mode. The integrated module, if implemented in the form of a software functional module and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may also be stored in a computer readable storage medium.

The storage medium mentioned above may be a read-only memory, a magnetic or optical disk, etc.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, it is understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and that variations, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made in the above embodiments by those of ordinary skill in the art within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (13)

1. A network distribution method of a household appliance is characterized by comprising the following steps:

a plurality of household appliances to be connected with a network enter an access point mode;

a first household appliance to be distributed in the plurality of household appliances to be distributed is distributed with a network according to the network distribution information;

the first household appliance to be distributed with the successful network distribution carries out network distribution on a second household appliance to be distributed in the plurality of household appliances to be distributed;

the first household appliance to be distributed and the second household appliance to be distributed which are successfully distributed are used for distributing the network to other household appliances to be distributed so as to network all the household appliances to be distributed,

wherein, join in marriage net household electrical appliances and second and wait to join in marriage net household electrical appliances that the net is successful and join in marriage other wait to join in marriage net household electrical appliances and join in marriage the net to make all wait to join in marriage net household electrical appliances networking, include:

the first household appliance to be distributed with the successful network distribution is used for distributing the network to the third household appliance to be distributed, and the second household appliance to be distributed with the successful network distribution is used for distributing the network to the fourth household appliance to be distributed;

the first household appliance to be distributed with the successful network distribution is used for distributing the network to the fifth household appliance to be distributed, the second household appliance to be distributed with the successful network distribution is used for distributing the network to the sixth household appliance to be distributed, the third household appliance to be distributed with the successful network distribution is used for distributing the network to the seventh household appliance to be distributed, and the fourth household appliance to be distributed with the successful network distribution is used for distributing the network to the eighth household appliance to be distributed.

2. The method for distributing networks of household appliances according to claim 1, wherein before the first household appliance to be distributed with successful network distribution performs network distribution on a second household appliance to be distributed among the plurality of household appliances to be distributed, the method for distributing networks of household appliances comprises:

the first household appliance to be distributed with the successful network distribution acquires hotspot information sent by the plurality of household appliances to be distributed in the access point mode and generates a hotspot statistical table, wherein the hotspot statistical table comprises the corresponding relation between the plurality of household appliances to be distributed and the hotspot information.

3. The method for network distribution of household appliances according to claim 2, wherein the first household appliance to be distributed with successful network distribution is configured to the second household appliance to be distributed among the plurality of household appliances to be distributed, and the method comprises the following steps:

after the first household appliance with the successful network distribution to be distributed distributes the network to the second household appliance with the hotspot information corresponding to the second household appliance with the successful network distribution to be distributed in the hotspot statistical table, the first household appliance with the successful network distribution to be distributed deletes the hotspot information corresponding to the second household appliance with the successful network distribution to be distributed in the hotspot statistical table;

the network distribution method of the household appliance comprises the following steps: the first household appliance to be distributed with the successful network keeps the first preset amount of hot spot information in the current hot spot statistical table and transmits the second preset amount of hot spot information in the current hot spot statistical table to the second household appliance to be distributed with the successful network.

4. The network distribution method of household appliances according to claim 3, wherein the hotspot statistics tables are stored in all household appliances to be distributed that are successfully distributed, and the hotspot information recorded in the hotspot statistics tables stored in the household appliances to be distributed that are successfully distributed in each network is different.

5. The method for network distribution of a household appliance according to claim 4, wherein the method for network distribution of a household appliance comprises:

and when the quantity of the hotspot information in the hotspot statistical table stored by the household appliances to be networked which are successfully distributed with the network is zero, confirming that all the household appliances to be networked are networked.

6. The method for network distribution of a household appliance according to claim 1, wherein the method for network distribution of a household appliance comprises:

the household appliances to be networked which are successfully distributed with the network are connected with the household appliances to be networked which are in the access point mode, the household appliances to be networked which are successfully distributed with the network transmit the distribution network information to the household appliances to be networked, and the household appliances to be networked distribute with the network according to the distribution network information.

7. The network distribution method of the household appliance according to claim 1, wherein the network distribution information includes connection information of a wireless router and cloud server login registration information, or the network distribution information includes connection information of a wireless router.

8. A network distribution system of household appliances is characterized by comprising a plurality of household appliances to be distributed, wherein the household appliances to be distributed are all used for entering an access point mode, a first household appliance to be distributed in the plurality of household appliances to be distributed is used for distributing a network according to network distribution information, the first household appliance to be distributed with successful network distribution is used for distributing a network to a second household appliance to be distributed in the plurality of household appliances to be distributed, the first household appliance to be distributed and the second household appliance to be distributed with successful network distribution are used for distributing networks to other household appliances to be distributed so as to network all the household appliances to be distributed, wherein the first household appliance to be distributed and the second household appliance to be distributed with successful network distribution are used for distributing networks to other household appliances to be distributed so as to network all the household appliances to be distributed, the method comprises the following steps:

the first household appliance to be distributed with the successful network distribution is used for distributing the network to the third household appliance to be distributed, and the second household appliance to be distributed with the successful network distribution is used for distributing the network to the fourth household appliance to be distributed;

the first household appliance to be distributed with the successful network distribution is used for distributing the network to the fifth household appliance to be distributed, the second household appliance to be distributed with the successful network distribution is used for distributing the network to the sixth household appliance to be distributed, the third household appliance to be distributed with the successful network distribution is used for distributing the network to the seventh household appliance to be distributed, and the fourth household appliance to be distributed with the successful network distribution is used for distributing the network to the eighth household appliance to be distributed.

9. The distribution network system of household appliances according to claim 8, wherein before the first household appliance to be distributed with a successful distribution network is used to distribute a network to a second household appliance to be distributed among the plurality of household appliances to be distributed, the first household appliance to be distributed with a successful distribution network is used to obtain hot spot information sent by the plurality of household appliances to be distributed in an access point mode and generate a hot spot statistics table, and the hot spot statistics table includes a plurality of household appliances to be distributed and corresponding relations of the hot spot information.

10. The distribution network system of home appliances according to claim 9, wherein the first home appliance to be distributed with a successful distribution network is configured to delete the hotspot information corresponding to the second home appliance to be distributed with a successful distribution network from the hotspot statistics table after the first home appliance to be distributed with a successful distribution network is configured to utilize the hotspot information corresponding to the second home appliance to be distributed with a successful distribution network in the hotspot statistics table, and the first home appliance to be distributed with a successful distribution network is configured to retain the first preset number of hotspot information in the current hotspot statistics table and transmit the second preset number of hotspot information in the current hotspot statistics table to the second home appliance to be distributed with a successful distribution network.

11. The distribution network system of household appliances according to claim 10, wherein all household appliances to be distributed that are successfully distributed have the hotspot statistics table stored therein, and the hotspot information recorded in the hotspot statistics table stored in the household appliances to be distributed that are successfully distributed in each distribution network are different.

12. The distribution network system of household appliances according to claim 8, wherein the household appliances to be distributed with successful distribution network are used to establish connection with the household appliances to be distributed in the access point mode, the household appliances to be distributed with successful distribution network are used to transmit the distribution network information to the household appliances to be distributed, and the household appliances to be distributed are used to distribute network according to the distribution network information.

13. The distribution network system of home appliances according to claim 8, wherein the distribution network information includes connection information of wireless routers and cloud server login registration information, or the distribution network information includes connection information of wireless routers.

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