Terminal for internet of things and operation method of the same

Abstract

An example terminal includes a communication circuitry configured to communicate with a server; and a data processor configured to request the server to include a second user in a relationship group of a first user and to extend, to the relationship group, a range of authorization for an Internet of Things (IoT) apparatus registered as an apparatus of the first user.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A terminal comprising:
 communication circuitry configured to communicate with a server; and   a data processor configured to request the server to include a second user in a relationship group of a first user, and to extend a range of authorization for an Internet of Things (IoT) apparatus, registered as an apparatus of the first user, to the relationship group.   
     
     
         2 . The terminal of  claim 1 , wherein the data processor is further configured to select a user group from among a plurality of user groups as the relationship group. 
     
     
         3 . The terminal of  claim 2 , further comprising:
 an input device configured to receive, from the first user, input for selecting the user group from among the user groups as the relationship group.   
     
     
         4 . The terminal of  claim 3 , wherein kinds of user groups are defined in advance by the server. 
     
     
         5 . The terminal of  claim 3 , wherein the input device is further configured to receive, from the first user, input for selecting the range of authorization of the IoT apparatus. 
     
     
         6 . A terminal comprising:
 communication circuitry configured to communicate with a server; and   a data processor configured to accept a request, from a first user, to include a second user in a relationship group of the first user and control an IoT apparatus registered as an apparatus of the first user, wherein a range of authorization for the IoT apparatus is within the relationship group.   
     
     
         7 . An operation method of a server, the method comprising:
 receiving, from a first terminal accessing the server using a first identifier, which is an identifier of a first user, a request to include a second user in a relationship group of the first user; and   extending authorization of an IoT apparatus, registered as an apparatus of the first user, to the relationship group, in response to a request received from the first terminal.   
     
     
         8 . The operation method of  claim 7 , further comprising:
 receiving, from a second terminal accessing the server using a second identifier, which is an identifier of the second user, an acceptance of the request to include the second user in the relationship group of the first user; and   transmitting information about the IoT apparatus to the second terminal, wherein authorization for the IoT apparatus is extended to the relationship group.   
     
     
         9 . The operation method of  claim 8 , further comprising:
 receiving a request to control the IoT apparatus from the second terminal; and   controlling the IoT apparatus.   
     
     
         10 . The operation method of  claim 7 , further comprising:
 registering the IoT apparatus as the apparatus of the first user.   
     
     
         11 . The operation method of  claim 7 , further comprising:
 selecting, by the first terminal, the relationship group from among a plurality of user groups.   
     
     
         12 . The operation method of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 storing relationship information of the first user, the relationship information including information about a user included in each of the user groups for the first user.   
     
     
         13 . The operation method of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 storing registered apparatus information of the first user, the registered apparatus information including information about each range of authorization for at least one of the registered IoT apparatuses registered as the apparatus of the first user.   
     
     
         14 . The operation method of  claim 8 , further comprising:
 issuing a token of authority of the second user corresponding to the IoT apparatus and transmitting the token to the second terminal.   
     
     
         15 . The operation method of  claim 14 , further comprising:
 receiving a request to control the IoT apparatus with the token from the second terminal; and   confirming authorization of the second user to the IoT apparatus based on the token and controlling the IoT apparatus.   
     
     
         16 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for performing a method of  claim 7 . 
     
     
         17 . A server comprising:
 a memory configured to store relationship information of a first user, the relationship information including information about a user included in each of a plurality of user groups for the first user and to store registered apparatus information of the first user, the registered apparatus information including information about each range of authorization for at least one IoT apparatus registered as an IoT apparatus of the first user; and   a data processor configured to detect whether an IoT apparatus to which authorization is granted to a second user exists among the registered apparatuses based on the relationship information of the first user and the registered apparatus information of the first user.   
     
     
         18 . The server of  claim 17 , wherein when the data processor detects that authorization for a first apparatus, that is one apparatus from among the registered apparatuses, is granted to the second user, the data processor is further configured to transmit information about the first apparatus to a terminal accessing the server using a second identifier of the second user. 
     
     
         19 . The server of  claim 18 , wherein the data processor is further configured to receive a request to control the first apparatus from the terminal and to control the first apparatus. 
     
     
         20 . The server of  claim 18 , wherein the data processor is further configured to issue a token of authority of the second user corresponding to the first apparatus and transmit the token to the terminal;
 receive a request to control the first apparatus with the token from the terminal; and   confirm authorization of the second user for the first device based on the token and control the first device.