Patent ID: 11882431
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A home appliance comprising:
a communication circuitry configured to be operable in a first mode or in a second mode;
an input unit including a button and configured to receive an input for controlling the home appliance; and
at least one processor configured to:
control the communication circuitry to operate in the first mode in response to detecting the button being pressed for a predetermined period of time;
while the communication circuitry operates in the first mode, establish a first communication interface with an external terminal via the communication circuitry;
obtain, via the first communication interface, network set-up information including a Service Set Identifier (SSID) of an external wireless access point apparatus and authentication information to access the external wireless access point apparatus, wherein the SSID is selected via the external terminal and the authentication information was previously stored in the external terminal;
control the communication circuitry to operate in the second mode;
while the communication circuitry operates in the second mode, establish a second communication interface with the external wireless access point apparatus using the obtained network set-up information; and
control the communication circuitry to access an external server via the second communication interface.