Patent ID: 11863340
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. A server device comprising:
a communication interface configured to communicate with a user equipment and at least one home appliance;
a memory storing one or more instructions; and
at least one processor configured to execute the one or more instructions to:
receive, via the communication interface, a distance measurement request signal from a user equipment;
control the communication interface to transmit, based on the received distance measurement request signal, an ultra-wideband (UWB) communication module activation signal to the user equipment and a second home appliance that includes a UWB antenna;
receive, from the second home appliance via the communication interface, a location measurement value of the user equipment measured with respect to the second home appliance, the location measurement value being based on a UWB signal between the user equipment and the second home appliance;
determine location information about the user equipment, based on the location measurement value of the user equipment;
receive, from a first home appliance that does not include a UWB antenna, information about the first home appliance; and
register the first home appliance in the server device, based on the received information about the first home appliance and the location information about the user equipment.