Patent ID: 11966919
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An electronic device comprising:
wired communication circuitry configured to support a connection with Internet;
wireless communication circuitry configured to support a WiFi protocol; and
at least one processor operatively coupled with the wired communication circuitry and the wireless communication circuitry, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
transmit, via the wireless communication circuitry, a first signal including an indication indicating that a WiFi access to the electronic device is grantable based at least in part on information related to a user account with respect to a service provided by a first server across the Internet to one or more external electronic devices;
in response to the first signal, receive, from an external electronic device among the one or more external electronic devices, first information related to a first user account via the wireless communication circuitry;
transmit, to a second server, the first information for authentication of the first user account with respect to the first server via the wired communication circuitry;
receive, from the second server, an outcome of the authentication of the first user account via the wired communication circuitry, the outcome of the authentication being identified from the first server based at least part on a determination that the first information corresponds to second information related to the first user account and stored in the first server;
in response to receiving the outcome of the authentication from the second server, transmit, to the external electronic device, a second signal indicating that an access to the electronic device is granted; and
establish a wireless communication connection with the external electronic device such that an access to the Internet is available to the external electronic device via the wired communication circuitry.