Patent ID: 9596097
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. An apparatus for transferring network access information of smart household appliances, comprising: one or more units, executed by a processor, using algorithm, which when executed, causes the processor to perform the one or more units, the units comprising, a detection unit for detecting whether a public Internet Protocol (IP) address of an external interface of an indoor IP sharer has changed; in response to detection of change of the public IP address of the external interface of the indoor IP sharer, an extraction unit for extracting network access information of a smart household appliance connected to an internal interface of the indoor IP sharer via a network, the extracted network access information being updated according to the change of the public IP address; an encryption and generation unit for encrypting the network access information of the smart household appliance, the encrypted network access information comprising the change of the public IP address, and the network access information being extracted by the extraction unit using a pre-stored encryption key, and generating data to be transmitted to a smart grid service provider server using the encrypted information and an identifier (ID) of a customer user; and a transmission unit for transmitting the data generated by the encryption and generation unit to the smart grid service provider server, wherein the transmission unit is configured to, in response to detection of a destination address of the data generated by the encryption and generation unit set to the smart grid service provider server, transmit the data using an anonymous routing technique.