Patent ID: 9019073
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for authenticating a user of an in-home display (IHD) by using a mobile terminal, the method comprising: receiving an authentication application provided from an authentication server; installing the received authentication application in the mobile terminal; transmitting, by the mobile terminal to the authentication server, authentication request data in order to connect the IHD without requesting user verification information when the authentication application is executed; transmitting, by the authentication server to a management server that manages the IHD, the authentication request data; transmitting, by the management server to the IHD, the authentication request data; displaying, by the IHD, a message in response to receiving the authentication request data, the message requesting a user confirmation; receiving the user confirmation in response to the displayed message; transmitting, by the management server to the authentication server, authentication complete data in response to the received user confirmation; and performing, by the authentication server, user authentication to permit the user to use the IHD, wherein the management server and the IHD are connected via a local area network, and wherein the authentication request data includes unique information of the mobile terminal and unique information of the IHD.