Samsung patents app flow to auto-register new IoT devices after delivery
Samsung describes a method where a smartphone receives a notification from an IoT server once a purchased smart device is delivered. The phone then displays a specific screen that allows the user to register the new device to their account with a few taps.
In the filing’s own words
Disclosed are a method for providing an Internet of Things (IoT) service and an electronic device therefor. The electronic device may include a communication module, a display, at least one processor, and a memory. The at least one processor may receive a first message including purchase information of an external electronic device from an IoT server, display information regarding the external electronic device on the display in response to receiving the first message, receive a second message indicating completion of delivery of the external electronic device from the IoT server, and display a user interface for registering the external electronic device on the display in response to receiving the second message. In addition thereto, various other embodiments understood through the disclosure are also possible.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An electronic device connected to an Internet-of-Things (IoT) server via a user account of an IoT service application, the electronic device comprising: a communication circuit; a display; at least one processor comprising processing circuitry; and memory, wherein the memory stores instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device to perform operations comprising: receiving, from the IoT server via the communication circuit, a notification message, after the IoT server identifies the user account based on receiving user information associated with a purchased device, the notification message including delivery completion information of the purchased device indicating arrival of the purchased device at a delivery location and connection information for an execution screen of the IoT service application on which a user interface for registering the purchased device with the IoT server is displayed; displaying, on the display, the notification message such that the delivery completion information is displayed; upon detecting a first user input on the displayed notification message, displaying the execution screen of the IoT service application on which the user interface for registering the purchased device with the IoT server is displayed based on the connection information; and based on detecting a second user input on the user interface, initiating a procedure of registering the purchased device with the IoT server in association with the user account.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- DEVICE FOR PROVIDING IOT SERVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR
- Publication number
- US20260313029A1
- Application number
- 19714441
- Filed
- Jun 20, 2026
- Published
- Oct 8, 2026
- Inventors
- 2
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04L 67/12 Electricity & electronicsH04L 67/51 Electricity & electronicsMore from Samsung in AI & software
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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