An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises a communication module, a processor, and a memory which stores a control list for a plurality of devices controllable through a communication network and which is operably connected to the processor, wherein the memory that are configured, when executed, to cause the processor to perform authentication for a first terminal in response to a control authority configuration request for controlling at least one device of the plurality of devices in a first terminal, transmit authentication information about the first terminal to the at least one device of the plurality of devices included in the control list, and configure a control right of the first terminal for the at least one device. In addition, embodiments other than the various embodiments of the present invention are possible.