Information processing method and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10027502-B2
Application number	US-201514867572-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2015
Priority date	Jun 30, 2015
Publication date	Jul 17, 2018
Grant date	Jul 17, 2018

Abstract

An information processing method and an electronic device are described where the method includes receiving and storing a first set of rule information, the first set of rule information including one piece or more pieces of first rule information, each piece of first rule information indicating a specific rule that a first control device triggers a second sub-device to perform a predetermined operation in response to detection of a predetermined condition of a first sub-device; extracting second rule information from each piece of first rule information to generate a second set of rule information; and transmitting the second set of rule information to the second control device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for controlling devices comprising:
receiving and storing a first set of rule information, the first set of rule information including one piece or more pieces of first rule information, each piece of first rule information indicating a specific rule that a first control device triggers a second device to perform a predetermined operation in response to detection of a predetermined condition of a first device;
extracting second rule information from each piece of first rule information to generate a second set of rule information, each piece of second rule information indicating an abstract rule that a second control device triggers a second type of devices having the same one or more attributes as the second device to perform a predetermined operation in response to detection of a predetermined condition of a first type of devices having the same one or more attributes as the first device, wherein the one or more attributes comprise function attributes;
transmitting the second set of rule information to the second control device; and
controlling, by the second control device, at least one of the second type of devices to perform the predetermined operation based on the second set of rule information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second control device can generate a third set of rule information according to the second set of rule information, the third set of rule information indicating a specific rule that the first control device triggers a fourth device having the same one or more attributes as the second device to perform a predetermined operation in response to detection of a predetermined condition of a third device having the same one or more attributes as the first device.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein when the third device is same as the first device and the fourth device is same as the second device, the second control device can generate the third set of rule information according to the second set of rule information; or
when the third device has the same one or more attributes as the second device and the fourth device has the same one or more attributes as the second device, the second control device can generate the third set of rule information according to the second set of rule information; or
when a plurality of third devices have the same one or more attributes as the first device and a plurality of fourth devices have the same one or more attributes as the second device, as for one selected third device and one selected fourth device, the second control device can generate the third set of rule information according to the second set of rule information.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein extracting second rule information from each piece of first rule information to generate the second set of rule information further comprises:
acquiring first attribute information of the first device and second attribute information of the second device according to each piece of first rule information;
associating the first attribute information and the second attribute information to generate second rule information; and
merging all generated second rule information to generate the second set of rule information.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of rule information is associated with first user identification when being created, and the second set of rule information is associated with the same first user identification, and transmitting the second set of rule information to the second control device further comprises, in response to a request from the second control device, transmitting the second set of rule information to the second control device, the request being sent by the second control device when acquiring the first user identification.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
determining whether a predetermined condition is satisfied, before transmitting the second set of rule information to the second control device;
if the predetermined condition is satisfied, transmitting the second set of rule information to the second control device.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the first set of rule information has rule attribute information, and the second control device has control attribute information, and determining whether a predetermined condition is satisfied comprises when the control attribute information of the second control device matches the rule attribute information of the first set of rule information, determining that the predetermined condition is satisfied.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein transmitting the second set of rule information to the second control device further comprises transmitting a portion of or all the first rule information in the first set of rule information that the rule attribute information matches the control attribute information of the second control device to the second control device.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of rule information is associated with first user identification when being created, and the second set of rule information is associated with the same first user identification, and transmitting the second set of rule information to the second control device further comprises in response to a request from the second control device, transmitting the second set of rule information to the second control device, the request being sent by the second control device when obtaining second user identification, the first set of rule information being associated with the second user identification after being created according to a predetermined operation.

10. An electronic device, comprising:
a receiver configured to receive a first set of rule information, the first set of rule information including one piece or more pieces of first rule information, each piece of first rule information indicating a specific rule that a first control device triggers a second device to perform a predetermined operation in response to detection of a predetermined condition of a first device;
a storage configured to store the received first set of rule information;
a processer configured to extract second rule information from each piece of first rule information to generate a second set of rule information, each piece of second rule information indicating an abstract rule that a second control device triggers a second type of devices having the same one or more attributes as the second device to perform a predetermined operation in response to detection of a predetermined condition of a first type of devices having the same one or more attributes as the first device, wherein the one or more attributes comprise function attributes;
a transmitter configured to transmit the second set of rule information to the second control device, wherein the second control device controls at least one of the second type of devices to perform the predetermined operation based on the second set of rule information.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the second control device can generate a third set of rule information according to the second set of rule information, the third set of rule information indicating a specific rule that a first control device triggers a fourth device having the same one or more attributes as the second device to perform a predetermined operation in response to detection of a predetermined condition of a third device having the same one or more attributes as the first device.

12. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein
when the third device is same as the first device and the fourth device is same as the second device, the second control device can generate the third set of rule infor

Assignees

• Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd
• Lenovo Beijing Co Ltd

Inventors

• Gao Changlei

Classifications

• H04L12/2825

  Reporting to a device located outside the home and the home network (access arrangements H04L12/2856; for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with telemetering systems H04M11/002) · CPC title

• H04L12/2814 Primary

  Exchanging control software or macros for controlling appliance services in a home automation network (arrangements for maintenance or administration involving configuration of the network and network elements H04L41/08) · CPC title

• G05B19/41855 Primary

  by local area network [LAN], network structure · CPC title

• H04L12/2809 Primary

  indicating that an appliance service is present in a home automation network (monitoring functionality H04L43/0817; discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services, H04L67/51) · CPC title

• G05B2219/2642

  Domotique, domestic, home control, automation, smart house · CPC title