Method and device for starting application

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10182133-B2
Application number	US-201514870622-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2015
Priority date	Dec 15, 2014
Publication date	Jan 15, 2019
Grant date	Jan 15, 2019

Abstract

A method for starting an application in a router includes establishing a connection with a terminal, detecting whether the terminal supports a private protocol, and starting an application based on the private protocol if the terminal supports the private protocol.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for starting an application in a router, comprising:
establishing a connection with a terminal;
detecting whether the terminal supports a private protocol by:
acquiring and adding a host name of the terminal into a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) configuration file when the terminal is connected to the router;
reading the host name from the DHCP configuration file;
detecting whether a name list contains a matching host type that matches the host name, the name list storing host types of terminals supporting the private protocol; and
determining that the terminal supports the private protocol if the name list contains the matching host type; and

starting, if the terminal supports the private protocol, an application based on the private protocol.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
detecting, when the terminal is disconnected from the router, whether there is another terminal supporting the private protocol being connected to the router; and
closing, if there is no other terminal supporting the private protocol being connected to the router, the application based on the private protocol.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:
the name list is a first name list stored in the router and corresponds to a first private-protocol-based application,
a second name list is stored in the router and corresponds to a second private-protocol-based application, and
starting the application based on the private protocol includes:
determining whether the matching host type belongs to the first name list or the second name list; and
starting one of the first or the second private-protocol-based application based on one of the first or the second name list the matching host type belongs to.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
deleting the host name of the terminal from the DHCP configuration file when the terminal is disconnected from the router.

5. A router, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
establish a connection with a terminal;
detect whether the terminal supports a private protocol by:
acquiring and adding a host name of the terminal into a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) configuration file when the terminal is connected to the router;
reading the host name from the DHCP configuration file;
detecting whether a name list contains a matching host type that matches the host name, the name list storing host types of terminals supporting the private protocol; and
determining that the terminal supports the private protocol if the name list contains the matching host type; and

start, if the terminal supports the private protocol, an application based on the private protocol.

6. The router according to claim 5 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:
detect, when the terminal is disconnected from the router, whether there is another terminal supporting the private protocol being connected to the router; and
close, if there is no other terminal supporting the private protocol being connected to the router, the application based on the private protocol.

7. The router according to claim 5 , wherein:
the name list is a first name list stored in the router and corresponding to a first private-protocol-based application,
a second name list is stored in the router and corresponds to a second private-protocol-based application, and
the instructions further cause the processor to:
determine whether the matching host type belongs to the first name list or the second name list; and
start one of the first or the second private-protocol-based application based on one of the first or the second name list the matching host type belongs to.

8. The router according to claim 5 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:
delete the host name of the terminal from the DHCP configuration file when the terminal is disconnected from the router.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor in a router, cause the router to:
establish a connection with a terminal;
detect whether the terminal supports a private protocol by:
acquiring and adding a host name of the terminal into a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) configuration file when the terminal is connected to the router;
reading the host name from the DHCP configuration file;
detecting whether a name list contains a matching host type that matches the host name, the name list storing host types of terminals supporting the private protocol; and
determining that the terminal supports the private protocol if the name list contains the matching host type; and

start, if the terminal supports the private protocol, an application based on the private protocol.

Assignees

• Xiaomi Inc

Inventors

• Liu Tiejun
• Li Zheng
• Cheng Liang
• Zhang Pengfei

Classifications

• H04W4/50

  Service provisioning or reconfiguring · CPC title

• H04L69/24 Primary

  Negotiation of communication capabilities · CPC title

• H04L61/2015

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L61/5014

  using dynamic host configuration protocol [DHCP] or bootstrap protocol [BOOTP] · CPC title