Router management method, router and mobile terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10212025-B2
Application number	US-201715721765-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2017
Priority date	Sep 30, 2016
Publication date	Feb 19, 2019
Grant date	Feb 19, 2019

Abstract

A router management method, a router, and a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes: when an abnormality is detected in the currently connected wideband network, switching communications from the wideband network to the mobile network, sending the failure message to a networked mobile terminal through the mobile network, and then using the mobile terminal to perform a repairing operation according to the failure message.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A router management method, applied in a router, comprising:
identifying an abnormality in a wideband network;
switching communications from the wideband network to a mobile network;
sending a failure message to a networked mobile terminal instructing a user of the mobile terminal to remotely repair the wideband network; and
when the wideband network is recovered, switching communications from the mobile network to the wideband network;
wherein the failure message comprises network address information of a payment management page of the router; and
wherein sending the failure message to the networked mobile terminal instructing the user of the mobile terminal to remotely repair the wideband network comprises:
sending the network address information of the payment management page of the router to the networked mobile terminal so as to instruct the user of the mobile terminal to acquire a renewing operation over the wideband network in the payment management page pointed to by the network address information of the payment management page.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein before switching from the wideband network to the mobile network, the method further comprises:
detecting whether the Internet can be accessed through the currently connected wideband network; and
identifying an abnormality in the wideband network when the Internet cannot be accessed through the currently connected wideband network.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein before switching from the wideband network to the mobile network, the method further comprises:
detecting whether a communication protocol used by the currently connected wideband network has been disconnected; and identifying an abnormality in the wideband network when the communication protocol has been disconnected.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein sending the failure message to the networked mobile terminal through the mobile network comprises:
sending, through an on-board router management application, the failure message to a corresponding router management application in the mobile terminal; or
sending, through a short messaging service (SMS) message or an instant message, the failure message to the mobile terminal.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein after switching from the wideband network to the mobile network, the method further comprises:
filtering valid data from invalid data in the transmitted data, the valid data being communication data with a corresponding server; and
shielding the invalid data and transmitting the valid data.

6. A router management method, applied in a mobile terminal, comprising:
receiving a failure message sent by a router, wherein the failure message is sent through a mobile network when an abnormality is identified in a wideband network to which the router is currently connected, and the failure message is used for instructing a user of the router to remotely repair the wideband network; and
upon detecting a repairing operation from the router, repairing the wideband network;
wherein the failure message comprises network address information of a payment management page of the router, and
wherein upon detecting the repairing operation from the router, repairing the wideband network comprises:
opening the payment management page pointed to by the network address information of the payment management page; and
acquiring a renewing operation over the wideband network in the payment management page.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the failure message comprises network address information of a configuration page of the router, and wherein upon detection of the repairing operation from the router, repairing the wideband network comprises:
opening the configuration page pointed to by the network address information of the configuration page; and
modifying configuration information of the router in the configuration page.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein after repairing the wideband network upon detection of a repairing operation over the router, the method further comprises:
when repairing is completed, sending a notification message to the router indicating that the wideband network is recovered.

9. A router, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory configured to store instructions executable by the processor,
wherein the processor is configured to:
identify an abnormality in a wideband network;
switch communications from the wideband network to a mobile network;
send a failure message to a networked mobile terminal for instructing a user of the mobile terminal to remotely repair the wideband network through the mobile network; and
when the wideband network is recovered, switching communications from the mobile network to the wideband network;
wherein the failure message comprises network address information of a payment management page of the router; and
wherein the processor is further configured to:
send the network address information of the payment management page of the router to the networked mobile terminal so as to instruct the user of the mobile terminal to acquire a renewing operation over the wideband network in the payment management page pointed to by the network address information of the payment management gage.

10. The router of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
detect whether the Internet can be accessed through the currently connected wideband network; and
when it is detected that the Internet cannot be accessed through the currently connected wideband network, identify an abnormality in the wideband network.

11. The router of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
detect whether a communication protocol used by the currently connected wideband network has been disconnected; and
when it is detected that the communication protocol has been disconnected, identify an abnormality in the wideband network.

12. The router of claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to:
send, through an on-board router management application, the failure message to a corresponding router management application in the mobile terminal; or,
send the failure message to the mobile terminal through a short messaging service (SMS) message or an instant message.

13. The router of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
filter valid data from invalid data in transmitted data, the valid data being communication data with a corresponding server;
shield the invalid data; and
transmit the valid data.

14. A mobile terminal, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory configured to store instructions executable by the processor, wherein the processor is configured to:
receive a failure message sent by a router through a mobile network when an abnormality is detected in a wideband network to which the router is connected, the failure message instructing a user of the router to remotely repair the wideband network; and
repair the wideband network upon receiving the failure message;
wherein the failure message comprises network address information of a payment management page of the router, and in order to repair the wideband network, the processor is configured to:
open the payment management page pointed to by the network address information of the payment management page of the router; and
acquire a service renewing operation over the wideband network in the payment management page to pay an overdue balance and reactivate wideband network service.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 14 , wherein the failure message comprises network address information of a configuration page of the router, and in order to repair th

Assignees

• Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Pengfei
• Xia Yongfeng
• Liu Tiejun

Classifications

• H04L41/0672

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L41/0663 Primary

  Performing the actions predefined by failover planning, e.g. switching to standby network elements · CPC title

• H04L43/028

  by filtering · CPC title

• H04L41/0668

  by dynamic selection of recovery network elements, e.g. replacement by the most appropriate element after failure · CPC title

• H04W36/14

  Reselecting a network or an air interface · CPC title