Method for controlling electronic picture frame, electronic picture frame, electronic picture frame cloud platform and mobile terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10831816-B2
Application number	US-201816316084-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 10, 2018
Priority date	Aug 31, 2017
Publication date	Nov 10, 2020
Grant date	Nov 10, 2020

Abstract

A method for controlling an electronic picture frame and corresponding devices. An electronic picture frame cloud platform is configured to verify account information of a mobile terminal after receiving a request for operating the electronic picture frame sent by the mobile terminal through the Internet protocol address of the electronic picture frame. It is configured to allow the mobile terminal to operate the electronic picture frame through the Internet protocol address of the electronic picture frame if the account information is verified to be the pre-stored account information bound to the Internet protocol address of the electronic picture frame; otherwise, it prohibits the mobile terminal to operate the electronic picture frame through the Internet protocol address of the electronic picture frame.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for controlling an electronic picture frame, comprising:
receiving a request for operating the electronic picture frame sent by a mobile terminal through an Internet protocol address of the electronic picture frame;
acquiring account information of the mobile terminal;
verifying whether the account information is pre-stored account information bound to the Internet protocol address of the electronic picture frame;
in response to the account information being the pre-stored account information bound to the Internet protocol address of the electronic picture frame, sending a permission to the mobile terminal to allow the mobile terminal to operate the electronic picture frame through the Internet protocol address of the electronic picture frame;
the method further comprising:
receiving position information sent by the electronic picture frame at a predetermined time period;
determining whether the electronic picture frame has moved out of a specified area according to the position information;
in response to determining that the electronic picture frame has moved out of the specified area, sending a lock prompt to the mobile terminal corresponding to the account information that has been bound to the Internet protocol address of the electronic picture frame;
receiving lock reply information sent by the mobile terminal in response to the lock prompt;
in response to determining that the lock reply information is a lock instruction, sending a latch instruction to the electronic picture frame.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to the electronic picture frame being used for a first time:
receiving a registration request carrying registration information of the electronic picture frame and identity information of the mobile terminal sent by the mobile terminal after scanning identification information of the electronic picture frame, wherein the registration information includes unique identity information of the electronic picture frame and the Internet protocol address of the electronic picture frame;
verifying the identity information of the mobile terminal and after passing the verification, binding the account information to the Internet protocol address of the electronic picture frame and storing the account information and the Internet protocol address;
sending to the mobile terminal the account information that has been bound to the Internet protocol address of the electronic picture frame.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a plurality of monitoring logs sent periodically by the electronic picture frame;
in response to determination of a failure in the electronic picture frame according to the monitoring logs, sending an update prompt to the mobile terminal corresponding to the account information that has been bound to the Internet protocol address of the electronic picture frame;
receiving an update reply information sent by the mobile terminal in response to the update prompt;
in response to determining that the update reply information is an update instruction, sending an update package to the electronic picture frame.

4. A method for controlling an electronic picture frame, comprising:
sending a request for operating the electronic picture frame to an electronic picture frame cloud platform through an Internet protocol address of the electronic picture frame;
receiving a request for acquiring account information sent by the electronic picture frame cloud platform;
sending account information of a mobile terminal;
receiving reply information sent by the electronic picture frame cloud platform after verifying whether the account information is pre-stored account information bound to the Internet protocol address of the electronic picture frame;
in response to determining that the reply information is a permission allowing the mobile terminal to operate the electronic picture frame through the Internet protocol address of the electronic picture frame, operating the electronic picture frame through the Internet protocol address of the electronic picture frame;
the method further comprising:
receiving a lock prompt sent by the electronic picture frame cloud platform in response to determining that the electronic picture frame has moved out of a specified area;
in response to determination of theft of the electronic picture frame according to the lock prompt, sending a lock instruction to the electronic picture frame cloud platform so that the electronic picture frame cloud platform sends a latch instruction to the electronic picture frame according to the lock instruction.

5. The method according to claim 4 , further comprising:
in response to the electronic picture frame being used for a first time:
scanning identification information of the electronic picture frame to identify registration information of the electronic picture frame, wherein the registration information includes unique identity information of the electronic picture frame and the Internet protocol address of the electronic picture frame;
sending to the electronic picture frame cloud platform a registration request carrying registration information of the electronic picture frame and identity information of the mobile terminal
receiving the account information fed back by the electronic picture frame cloud platform after successful registration of the electronic picture frame and the mobile terminal and binding of the mobile terminal to the Internet protocol address of the electronic picture frame.

6. The method according to claim 4 , further comprising:
receiving an update prompt sent by the electronic picture frame cloud platform in response to determination of a failure in the electronic picture frame;
in response to determining that the electronic picture frame needs to be updated according to the update prompt, sending an update instruction to the electronic picture frame cloud platform so that the electronic picture frame cloud platform sends an update package to the electronic picture frame according to the update instruction.

7. A method for controlling an electronic picture frame, comprising:
receiving an operation instruction sent, through an Internet protocol address of the electronic picture frame, by a mobile terminal that has passed verification on an electronic picture frame cloud platform;
operating on the electronic picture frame according to the operation instruction;
the method further comprising:
detecting and sending to the electronic picture frame cloud platform position information of the electronic picture frame at a predetermined time period;
receiving a latch instruction sent by the electronic picture frame cloud platform, wherein the latch instruction is generated by the electronic picture frame cloud platform according to a lock instruction sent by the mobile terminal in response to a lock prompt sent thereto, and the lock prompt is sent by the electronic picture frame cloud platform in response to determining that the electronic picture frame has moved out of a specified area according to the position information;
locking stored data according to the latch instruction and turning off display of data.

8. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:
periodically generating and sending to the electronic picture frame cloud platform a plurality of monitoring logs of the electronic picture frame;
receiving an update package sent by the electronic picture frame cloud platform, wherein the update package is generated by the electronic picture frame cloud platform according to an update instruction sent by the mobile terminal in response to an update prompt sent thereto, and the update prompt is sent by

Assignees

• K Tronics Suzhou Tech Co Ltd
• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wu Huixiang
• Xu Haitang

Classifications

• H04W12/50 Primary

  Secure pairing of devices · CPC title

• H04W12/08

  Access security · CPC title

• H04L67/303

  Terminal profiles · CPC title

• H04L67/06

  specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP] · CPC title

• H04L61/255

  Maintenance or indexing of mapping tables · CPC title