Communication method and apparatus, electronic device, and computer-readable storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025030574-A1
Application number	US-202218712562-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 13, 2022
Priority date	Nov 26, 2021
Publication date	Jan 23, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A communication method, a communication apparatus, an electronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The present disclosure can coordinate member devices connected with a cross-domain device, thereby improving the flexibility of communication connections between member devices in multiple device domains and the cross-domain device.

First claim

1 . A communication method applied to a cross-domain device, wherein the cross-domain device is configured to establish communication connections with member devices in multiple device domains, and the multiple device domains includes a first domain, the method comprising:
acquiring a connection request; determining, according to the connection request, that a requester of the connection request is a member device in a first domain and determine a first domain threshold for the first domain; determining whether to establish a communication connection with the requester according to the connection request, in response to a number of direct communication connections established between member devices in the first domain and a cross-domain device reaching the first domain threshold.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining whether to establish a communication connection with the requester according to the connection request, in response to a number of direct communication connections established between member devices in the first domain and a cross-domain device reaching the first domain threshold, the method comprising:
judging whether the requester is a proxy device according to the connection request, in response to the number of direct communication connections established between member devices in the first domain and the cross-domain device reaching the first threshold; establishing a communication connection with the requester in response to the requester being the proxy device.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the first domain includes a first device, and the first device is directly communicatively connected with the cross-domain device,
responding to the connection request in response to the requester being the proxy device comprises: disconnecting the direct communication connection between the first device and the cross-domain device in response to the requester being the proxy device; and establishing a direct communication connection between the proxy device and the cross-domain device; wherein the first device reconnects communicatively with the cross-domain device through one of proxy devices in the first domain.

4 . The method according to claim 2 , further comprising:
in response to the requester being not a proxy device, refusing to establish a direct communication connection with the requester, communicatively connecting by the requester with any proxy device in the first domain, and communicatively connecting with the cross-domain device through the proxy device.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
establishing a communication connection between the requester and a cross-domain device, in response to the number of direct communication connections in the first domain established with the cross-domain device not reaching the first domain threshold.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein the cross-domain device establishes at most N direct communication connections, where N is an integer greater than 0,
establishing a communication connection between the requester and a cross-domain device, in response to the number of direct communication connections in the first domain established with the cross-domain device not reaching the first domain threshold comprises: selecting a third device from a second domain, in response to the number of direct communication connections established with the cross-domain device reaching the N, and disconnecting the communication connection between the third device and the cross-domain device; and establishing a communication connection between the requester and the cross-domain device, wherein the third device is communicatively connected with a proxy device in the second domain, and the third device is communicatively connected with the cross-domain device through the proxy device in the second domain.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the cross-domain device establishes at most N direct communication connections, where N is an integer greater than 0,
determining, according to the connection request, that a requester of the connection request is a member device in a first domain and determine a first domain threshold for the first domain, comprises: determining, according to the connection request, that the requester of the connection request is a member device in the first domain and determining the first domain threshold for the first domain, in response to the number of direct communication connections established with the cross-domain device reaching the N.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
acquiring configuration parameters for allowing the multiple device domains to establish communication connection with the cross-domain device; broadcasting a record of domain name system service discovery in response to the configuration parameters, to allow the multiple device domains to discover the cross-domain device; receiving an authentication request of the at least one device domain, and adding the at least one device domain to the cross-domain device, to allow a plurality of member devices in the at least one device domain to establish communication connection with the cross-domain device.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein receiving an authentication request of the at least one device domain, and adding the at least one device domain to the cross-domain device, to allow a plurality of member devices in the at least one device domain to establish communication connection with the cross-domain device, the method comprising:
receiving an authentication request of the at least one device domain, and establishing a connection with a management client in the at least one device domain based on the authentication request; acquiring configuration information from the management client in the at least one device domain, and configuring access rights for member devices in the at least one device domain to the cross-domain device according to the configuration information.

10 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the configuration parameters include a time range and a domain-number of device domains establishing communication connections with the cross-domain device,
the domain-number of device domains are allowed to be added to the cross-domain device within the time range.

11 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the connection request includes an identification of a device domain and an identification of the requester,
determining, according to the connection request, that a requester of the connection request is a member device in a first domain and determine a first domain threshold for the first domain, comprises: determining the first domain to which the requester belongs and the first threshold for the first domain according to the identification of the device domain.

12 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the connection request includes a type of the requester,
judging whether the requester is a proxy device, in response to the number of direct communication connections in the first domain established with the cross-domain device reaching the first threshold, comprising: judging whether the requester is a proxy device according to the type of the requester, in response to the number of direct communication connections in the first domain established with the cross-domain device reaching the first threshold.

13 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the cross-domain device receives data information from member devices in the multiple device domains; or
the cross-domain device provides data information to member devices in the multiple dev

Assignees

• Beijing Boe Technology Dev Co Ltd
• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhao Junjie
• Chen Shaobei
• Su Jing
• Feng Hongbo

Classifications

• H04L63/0281

  Proxies · CPC title

• H04L63/08

  for authentication of entities (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32) · CPC title

• H04L12/2834

  Switching of information between an external network and a home network (access arrangements H04L12/2856) · CPC title

• H04L12/2832 Primary

  Interconnection of the control functionalities between home networks (single bridge functionality H04L12/4625) · CPC title

• H04L47/29

  using a combination of thresholds · CPC title