Push notification-based remote control method and apparatus for the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9667734-B2
Application number	US-201414564375-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 9, 2014
Priority date	Dec 9, 2013
Publication date	May 30, 2017
Grant date	May 30, 2017

Abstract

Disclosed herein are a push notification-based remote control method and an apparatus for the remote control method. A push notification client includes a message receiving module for receiving a push notification message from a push notification server. A rule interpretation module determines whether a remote control rule is present in the push notification message. A rule registration management module is configured to, if it is determined that the remote control rule is present in the push notification message, register the remote control rule in a rule execution list. A rule execution module executes the remote control rule.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A push notification client, comprising:
a message receiving module for receiving a push notification message from a push notification server;
a rule interpretation module for determining whether a remote control rule is present in the push notification message;
a rule registration management module for, if it is determined that the remote control rule is present in the push notification message, registering the remote control rule in a rule execution list; and
a rule execution module for executing the remote control rule,
wherein the rule execution module is configured to, if the remote control rule is included in a payload of the push notification message, use the remote control rule to send a control command to a target application that will execute the control command,
wherein the rule registration management module is configured to, when the remote control rule is registered in the rule execution list, determine whether registration of the remote control rule in the rule execution list is a duplicate registration, if it is determined that registration of the remote control rule is the duplicate registration, determine using the remote control rule whether the duplicate registration of the remote control rule is allowed, and register the remote control rule in the rule execution list in duplicate only if it is determined that the duplicate registration of the remote control rule is allowed, and if it is determined that registration of the remote control rule is not the duplicate registration, register the remote control rule in the rule execution list.

2. The push notification client of claim 1 , wherein the remote control rule includes:
an execution rule condition field including an execution condition;
an execution command field including an execution command to be processed by an application program;
a target application identifier field including an identifier of a target application that will execute the execution command;
a data field including data required to execute the execution command;
a processing sequence field including a processing sequence of a plurality of rules; and
a duplicate processing field including information about whether duplicate processing of a rule is allowed.

3. The push notification client of claim 2 , wherein the rule interpretation module is configured to determine whether the remote control rule is included in the payload of the push notification message, and if it is determined that the remote control rule is included in the payload of the push notification message, interpret the fields included in the remote control rule.

4. The push notification client of claim 3 , further comprising an access control management module for determining whether the execution of the remote control rule is permitted by a user.

5. The push notification client of claim 4 , wherein:
the rule registration management module determines, using the execution rule condition field of the remote control rule, whether the remote control rule corresponds to either or both of a scheduled rule and a repetitive execution rule, and registers the remote control rule in the rule execution list only if the remote control rule corresponds to either or both of the scheduled rule and the repetitive execution rule, and
the rule execution module checks the rule execution list at preset time intervals, and if the remote control rule stored in the rule execution list is present, executes the remote control rule depending on the execution condition.

6. The push notification client of claim 5 , wherein the rule registration management module is configured to determine using the duplicate processing field of the remote control rule whether the duplicate registration of the remote control rule is allowed.

7. The push notification client of claim 5 , wherein the rule execution module is configured to:
if the remote control rule is registered in the rule registration management module, execute the remote control rule based on either or both of the scheduled rule and the repetitive execution rule, and
if the remote control rule does not correspond to either or both of the scheduled rule and the repetitive execution rule, immediately execute the remote control rule.

8. The push notification client of claim 7 , wherein the rule execution module refers to the remote control rule registered in the rule registration management module at preset periods, and executes the remote control rule at a scheduled period depending on results of the reference.

9. The push notification client of claim 5 , wherein the rule execution module is configured to send the control command to the target application using the target application identifier field of the remote control rule, and if the remote control rule is not included in the payload of the push notification message, send contents of the push notification message to the target application that will receive the push notification message.

10. The push notification client of claim 9 , wherein the rule execution module is configured to, when failing in sending of one of the control command and the contents of the push notification message, transfer results of a failure to the push notification server application program.

11. A push notification-based remote control method, comprising:
receiving, by a push notification client, a push notification message from a push notification server;
determining, by the push notification client, whether a remote control rule is present in the push notification message;
if it is determined that the remote control rule is present in the push notification message, registering, by the push notification client, the remote control rule in a rule execution list; and
executing, by the push notification client, the remote control rule,
wherein executing the remote control rule comprises if the remote control rule is included in a payload of the push notification message, using the remote control rule to send a control command to a target application that will execute the control command and
wherein registering the remote control rule in the rule execution list comprises:
when the remote control rule is registered in the rule execution list, determining whether registration of the remote control rule in the rule execution list is a duplicate registration, and if it is determined that registration of the remote control rule is the duplicate registration, determining using the remote control rule whether the duplicate registration of the remote control rule is allowed, and registering the remote control rule in the rule execution list in duplicate only if it is determined that the duplicate registration of the remote control rule is allowed, and if it is determined that registration of the remote control rule is not the duplicate registration, register the remote control rule in the rule execution list.

12. The push notification-based remote control method of claim 11 , wherein the remote control rule includes:
an execution rule condition field including an execution condition;
an execution command field including an execution command to be processed by an application program;
a target application identifier field including an identifier of a target application that will execute the execution command;
a data field including data required to execute the execution command;
a processing sequence field including a processing sequence of a plurality of rules; and
a duplicate processing field including information about whether duplicate processing of a rule is allowed.

13. The push notification-based remote control method of claim 12 , further comprising:
if the

Assignees

• Electronics & Telecommunications Res Inst

Inventors

• Jeon Jong-Hong
• Kim Sung-Han
• Lee Kang-Chan
• In Min-Kyo
• Lee Seung-Yun

Classifications

• H04L67/26 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L51/18

  Commands or executable codes · CPC title

• H04L12/1859 Primary

  adapted to provide push services, e.g. data channels · CPC title

• H04L67/55 Primary

  Push-based network services · CPC title