Method and device for detecting state of networking channel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9674284-B2
Application number	US-201514985571-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 31, 2015
Priority date	Apr 16, 2015
Publication date	Jun 6, 2017
Grant date	Jun 6, 2017

Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to a method and device for detecting a state of a networking channel. The method includes: determining a smart device to be detected; selecting an Internet of Things (IoT) control protocol used by the smart device, and accessing an IoT server via a networking channel used by the smart device; and collecting a state of the networking channel during the accessing of the IoT server, and presenting the collected state on a screen of a terminal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method performed by a terminal for detecting a state of a networking channel, the method comprising:
determining a smart device to be detected, comprising:
sending a control instruction to an Internet of Things (IoT) server for controlling a target smart device; and
when a control result returned by the IoT server indicates that the control instruction is not accomplished, recording the target smart device as the smart device to be detected;

selecting an Internet of Things (IoT) control protocol used by the smart device to be detected;
accessing, based on the selected IoT protocol, the IoT server via a networking channel used by the smart device to be detected; and
collecting a state of the networking channel during the accessing of the IoT server, and presenting the collected state on a screen of the terminal.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the networking channel used by the smart device to be detected comprises:
a local network channel between the smart device to be detected and a local router; and
a cloud network channel between the local router and the IoT server.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the state of the networking channel comprises at least one of the following:
a result of connecting to a local network established by the local router;
a network state of the local network;
an open or close state of a port of the local router for accessing the IoT server; or
a response state of the IoT server.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining of the smart device to be detected further comprises:
detecting a real-time network environment; and
when the networking channel used by the smart device to be detected is reachable under the real-time network environment, generating a prompt for detecting the state of the networking channel.

5. An electronic device, comprising:
a processor;
a screen; and
a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor;
wherein the processor is configured to perform:
determining a smart device to be detected, comprising:
sending a control instruction to an Internet of Things (IoT) server for controlling a target smart device; and
when a control result returned by the IoT server indicates that the control instruction is not accomplished, recording the target smart device as the smart device to be detected;

selecting an Internet of Things (IoT) control protocol used by the smart device to be detected;
accessing, based on the selected IoT protocol, the IoT server via a networking channel used by the smart device to be detected; and
collecting a state of the networking channel during the accessing of the IoT server, and presenting the collected state on the screen.

6. The electronic device according to claim 5 , wherein the networking channel used by the smart device to be detected comprises:
a local network channel between the smart device to be detected and a local router; and
a cloud network channel between the local router and the IoT server.

7. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the state of the networking channel comprises at least one of the following:
a result of connecting to a local network established by the local router;
a network state of the local network;
an open or close state of a port of the local router for accessing the IoT server; or
a response state of the IoT server.

8. The electronic device according to claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform:
detecting a real-time network environment; and
when the networking channel used by the smart device to be detected is reachable under the real-time network environment, generating a prompt for detecting the state of the networking channel.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of a device, cause the device to perform a method for detecting a state of a networking channel, the method comprising:
determining a smart device to be detected, comprising:
sending a control instruction to an Internet of Things (IoT) server for controlling a target smart device; and
when a control result returned by the IoT server indicates that the control instruction is not accomplished, recording the target smart device as the smart device to be detected;

selecting an Internet of Things (IoT) control protocol used by the smart device to be detected;
accessing, based on the selected IoT protocol, the IoT server via a networking channel used by the smart device to be detected; and
collecting a state of the networking channel during the accessing of the IoT server, and presenting the collected state on a screen of the device.

10. The storage medium according to claim 9 , wherein the networking channel used by the smart device to be detected comprises:
a local network channel between the smart device to be detected and a local router; and
a cloud network channel between the local router and the IoT server.

11. The storage medium according to claim 10 , wherein the state of the networking channel comprises at least one of the following:
a result of connecting to a local network established by the local router;
a network state of the local network;
an open or close state of a port of the local router for accessing the IoT server; or
a response state of the IoT server.

12. The storage medium according to claim 9 , wherein the determining of the smart device to be detected further comprises:
detecting a real-time network environment; and
when the networking channel used by the smart device to be detected is reachable under the real-time network environment, generating a prompt for detecting the state of the networking channel.

13. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the accessing of the IoT server via the networking channel used by the smart device to be detected further comprises:
connecting the terminal to the local router via the local network channel; and
accessing the IoT server via the cloud network channel.

14. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform:
connecting the electronic device to the local router via the local network channel; and
accessing the IoT server via the cloud network channel.

15. The storage medium according to claim 10 , wherein the accessing of the IoT server via the networking channel used by the smart device to be detected further comprises:
connecting the device to the local router via the local network channel; and
accessing the IoT server via the cloud network channel.

Assignees

• Xiaomi Inc

Inventors

• Ding Yi
• Zhang Yanlu
• Hou Enxing

Classifications

• H04W72/29

  between an access point and the access point controlling device · CPC title

• H04W4/005

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L43/065

  related to network devices · CPC title

• H04W88/02

  Terminal devices · CPC title

• H04B17/0085

  using test signal generators · CPC title