Remote control method for multi-terminal device, and related apparatus and system

• US 10,003,471 B2
• Filed: 03/05/2015
• Issued: 06/19/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shenzhen Skyworth Digital Technology Company Limited (Shenzhen Skyworth-Rgb Electronics Company Limited), Shenzhen Skyworth Software Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen Skyworth-Rgb Electronics Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Shenzhen Skyworth Digital Technology Company Limited (Shenzhen Skyworth-Rgb Electronics Company Limited), Shenzhen Skyworth Software Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen Skyworth-Rgb Electronics Company Limited)
• Inventors: Zhu, Jianwen, Wang, Kaichao
• Primary Examiner(s): Wu, Zhen Y
• Application Number:
  US15/505,868
• Publication Number:
  US 20170272266A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,202 Days
• Field of Search: 340 1222
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/20 Binding and programming of remote control devices
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/92 Universal remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 9/0235 specially adapted for remote control, e.g. of audio or video apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2807 Exchanging configuration information on appliance services in a home automation network arrangements for maintenance or administration involving network analysis for automatically determining the actual topology of a network H04L41/12; hardware or software tools for network management using graphical user interfaces H04L41/22; address allocation H04L61/50
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/282 based on user interaction within the home receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/418 External card to be used in combination with the client device, e.g. for conditional access
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/422 Input-only peripherals , i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS] input devices also receiving signals from specially adapted client devices H04N21/4104

Abstract

Disclosed are a remote control method for multi-terminal device, and a related apparatus and system. The method comprises: receiving, by a user terminal, a first switching instruction sent by a main remote controller via a forwarding device; responding to the first switching instruction, and displaying an identifier of a first slave remote controller pre-added to a remote controller list; and sending key value information about the first slave remote controller stored in a database to the main remote controller via the forwarding device, so that the main remote controller refreshes the key value information about the key layout of the main remote controller according to the key value information about the first slave remote controller, and performs a remote control operation on a terminal device corresponding to the first slave remote controller.

Claims

1. A remote control method for multiple terminal devices, comprising:

receiving, by a user terminal, a first switch instruction sent by a main remote controller through a forwarding device;

responding to, by the user terminal, the first switch instruction, and displaying an identifier corresponding to a first slave remote controller pre-added into a remote controller list; and

sending, by the user terminal, key value information of the first slave remote controller stored in a Database (DB) to the main remote controller through the forwarding device, whereby the main remote controller will refresh key value information of a key layout of the main remote controller according to the key value information of the first slave remote controller and conduct a remote control operation on a terminal device corresponding to the first slave remote controller.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving, by the user terminal, the first switch instruction sent by the main remote controller through the forwarding device comprises:

receiving, by the user terminal, the first switch instruction sent by the forwarding device through a Universal Serial BUS (USB) interface, wherein the first switch instruction is a first switch instruction received by a wireless module of the forwarding device from the main remote controller.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein sending, by the user terminal, the key value information of the first slave remote controller stored in the DB to the main remote controller through the forwarding device comprises:

sending, by the user terminal, the key value information of the first slave remote controller stored in the DB to the forwarding device through the USB interface, whereby the forwarding device will transmit the key value information of the first slave remote controller to the main remote controller through the wireless module.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, by the user terminal, a second switch instruction sent by the main remote controller through the forwarding device;

responding to, by the user terminal, the second switch instruction, and displaying an identifier, added into the remote controller list, corresponding to a second slave remote controller;

wherein in the remote controller list, the identifier corresponding to the second salve remote controller is listed below the identifier corresponding to the first slave remote controller; and

sending, by the user terminal, key value information of the second slave remote controller stored in the DB to the main remote controller through the forwarding device, whereby the main remote controller will refresh the key value information of the key layout of the main remote controller according to the key value information of the second slave remote controller and conduct a remote control operation on a terminal device corresponding to the second slave remote controller.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein, before receiving, by the user terminal, the first switch instruction sent by the main remote controller through the forwarding device, the method further comprises:

receiving, by the user terminal, an addition instruction input by a user;

sending, by the user terminal, the addition instruction to the main remote controller through the forwarding device, whereby the main remote controller will respond to the addition instruction and receive key information sent by a slave remote controller;

acquiring, by the user terminal, the key information transmitted by the main remote controller through the forwarding device;

sending, by the user terminal, a query request to a cloud server, whereby the cloud server will query about whether the key information is pre-stored in the cloud server or not;

receiving, by the user terminal, a query result sent by the cloud server; and

if the query result is YES, acquiring, by the user terminal, key value information of the salve remote controller from the cloud server, storing the key value information into the DB, and adding an identifier corresponding to the salve remote controller into the remote controller list.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the identifier corresponding to the slave remote controller comprises the name of a terminal device corresponding to the salve remote controller and a model number of the terminal device corresponding to the slave remote controller.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the method further comprises:

if the query result received by the user terminal from the cloud server is NO, outputting a prompt message, the prompt message being configured to prompt that no remote controller information matched with the key information is found.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, by the user terminal, a software upgrade request sent by the cloud server; and

responding to, by the user terminal, the software upgrade request, and upgrading and updating the software version of the user terminal.

9. A user terminal, comprising:

a receiving unit, configured to receive a first switch instruction sent by a main remote controller through a forwarding device;

a display unit, configured to respond to the first switch instruction, and display an identifier corresponding to a first slave remote controller pre-added into a remote controller list; and

a sending unit, configured to send key value information of the first slave remote controller stored in a Database (DB) to the main remote controller through the forwarding device, whereby the main remote controller will refresh key value information of a key layout of the main remote controller according to the key value information of the first slave remote controller and conduct a remote control operation on a terminal device corresponding to the first slave remote controller.

10. The user terminal of claim 9, wherein the receiving unit is specifically configured to receive the first switch instruction sent by the forwarding device through a Universal Serial BUS (USB) interface, wherein the first switch instruction is a first switch instruction received by a wireless module of the forwarding device from the main remote controller.

11. The user terminal of claim 10, wherein the sending unit is specifically configured to send the key value information of the first slave remote controller stored in the DB to the forwarding device through the USB interface, whereby the forwarding device will transmit the key value information of the first slave remote controller to the main remote controller through the wireless module.

12. The user terminal of claim 9, wherein

the receiving unit is further configured to receive a second switch instruction sent by the main remote controller through the forwarding device;

the display unit is further configured to respond to the second switch instruction, and display an identifier, added into the remote controller list, corresponding to a second slave remote controller;

wherein in the remote controller list, the identifier corresponding to the second salve remote controller is listed below the identifier corresponding to the first slave remote controller; and

the sending unit is further configured to send key value information of the second slave remote controller stored in the DB to the main remote controller through the forwarding device, whereby the main remote controller will refresh the key value information of the key layout of the main remote controller according to the key value information of the second slave remote controller and conduct a remote control operation on a terminal device corresponding to the second slave remote controller.

13. The user terminal of claim 9, wherein

the receiving unit is further configured to, before receiving the first switch instruction sent by the main remote controller through the forwarding device, receive an addition instruction input by a user;

the sending unit is further configured to send the addition instruction to the main remote controller through the forwarding device, whereby the main remote controller will respond to the addition instruction and receive key information sent by a slave remote controller;

the user terminal further comprises;

an acquisition unit, configured to acquire the key information transmitted by the main remote controller through the forwarding device;

the sending unit is further configured to send a query request to a cloud server, whereby the cloud server will query about whether the key information acquired by the acquisition unit is pre-stored in the cloud server or not;

the receiving unit is further configured to receive a query result sent by the cloud server;

the acquisition unit is further configured to, when the query result received by the receiving unit is YES, acquire key value information of the salve remote controller from the cloud server, and store the key value information into the DB; and

the user terminal further comprises;

an addition unit, configured to, after the acquisition unit acquires and stores the key value information of the slave remote controller into the DB, add an identifier corresponding to the salve remote controller into the remote controller list.

14. The user terminal of claim 13, wherein the user terminal further comprises:

an output unit, configured to, when the query result received by the receiving unit is NO, output a prompt message, wherein the prompt message is configured to prompt that no remote controller information matched with the key information is found.

15. The user terminal of claim 13, wherein

the receiving unit is further configured to receive a software upgrade request sent by the cloud server;

and

the user terminal further comprises;

an updating unit, configured to respond to the software upgrade request, and upgrade and update the software version of the user terminal.

16. A remote control system for multiple terminal devices, at least comprising a user terminal, a main remote controller, and a forwarding device, wherein

the user terminal is configured to be connected with the forwarding device for communication through a Universal Serial BUS (USB) interface, and the forwarding device is configured to be connected with the main remote controller for communication through a wireless module;

the main remote controller is configured to receive a first switch instruction input by a user, and transmit the first switch instruction to the user terminal through the forwarding device;

the user terminal is configured to receive and respond to the first switch instruction, display an identifier corresponding to a first slave remote controller pre-added into the remote controller list, and send key value information of the first slave remote controller stored in a Database (DB) to the main remote controller through the forwarding device; and

the main remote controller is further configured to receive the key value information of the first slave remote controller, and refresh key value information of a key layout of the main remote controller according to the key value information of the first slave remote controller, so as to conduct a remote control operation on a terminal device corresponding to the first slave remote controller.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein

the main remote controller is further configured to receive a second switch instruction input by the user, and transmit the second switch instruction to the user terminal through the forwarding device;

the user terminal is further configured to;

receive and respond to the second switch instruction, display an identifier corresponding to a second slave remote controller pre-added into the remote controller list, wherein the identifier corresponding to the second slave remote controller in the remote controller list is listed below the identifier corresponding to the first slave remote controller; and

send key value information of the second slave remote controller stored in the DB to the main remote controller through the forwarding device; and

the main remote controller is further configured to receive the key value information of the second slave remote controller, and refresh the key value information of a key layout of the main remote controller according to the key value information of the second slave remote controller, so as to conduct a remote control operation on a terminal device corresponding to the second slave remote controller.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein

the user terminal is further configured to, before receiving the first switch instruction, receive an addition instruction input by the user, and send the addition instruction to the main remote controller through the forwarding device;

the main remote controller is further configured to respond to the addition instruction, and receive key information sent by a slave remote controller; and

the user terminal is further configured to acquire the key information transmitted by the main remote controller through the forwarding device, send a query request to a cloud server, whereby the cloud server will query about whether the key information is pre-stored in the cloud server or not;

the user terminal is further configured to receive a query result sent by the cloud server, and if the query result is YES, acquire key value information of the slave remote controller from the cloud server, store the key value information into the DB, and add an identifier corresponding to the slave remote controller into the remote controller list.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein

the user terminal is further configured to, when the query result received from the cloud server is NO, output a prompt message, wherein the prompt message is configured to prompt that no remote controller information matched with the key information is found.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein

the user terminal is further configured to receive and respond to a software upgrade request sent by the cloud server, and upgrade and update the software version of the user terminal.