Information sending method, network device, and terminal

• US 10,045,172 B2
• Filed: 04/21/2015
• Issued: 08/07/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Li, Shanfu, Huang, Kangmin, Huang, Maosheng
• Primary Examiner(s): Afshar, Kamran
• Assistant Examiner(s): Madani, Farideh
• Application Number:
  US14/692,351
• Publication Number:
  US 20150312740A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,204 Days
• Field of Search: 4554041, 4554042, 455450
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/30 Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

An information sending method, where the method includes receiving, by a first network device, alarm information sent by an alarm terminal; and after confirming the alarm information, generating, by the first network device, first guide information according to the alarm information, and sending the first guide information to a target terminal, so that the target terminal can respond to the alarm information according to the first guide information, where the target terminal is a terminal selected from terminals that are within same base-station signal coverage in which the alarm terminal is located, or the target terminal is a terminal selected from terminals whose distances from the alarm terminal are less than a threshold. The present invention further discloses a corresponding network device and terminal.

Claims

1. An information sending method comprising:

receiving, by a first network device, alarm information from an alarm terminal, wherein the alarm information comprises help-seeking information and location information of the alarm terminal;

determining, by the first network device, a target terminal according to forte information of users corresponding to terminals, wherein the target terminal is either a terminal of terminals that are within same base-station signal coverage in which the alarm terminal is located, or a terminal selected whose distances from the alarm terminal are less than a threshold, and wherein the forte information is rescuing capability of users corresponding to terminals;

determining, by the first network device, whether the alarm information is valid alarm information;

determining, by the first network device, according to information about the alarm terminal that is carried in the alarm information, whether the alarm terminal is an authorized terminal;

confirming, by the first network device, that detection of the alarm information is passed when the alarm information is valid alarm information and the alarm terminal is an authorized terminal;

generating, by the first network device, a first guide information according to the alarm information after confirming the alarm information, wherein the first guide information comprises navigation information between the target terminal and the alarm terminal; and

sending, by the first network device, the first guide information to the target terminal.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein generating, by the first network device, the first guide information according to the alarm information comprises:

parsing, by the first network device, the alarm information;

determining, by the first network device, a meaning of the alarm information; and

generating, by the first network device, the corresponding first guide information according to the meaning of the alarm information.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein generating, by the first network device, the first guide information according to the alarm information comprises:

requesting, by the first network device, according to the location information of the alarm terminal that is carried in the alarm information, location information of the alarm terminal from a second network device;

receiving, by the first network device, the location information of the alarm terminal that is fed back by the second network device;

generating, by the first network device, the first guide information according to the alarm information and the location information of the alarm terminal, wherein either the location information of the alarm terminal is obtained by the second network device by an Assisted Global Positioning System (AGPS), or the location information of the alarm terminal is obtained by the second network device in a time of arrival (TOA) manner; and

sending, by the first network device, the first guide information to the second network device.

4. An information sending method comprising:

sending, by an alarm terminal, alarm information to a first network device, wherein the alarm information comprises help-seeking information and location information of the alarm terminal, and wherein the first network device confirms that detection of the alarm information is passed when the alarm information is valid alarm information and the alarm terminal is an authorized terminal;

receiving, by the alarm terminal, a second guide information from the first network device, wherein the second guide information is generated by the first network device according to the alarm information, wherein a target terminal is determined, by the first network device, according to forte information of users corresponding to terminals, wherein the target terminal is either a terminal of terminals that are within same base-station signal coverage in which the alarm terminal is located, or a terminal selected whose distances from the alarm terminal are less than a threshold, and wherein the forte information is rescuing capability of users corresponding to terminals;

establishing, by the alarm terminal, a communications link with the target terminal according to the second guide information; and

sending, by the alarm terminal, a first guide information to the target terminal over the communications link with the target terminal, wherein the first guide information is generated by the alarm terminal according to the alarm information.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein establishing, by the alarm terminal, the communications link with the target terminal according to the second guide information comprises establishing, by the alarm terminal, a device-to-device (D2D) communications link with the target terminal according to the second guide information, and wherein sending, by the alarm terminal, the first guide information to the target terminal over the communications link with the target terminal comprises sending, by the alarm terminal, the first guide information to the target terminal over the D2D communications link with the target terminal.

6. A network device comprising:

a receiver configured to receive alarm information from an alarm terminal, wherein the alarm information comprises help-seeking information and location information of the alarm terminal; and

a processor coupled to the receiver and configured to;

determine a target terminal according to forte information of users corresponding to terminals, wherein the target terminal is either a terminal of terminals that are within same base-station signal coverage in which the alarm terminal is located, or a terminal selected whose distances from the alarm terminal are less than a threshold, and wherein the forte information is rescuing capability of users corresponding to terminals;

determine whether the alarm information is valid alarm information;

determine, according to information about the alarm terminal that is carried in the alarm information, whether the alarm terminal is an authorized terminal;

confirm that detection of the alarm information is passed when the alarm information is valid alarm information and the alarm terminal is an authorized terminal;

generate a first guide information according to the alarm information after confirming the alarm information, wherein the first guide information comprises navigation information between the target terminal and the alarm terminal; and

send the first guide information to the target terminal, wherein either the target terminal is a terminal selected from terminals that are within same base-station signal coverage in which the alarm terminal is located, or the target terminal is a terminal selected from terminals whose distances from the alarm terminal are less than a threshold.

7. The network device according to claim 6, wherein the receiver is further configured to receive location information of the alarm terminal that is from the alarm terminal, wherein the location information of the alarm terminal is obtained by the alarm terminal from an Assisted Global Positioning System/Global Positioning System (AGPS/GPS), and wherein the processor is further configured to:

generate the first guide information according to the alarm information; and

send the first guide information to the target terminal,

wherein either the target terminal is a terminal that is determined, according to the location information of the alarm terminal and the first guide information, among terminals that are within same base-station signal coverage in which the alarm terminal is located, or a terminal that is determined, according to the location information of the alarm terminal and the first guide information, among terminals whose distances from the alarm terminal are less than the threshold.

8. The network device according to claim 6, wherein the processor being configured to generate the first guide information according to the alarm information comprises the processor being configured to:

parse the alarm information;

determine a meaning of the alarm information; and

generate the corresponding first guide information according to the meaning of the alarm information.

9. The network device according to claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to:

request, according to the location information of the alarm terminal that is carried in the alarm information, location information of the alarm terminal from a second network device;

receive the location information of the alarm terminal that is fed back by the second network device;

generate the first guide information according to the alarm information and the location information of the alarm terminal, wherein either the location information of the alarm terminal is obtained by the second network device by means of an Assisted Global Positioning System (AGPS), or the location information of the alarm terminal is obtained by the second network device in a time of arrival (TOA) manner; and

send the first guide information to the second network device.

10. An alarm terminal comprising:

a transmitter configured to;

send alarm information to a first network device, wherein the alarm information comprises help-seeking information and location information of the alarm terminal, and wherein the first network device confirms that detection of the alarm information is passed when the alarm information is valid alarm information and the alarm terminal is an authorized terminal; and

send a first guide information to a target terminal over a communications link with the target terminal, wherein the first guide information comprises navigation information between a target terminal and the alarm terminal, wherein the first guide information is generated by the alarm terminal according to the alarm information, and wherein the target terminal is determined, by the first network device, according to forte information of users corresponding to terminals, wherein the target terminal is either a terminal of terminals that are within same base-station signal coverage in which the alarm terminal is located, or a terminal selected whose distances from the alarm terminal are less than a threshold, and wherein the forte information is rescuing capability of users corresponding to terminals;

a receiver configured to receive a second guide information from the first network device, wherein the second guide information is generated by the first network device according to the alarm information; and

a processor coupled to the transmitter and the receiver and configured to establish the communications link with the target terminal according to the second guide information.

11. The alarm terminal according to claim 10, wherein the processor is configured to establish a device-to-device (D2D) communications link with the target terminal according to the second guide information, and wherein the transmitter is configured to send the first guide information to the target terminal over the D2D communications link with the target terminal.