Terminal and terminal synchronization method

• US 10,117,198 B2
• Filed: 07/11/2016
• Issued: 10/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2015
• 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: Shan, Zhenwei
• Primary Examiner(s): Orgad, Edan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Maglo, Emmanuel K
• Application Number:
  US15/207,166
• Publication Number:
  US 20170026921A1
• Time in Patent Office: 841 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/001 Synchronization between nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities

Abstract

A terminal and a terminal synchronization method. A first terminal automatically acquires at least one of common data or personalized data of the first terminal according to at least one of capability information or type information of a connected second terminal and sends at least one of the common data or the personalized data to the second terminal that belongs to a same account as the first terminal or sends only the common data to the second terminal that belongs to a different account. In an entire synchronization process, a user does not need to manually perform setting, which simplifies an operation; in addition, for the different account, only the common data is synchronized and the personalized data is not synchronized, which keeps usage preferences of different users unchanged and improves user experience.

Claims

1. A terminal synchronization method implemented by a first terminal, the method comprising:

establishing a connection with a second terminal;

acquiring attribute information of the first terminal and attribute information of the second terminal, wherein the attribute information of the first terminal and the attribute information of the second terminal both comprise first attribute information and second attribute information, wherein the first attribute information comprises at least one of account information or status information, and wherein the second attribute information comprises at least one of capability information or type information;

determining, according to at least one of first attribute information of the first terminal or first attribute information of the second terminal, whether the first terminal and the second terminal belong to a same account;

acquiring first synchronization data of the first terminal according to second attribute information of the first terminal and second attribute information of the second terminal when the first terminal and the second terminal belong to the same account, wherein the first synchronization data are at least one of common data or personalized data;

synchronizing, by the first terminal, the first synchronization data of the first terminal to the second terminal when the first terminal and the second terminal belong to the same account;

acquiring second synchronization data of the first terminal according to the second attribute information of the first terminal and the second attribute information of the second terminal when the first terminal and the second terminal do not belong to the same account, wherein the second synchronization data comprise only common data; and

synchronizing, by the first terminal, the second synchronization data of the first terminal to the second terminal when the first terminal and the second terminal do not belong to the same account.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein determining whether the first terminal and the second terminal belong to the same account comprises:

determining, according to at least one of status information of the first terminal or status information of the second terminal, a duration for establishing the connection;

determining that the first terminal and the second terminal belong to the same account when the duration is greater than or equal to a preset threshold; and

determining that the first terminal and the second terminal belong to different accounts when the duration is less than the preset threshold.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining whether the first terminal and the second terminal belong to a same account comprises:

determining whether first account information of the first terminal is the same as second account information of the second terminal;

determining that the first terminal and the second terminal belong to the same account when the first account information is the same as the second account information; and

determining that the first terminal and the second terminal belong to different accounts when the first account information is different from the second account information.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein acquiring first synchronization data comprises:

determining whether the second attribute information of the first terminal matches the second attribute information of the second terminal;

acquiring common data that are of the first terminal and correspond to the second attribute information of the second terminal and acquiring personalized data that are of the first terminal and correspond to the second attribute information of the second terminal when the second attribute information of the first terminal matches the second attribute information of the second terminal; and

acquiring only common data that are of the first terminal and correspond to the second attribute information of the second terminal when the second attribute information of the first terminal does not match the second attribute information of the second terminal.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein synchronizing the first synchronization data comprises:

determining, according to first status information of the first terminal, whether the first terminal is being charged;

synchronizing, by the first terminal, the first synchronization data of the first terminal to the second terminal;

executing, by the second terminal, an operation corresponding to first common data of the first terminal when the first terminal is being charged; and

executing, by at least one of the first terminal or the second terminal, an operation corresponding to the first common data when the first terminal is not being charged.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein synchronizing the first synchronization data comprises:

determining, according to first status information of the first terminal, whether a current battery level of the first terminal is less than a preset threshold;

synchronizing, by the first terminal, the first synchronization data of the first terminal to the second terminal;

executing, by the second terminal, an operation corresponding to first common data of the first terminal when the current battery level is less than the preset threshold; and

executing, by at least one of the first terminal or the second terminal, an operation corresponding to first common data of the first terminal when the current battery level is not less than the preset threshold.

7. A terminal synchronization method implemented by a first terminal, the method comprising:

establishing a connection with a second terminal;

acquiring at least one of attribute information of the first terminal or attribute information of the second terminal, wherein the attribute information of the first terminal and the attribute information of the second terminal both comprise first attribute information and second attribute information, wherein the first attribute information comprises at least one of account information or status information, and wherein the second attribute information comprises at least one of capability information or type information;

determining whether second attribute information of the first terminal matches second attribute information of the second terminal;

determining, according to at least one of first attribute information of the first terminal or first attribute information of the second terminal, whether the first terminal and the second terminal belong to a same account when the second attribute information of the first terminal matches the second attribute information of the second terminal;

acquiring first synchronization data of the first terminal according to the second attribute information of the first terminal and the second attribute information of the second terminal when the second attribute information of the first terminal matches the second attribute information of the second terminal and when the first terminal and the second terminal belong to a same account, wherein the first synchronization data are at least one of common data or personalized data; and

synchronizing, by the first terminal, the first synchronization data to the second terminal when the second attribute information of the first terminal matches the second attribute information of the second terminal and when the first terminal and the second terminal belong to a same account.

8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising:

acquiring second synchronization data of the first terminal according to the second attribute information of the first terminal and the second attribute information of the second terminal when the second attribute information of the first terminal matches the second attribute information of the second terminal and when the first terminal and the second terminal belong to different accounts, wherein the second synchronization data comprise only common data; and

synchronizing, by the first terminal, the second synchronization data to the second terminal when the second attribute information of the first terminal matches the second attribute information of the second terminal and when the first terminal and the second terminal belong to different accounts.

9. The method according to claim 8, further comprising:

acquiring second synchronization data of the first terminal according to the second attribute information of the first terminal and the second attribute information of the second terminal when the second attribute information of the first terminal does not match the second attribute information of the second terminal; and

synchronizing, by the first terminal, the second synchronization data to the second terminal when the second attribute information of the first terminal does not match the second attribute information of the second terminal.

10. The method according to claim 7, wherein determining, whether the first terminal and the second terminal belong to a same account comprises:

determining, according to at least one of status information of the first terminal or status information of the second terminal, a duration for establishing the connection;

determining that the first terminal and the second terminal belong to the same account when the duration is greater than or equal to a preset threshold; and

determining that the first terminal and the second terminal belong to different accounts when the duration is less than the preset threshold.

11. The method according to claim 7, wherein determining whether the first terminal and the second terminal belong to a same account comprises:

determining whether first account information of the first terminal is the same as second account information of the second terminal;

determining that the first terminal and the second terminal belong to the same account when the first account information is the same as the second account information; and

determining that the first terminal and the second terminal belong to different accounts when the first account information is different from the second account information.

12. The method according to claim 7, wherein synchronizing the first synchronization data comprises:

determining, according to first status information of the first terminal, whether the first terminal is being charged;

synchronizing, by the first terminal, the first synchronization data of the first terminal to the second terminal;

executing, by the second terminal, an operation corresponding to first common data of the first terminal when the first terminal is not being charged; and

executing, by at least one of the first terminal or the second terminal, an operation corresponding to the first common data when the first terminal is not being charged.

13. The method according to claim 7, wherein synchronizing the first synchronization data comprises:

determining, according to first status information of the first terminal, whether a current battery level of the first terminal is less than a preset threshold;

synchronizing, by the first terminal, the first synchronization data of the first terminal to the second terminal;

executing, by the second terminal, an operation corresponding to first common data of the first terminal when the current battery level is less than the preset threshold; and

executing, by at least one of the first terminal or the second terminal, an operation corresponding to the first common data of the first terminal when the current battery level is not less than the preset threshold.

14. A first terminal comprising:

a transceiver configured to establish a connection with a second terminal;

a processor coupled to the transceiver and configured to;

acquire attribute information of the first terminal and the second terminal, wherein the attribute information of the first terminal and the attribute information of the second terminal both comprise first attribute information and second attribute information, wherein the first attribute information includes at least one of account information or status information, and wherein the second attribute information includes at least one of capability information or type information;

determine, according to at least one of the first attribute information of the first terminal or the first attribute information of the second terminal, whether the first terminal and the second terminal belong to a same account; and

acquire first synchronization data of the first terminal according to second attribute information of the first terminal and second attribute information of the second terminal when the first terminal and the second terminal belong to a same account,

wherein the transceiver is further configured to send the first synchronization data to the second terminal,

wherein the processor is further configured to acquire second synchronization data of the first terminal according to the second attribute information of the terminal and the second attribute information of the second terminal when the first terminal and the second terminal belong to different accounts,

wherein the second synchronization data include only common data; and

wherein the transceiver is further configured to send the second synchronization data to the second terminal.

15. The terminal according to claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine, according to at least one of the status information of the terminal or the status information of the another terminal, a duration for establishing the connection;

determine that the first terminal and the second terminal belong to the same account when the duration is greater than or equal to a preset threshold; and

determine that the first terminal and the second terminal do not belong to the same account when the duration is less than the preset threshold.

16. The terminal according to claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine whether first account information of the first terminal is the same as second account information of the second terminal;

determine that the first terminal and the second terminal belong to the same account when the first account information is the same as the second account information; and

determine that the first terminal and the second terminal do not belong to the same account when the first account information is different from the second account information.

17. The terminal according to claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine, according to first status information of the first terminal, whether the first terminal is being charged;

instruct the transceiver to send the first synchronization data to the second terminal without performing an operation corresponding to the common data when the first terminal is being charged; and

instruct the transceiver to send the first synchronization data to the second terminal and perform an operation corresponding to the common data when the first terminal is not being charged.

18. The terminal according to claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine, according to first status information of the first terminal, whether a current battery level of the first terminal is less than a preset threshold;

instruct the transceiver to send the first synchronization data to the second terminal without performing an operation corresponding to the common data when the current battery level is less than the preset threshold; and

instruct the transceiver to send the first synchronization data to the second terminal and perform an operation corresponding to the common data when the current battery level is not less than the preset threshold.