Method and device for sending message

• US 10,134,249 B2
• Filed: 01/15/2016
• Issued: 11/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Inventors: Fu, Qiang, Wang, Yang, Chen, Ting
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Quang D
• Application Number:
  US14/996,686
• Publication Number:
  US 20160210827A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,040 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/08 by opening, e.g. of door, of window, of drawer, of shutter, of curtain, of blind
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/10 using wireless transmission systems G08B25/009 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2825 Reporting to a device located outside the home and the home network access arrangements H04L12/2856; for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with telemetering systems H04M11/002
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/33 for indoor environments, e.g. buildings

Abstract

A method for sending a message is provided. The method includes: detecting whether a user is located in a target place; if the user is not located in the target place, detecting whether an entrance of the target place is opened; and if the entrance of the target place is opened, sending a prompt message to a device carried by the user.

Claims

1. A method for sending a prompt message to a wearable device of a user to indicate a status of an entrance among a plurality of entrances of a target place, comprising:

detecting, by a server device, whether the user is located in the target place based on a first message sent from the wearable device carried by the user and a pre-stored message corresponding to the target place, the first message indicating a location of the user and the pre-stored message indicating a location of the target place, wherein the server device determines whether the user is located in the target place based on whether the two locations are identical;

if it is determined that the user is not located in the target place, detecting, by the server device, whether an entrance of the target place is opened; and

if it is determined that the entrance of the target place is opened, sending, by the server device, the prompt message to the wearable device to indicate the state of the entrance to the user via the wearable device;

wherein the server device determines whether the user is located in the target place based on the first message and the pre-stored message corresponding to the target place comprises;

when the first message is a first device list and the pre-stored message is a second device list, detecting whether the user is located in the target place based on a similarity between the first device list and the second device list, the first device list being a list of devices which are connected in a first network covering a place where the user is currently located, and the second device list being a list of devices which are connected in a second network covering the target place; and

when the first message is a first location message of the wearable device of the user and the pre-stored message is a second location message of the target place, detecting whether the user is located in the target place based on the first location message and the second location message; and

wherein when the first location message is a geographic position message of the wearable device and the second location message is a geographic position message of the target place, detecting, by the server device, whether a distance between the wearable device and the target place is less than a predetermined threshold; and

when the first location message is an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the wearable device and the second location message is an address of a network segment corresponding to the target place, detecting, by the server device, whether the IP address of the wearable device is contained in the address of the network segment.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting whether the user is located in the target place further comprises:

receiving, by the server device, a second message sent from a device in the target place, and

detecting, by the server device, whether the user is located in the target place based on the second message.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein detecting, by the server device, whether the user is located in the target place based on the second message comprises:

when the second message is a movement-indicating message, detecting whether the user is moving in the target place during a preset time period based on the movement-indicating message; and

when the second message is a monitoring message obtained from monitoring of the target place, detecting whether the user leaves the target place based on the monitoring message.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein detecting whether an entrance of the target place is opened comprises:

receiving state messages sent from entrance-opening sensors of the target place, each of the entrance-opening sensors being associated with a corresponding entrance of the plurality of the entrances;

detecting whether one of the state messages indicates that the corresponding entrance, of the target place is in an opened state; and

if it is detected that one of the state messages indicates that the corresponding entrance of the target place is in the opened state, determining that the corresponding entrance of the target place is opened.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting, by the server device, whether the entrance among the plurality of the entrances of the target place is opened comprises:

receiving state messages sent from entrance-opening sensors of the target place, each of the entrance-opening sensors being associated with a corresponding entrance of the plurality of the entrances;

detecting whether one of the state messages indicates that the corresponding entrance of the target place is in an opened state; and

if it is detected that one of the state messages indicates that the corresponding entrance of the target place is in the opened state, determining that the corresponding entrance of the target place is opened.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein detecting, by the server device, whether the entrance among the plurality of the entrances of the target place is opened comprises:

receiving state messages sent from entrance-opening sensors of the target place, each of the entrance-opening sensors being associated with a corresponding entrance of the plurality of the entrances;

detecting whether one of the state messages indicates that the corresponding entrance of the target place is in an opened state; and

if it is detected that one of the state messages indicates that the corresponding entrance of the target place is in the opened state, determining that the corresponding entrance of the target place is opened.

7. A server device for sending a prompt message to a wearable device of a user to indicate a status of an entrance among a plurality of entrances of a target place, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to perform;

detecting whether the user is located in the target place based on a first message sent from the wearable device carried by the user and a pre-stored message corresponding to the target place, the first message indicating a location of the user and the pre-stored message indicating a location of the target place, wherein the server device determines whether the user is located in the target place based on whether the two locations are identical;

if it is determined that the user is not located in the target place, detecting whether an entrance of the target place is opened; and

if it is determined that the entrance of the target place is opened, sending the prompt message to the wearable device to indicate the state of the entrance to the user via the wearable device;

wherein the server device determines whether the user is located in the target place based on the first message and the pre-stored message corresponding to the target place comprises;

when the first message is a first device list and the pre-stored message is a second device list, detecting whether the user is located in the target place based on a similarity between the first device list and the second device list, the first device list being a list of devices which are connected in a first network covering a place where the user is currently located, and the second device list being a list of devices which are connected in a second network covering the target place; and

when the first message is a first location message of the wearable device of the user and the pre-stored message is a second location message of the target place, detecting whether the user is located in the target place based on the first location message and the second location message; and

wherein when the first location message is a geographic position message of the wearable device and the second location message is a geographic position message of the target place, detecting whether a distance between the wearable device and the target place is less than a predetermined threshold; and

when the first location message is an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the wearable device and the second location message is an address of a network segment corresponding to the target place, detecting whether the IP address of the wearable device is contained in the address of the network segment.

8. The server device of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to perform:

receiving a second message sent from a device in the target place, and

detecting whether the user is located in the target place based on the second message.

9. The server device of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to perform:

when the second message is a movement-indicating message, detecting whether the user is moving in the target place during a preset time period based on the movement-indicating message; and

when the second message is a monitoring message obtained from monitoring of the target place, detecting whether the user leaves the target place based on the monitoring message.

10. The server device of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to perform:

receiving state messages sent from entrance-opening sensors of the target place, each of the entrance-opening sensors being associated with a corresponding entrance of the plurality of the entrances;

detecting whether one of the state messages indicates that the corresponding entrance of the target place is in an opened state; and

if it is detected that one of the state messages indicates that the corresponding entrance of the target place is in an opened state, determining that the corresponding entrance of the target place is opened.

11. The server device of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to perform:

receiving state messages sent from entrance-opening sensors of the target place, each of the entrance-opening sensors being associated with a corresponding entrance of the plurality of the entrances;

detecting whether one of the state messages indicates that the corresponding entrance of the target place is in an opened state; and

if it is detected that one of the state messages indicates that the corresponding entrance of the target place is in the opened state, determining that the corresponding entrance of the target place is opened.

12. The server device of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to perform:

receiving state messages sent from entrance-opening sensors of the target place, each of the entrance-opening sensors being associated with a corresponding entrance of the plurality of the entrances;

detecting whether one of the state messages indicates that the corresponding entrance of the target place is in an opened state; and

if it is detected that one of the state messages indicates that the corresponding entrance of the target place is in an opened state, determining that the corresponding entrance of the target place is opened.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions, for sending a prompt message to a wearable device of a user to indicate a status of an entrance among a plurality of entrances of a target place, that, when executed by a processor of a server device, cause the server device to perform:

detecting whether the user is located in the target place based on a first message sent from the wearable device carried by the user and a pre-stored message corresponding to the target place, the first message indicating a location of the user and the pre-stored message indicating a location of the target place, wherein the server device determines whether the user is located in the target place depending on whether the two locations are identical;

if it is determined that the user is not located in the target place, detecting whether an entrance of the target place is opened; and

if it is determined that the entrance of the target place is opened, sending the prompt message to the wearable device to indicate the state of the entrance to the user via the wearable device;

wherein the server device determines whether the user is located in the target place based on the first message and the pre-stored message corresponding to the target place comprises;

when the first message is a first device list and the pre-stored message is a second device list, detecting whether the user is located in the target place based on a similarity between the first device list and the second device list, the first device list being a list of devices which are connected in a first network covering a place where the user is currently located, and the second device list being a list of devices which are connected in a second network covering the target place; and

when the first message is a first location message of the wearable device of the user and the pre-stored message is a second location message of the target place, detecting whether the user is located in the target place based on the first location message and the second location message; and

wherein when the first location message is a geographic position message of the wearable device and the second location message is a geographic position message of the target place, detecting whether a distance between the wearable device and the target place is less than a predetermined threshold; and

when the first location message is an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the wearable device and the second location message is an address of a network segment corresponding to the target place, detecting whether the IP address of the wearable device is contained in the address of the network segment.