Method and device for starting application

• US 10,182,133 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2015
• Issued: 01/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Inventors: Liu, Tiejun, Li, Zheng, Cheng, Liang, Zhang, Pengfei
• Primary Examiner(s): Ndiaye, Cheikh T
• Application Number:
  US14/870,622
• Publication Number:
  US 20160173658A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,203 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5014 using dynamic host configuration protocol [DHCP] or bootstrap protocol [BOOTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/24 Negotiation of communication capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

A method for starting an application in a router includes establishing a connection with a terminal, detecting whether the terminal supports a private protocol, and starting an application based on the private protocol if the terminal supports the private protocol.

Claims

1. A method for starting an application in a router, comprising:

establishing a connection with a terminal;

detecting whether the terminal supports a private protocol by;

acquiring and adding a host name of the terminal into a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) configuration file when the terminal is connected to the router;

reading the host name from the DHCP configuration file;

detecting whether a name list contains a matching host type that matches the host name, the name list storing host types of terminals supporting the private protocol; and

determining that the terminal supports the private protocol if the name list contains the matching host type; and

starting, if the terminal supports the private protocol, an application based on the private protocol.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

detecting, when the terminal is disconnected from the router, whether there is another terminal supporting the private protocol being connected to the router; and

closing, if there is no other terminal supporting the private protocol being connected to the router, the application based on the private protocol.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the name list is a first name list stored in the router and corresponds to a first private-protocol-based application,

a second name list is stored in the router and corresponds to a second private-protocol-based application, and

starting the application based on the private protocol includes;

determining whether the matching host type belongs to the first name list or the second name list; and

starting one of the first or the second private-protocol-based application based on one of the first or the second name list the matching host type belongs to.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

deleting the host name of the terminal from the DHCP configuration file when the terminal is disconnected from the router.

5. A router, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;

establish a connection with a terminal;

detect whether the terminal supports a private protocol by;

acquiring and adding a host name of the terminal into a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) configuration file when the terminal is connected to the router;

reading the host name from the DHCP configuration file;

detecting whether a name list contains a matching host type that matches the host name, the name list storing host types of terminals supporting the private protocol; and

determining that the terminal supports the private protocol if the name list contains the matching host type; and

start, if the terminal supports the private protocol, an application based on the private protocol.

6. The router according to claim 5, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

detect, when the terminal is disconnected from the router, whether there is another terminal supporting the private protocol being connected to the router; and

close, if there is no other terminal supporting the private protocol being connected to the router, the application based on the private protocol.

7. The router according to claim 5, wherein:

the name list is a first name list stored in the router and corresponding to a first private-protocol-based application,

a second name list is stored in the router and corresponds to a second private-protocol-based application, and

the instructions further cause the processor to;

determine whether the matching host type belongs to the first name list or the second name list; and

start one of the first or the second private-protocol-based application based on one of the first or the second name list the matching host type belongs to.

8. The router according to claim 5, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

delete the host name of the terminal from the DHCP configuration file when the terminal is disconnected from the router.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor in a router, cause the router to:

establish a connection with a terminal;

detect whether the terminal supports a private protocol by;

acquiring and adding a host name of the terminal into a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) configuration file when the terminal is connected to the router;

reading the host name from the DHCP configuration file;

detecting whether a name list contains a matching host type that matches the host name, the name list storing host types of terminals supporting the private protocol; and

determining that the terminal supports the private protocol if the name list contains the matching host type; and

start, if the terminal supports the private protocol, an application based on the private protocol.