Method for creating context aware application and user terminal

• US 10,489,221 B2
• Filed: 02/22/2017
• Issued: 11/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2014
• 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: Zhao, Qingwei, Chang, Heng, Ma, Qifeng
• Primary Examiner(s): Ho, Andy
• Application Number:
  US15/439,718
• Publication Number:
  US 20170161123A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,007 Days
• Field of Search: 719313, 719318
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/302 where the computing system component is a software system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3055 Monitoring arrangements for monitoring the status of the computing system or of the computing system component, e.g. monitoring if the computing system is on, off, available, not available error or fault processing without redundancy G06F11/0703; error detection or correction by redundancy in data representation G06F11/08; error detection or correction by redundancy in operation G06F11/14; error detection or correction by redundancy in hardware G06F11/16
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3438 monitoring of user actions tracking the activity of the user H04L67/535
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/34 Graphical or visual programming
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/36 Software reuse
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44 Arrangements for executing specific programs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications

Abstract

A method for creating a context aware application and a user terminal are provided, where the method includes: obtaining a creation instruction used to create the context aware application, where the creation instruction includes a creation factor, and the creation factor is entered by a user and/or generated by a user terminal; determining, according to the creation factor, at least one terminal device related to the creation factor, and obtaining context information and action information of the at least one terminal device; generating at least one operation item according to the context information and the action information of the at least one terminal device; and generating the context aware application according to the at least one operation item. Thereby resolving a technical problem that development steps of the context aware application are tedious, and achieving beneficial effects of simplifying the development steps and improving the development efficiency.

Claims

1. A method for creating a context aware application for operating a plurality of terminal devices, the method comprising:

obtaining a creation instruction used to create the context aware application, wherein the creation instruction comprises a plurality of terminal device identifiers, each terminal device identifier corresponding to a one of the plurality of terminal devices;

determining, based on the plurality of terminal device identifiers, the plurality of terminal devices, where each one of the plurality of terminal devices is associated with a corresponding one of the terminal device identifiers;

obtaining for each one of the plurality of terminal devices, a context information and an action information stored on the ones of the plurality of terminal devices for instances of action instructions executed on the respective ones of the plurality of terminal devices, wherein each instance of executing an action instruction on one of the plurality of terminal devices results in the respective terminal device storing corresponding;

action information that identifies the executed action instruction, wherein corresponding action, and

context information comprising status data collected at the respective terminal device shortly before or after executing the instance of the action instruction;

generating a plurality of operation items, wherein each operation item corresponds to one of the action instructions executed on the respective ones of the plurality of terminal devices, and wherein each operation item comprises;

an action operation item generated according to the action information for the executed action instruction, and

a condition operation item generated according to context information;

determining, after the generating the plurality of operation items, a sequential time order for the plurality of operation items corresponding to the instances of action instructions executed on the respective ones of the terminal devices;

generating, according to the sequential time order, a time-sequence sorted plurality of displayable identifier objects, where each one of the displayable identifier objects represents an instruction execution instance corresponding to one of the plurality of operation items executed on a respective one of the plurality of terminal devices; and

generating, after generating a time-sequence sorted plurality of displayable identifier objects, the context aware application according to the plurality of operation items and the time-sequence sorted plurality of displayable identifier objects.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the context information and the action information are:

information historically recorded or instantly generated.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the obtaining the context information and the action information comprises:

sending a request message to respective ones of the plurality of terminal devices; and

receiving a response message returned by the respective ones of the plurality of terminal devices, and obtaining the historically recorded context information and action information that are stored on the respective ones of the plurality of terminal devices and that are carried in the response message.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the obtaining context information and action information of the plurality of terminal devices, the method further comprises:

obtaining, by screening according to a time parameter in each piece of context information, at least two pieces of context information whose time parameter difference is within a preset threshold and at least two pieces of action information corresponding to the at least two pieces of context information.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the condition operation item for one of the plurality of action items comprises a condition parameter value that is adjustable;

and the action operation item comprises an action parameter value that is adjustable.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the context information comprises at least one of the following:

a terminal device identifier, a time parameter, context parameter data, a device home type, or location information.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the action information comprises at least one of the following:

an action name, execution time, execution parameter data, or an execution result.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the obtaining context information and action information of the plurality of terminal devices, the method further comprises:

obtaining, by screening according to a time parameter in each piece of context information, at least one piece of context information whose time parameter belongs to a set time interval and at least one piece of action information corresponding to the at least one piece of context information.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the obtaining context information and action information of the plurality of terminal devices, the method further comprises:

obtaining, by screening according to location information in each piece of context information, at least one piece of context information corresponding to location information whose location is within a set location area and at least one piece of action information corresponding to the at least one piece of context information.

10. A user terminal, comprising:

a transceiver, configured to send and receive data;

a memory, configured to store at least one program instruction; and

a processor, configured to execute the at least one program instruction, which instructs the processor to carry out a method comprising;

obtaining a creation instruction used to create a context aware application, wherein the creation instruction comprises a plurality of terminal device identifiers, each terminal device identifier corresponding to a one of a plurality of terminal devices;

determining, based on the plurality of terminal device identifiers, the plurality of terminal devices, where each one of the plurality of terminal devices is associated with a corresponding one of the terminal device identifiers;

obtaining for each one of the plurality of terminal devices, a context information and an action information stored on the ones of the plurality of terminal devices for instances of action instructions executed on the respective ones of the plurality of terminal devices, wherein each instance of executing an action instruction on one of the plurality of terminal devices results in the respective terminal device storing corresponding;

action information that identifies the executed action instruction, wherein corresponding action, and

context information comprising status data collected at the respective terminal device shortly before or after executing the instance of the action instruction;

generating a plurality of operation items, wherein each operation item corresponds to one of the action instructions executed on the respective ones of the plurality of terminal devices, and wherein each operation item comprises;

an action operation item generated according to the action information for the executed action instruction, and

a condition operation item generated according to context information;

determining, after the generating the plurality of operation items, a sequential time order for the plurality of operation items corresponding to the instances of action instructions executed on the respective ones of the terminal devices;

generating, according to the sequential time order, a time-sequence sorted plurality of displayable identifier objects, where each one of the displayable identifier objects represents an instruction execution instance corresponding to one of the plurality of operation items executed on a respective one of the plurality of terminal devices; and

generating, after generating a time-sequence sorted plurality of displayable identifier objects, the context aware application according to the plurality of operation items and the time-sequence sorted plurality of displayable identifier objects.

11. The user terminal according to claim 10, wherein the context information and the action information are:

information historically recorded or instantly generated.

12. The user terminal according to claim 11, wherein the transceiver is configured to:

send a request message to respective ones of the plurality of terminal devices; and

receive a response message returned by the respective ones of the plurality of terminal devices, and obtain the historically recorded context information and action information that are stored on the respective ones of the plurality of terminal devices and that are carried in the response message.

13. The user terminal according to claim 10, wherein after the transceiver obtains the context information and the action information of the at least one terminal device, the processor is configured to:

obtain, by screening according to a time parameter in each piece of context information, at least two pieces of context information whose time parameter difference is within a preset threshold and at least two pieces of action information corresponding to the at least two pieces of context information.

14. The user terminal according to claim 10, wherein the condition operation item for one of the plurality of action items comprises a condition parameter value that is adjustable;

and the action operation item comprises an action parameter value that is adjustable.

15. The user terminal according to claim 10, wherein the context information comprises at least one of the following:

a terminal device identifier, a time parameter, context parameter data, a device home type, or location information.

16. The user terminal according to claim 10, wherein the action information comprises at least one of the following:

an action name, execution time, execution parameter data, or an execution result.

17. The user terminal according to claim 10, wherein after the transceiver obtains the context information and the action information of the at least one terminal device, the processor is configured to:

obtain, by screening according to a time parameter in each piece of context information, at least one piece of context information whose time parameter belongs to a set time interval and at least one piece of action information corresponding to the at least one piece of context information.

18. The user terminal according to claim 10, wherein after the transceiver obtains the context information and the action information of the at least one terminal device, the processor is configured to:

obtain, by screening according to location information in each piece of context information, at least one piece of context information corresponding to location information whose location is within a set location area and at least one piece of action information corresponding to the at least one piece of context information.

19. A non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising processor-executable instructions which when executed causes a processor to implement operations of a method including:

obtaining a creation instruction used to create a context aware application, wherein the creation instruction comprises a plurality of terminal device identifiers, each terminal device identifier corresponding to a one of a plurality of terminal devices;

determining, based on the plurality of terminal device identifiers, the plurality of terminal devices, where each one of the plurality of terminal devices is associated with a corresponding one of the terminal device identifiers;

obtaining for each one of the plurality of terminal devices, a context information and an action information stored on the ones of the plurality of terminal devices for instances of action instructions executed on the respective ones of the plurality of terminal devices, wherein each instance of executing an action instruction on one of the plurality of terminal devices results in the respective terminal device storing corresponding;

action information that identifies the executed action instruction, wherein corresponding action, and

context information comprising status data collected at the respective terminal device shortly before or after executing the instance of the action instruction;

generating a plurality of operation items, wherein each operation item corresponds to one of the action instructions executed on the respective ones of the plurality of terminal devices, and wherein each operation item comprises;

an action operation item generated according to the action information for the executed action instruction, and

a condition operation item generated according to context information;

determining, after the generating the plurality of operation items, a sequential time order for the plurality of operation items corresponding to the instances of action instructions executed on the respective ones of the terminal devices;

generating, according to the sequential time order, a time-sequence sorted plurality of displayable identifier objects, where each one of the displayable identifier objects represents an instruction execution instance corresponding to one of the plurality of operation items executed on a respective one of the plurality of terminal devices; and

generating, after generating a time-sequence sorted plurality of displayable identifier objects, the context aware application according to the plurality of operation items and the time-sequence sorted plurality of displayable identifier objects.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 19, wherein the context information and the action information are:

information historically recorded or instantly generated.