Method, intelligent device, and system for controlling terminal device

• US 10,511,457 B2
• Filed: 08/21/2017
• Issued: 12/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Ma, Xuemin, Li, Xuechao, Guan, Liangliang
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Thomas C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tang, Michael
• Application Number:
  US15/681,921
• Publication Number:
  US 20170346654A1
• Time in Patent Office: 848 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2816 Controlling appliance services of a home automation network by calling their functionalities arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station; in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom H04Q9/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

A method, device, and system for controlling a terminal device are disclosed. The method includes: traversing, by the intelligent device, pre-stored correspondences between control triggering requests and terminal devices in response to a control triggering request, to search multiple terminal devices for a target device corresponding to the control triggering request; determining whether a control protocol of the intelligent device is consistent with a control protocol of the target device when the intelligent device and the target device are in a connected state; when the control protocol of the intelligent device is consistent with the control protocol of the target device, receiving an input instruction and performing operation control on the target device according to the input instruction. By means of this application, effective intelligent control by an intelligent device on a terminal device such as a computer is implemented, and a requirement of a user is satisfied.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a terminal device, comprising:

in response to a control triggering request, traversing, by an intelligent device comprising a memory and a processor in communication with the memory, pre-stored correspondences between control triggering requests and terminal devices, to search multiple terminal devices for a target device corresponding to the control triggering request;

determining, by the intelligent device, whether a control protocol of the intelligent device is consistent with a control protocol of the target device when the intelligent device and the target device are in a connected state;

when it is determined that the control protocol of the intelligent device is consistent with the control protocol of the target device, receiving, by the intelligent device, an input instruction and performing, by the intelligent device, operation control on the target device according to the input instruction;

obtaining, by the intelligent device, a device type of the target device;

determining, by the intelligent device, whether the device type is a device with no operation interface;

in response to the determination that the device type is the device with no operation interface, setting, by the intelligent device, a default operation control interface as the corresponding operation control interface; and

performing, by the intelligent device, type matching on the target device according to the device type of the target device and preset correspondences between device types and operation control interfaces, to obtain and display the corresponding operation control interface of the target device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, when it is determined that the control protocol of the intelligent device is consistent with the control protocol of the target device, the receiving the input instruction comprises:

receiving, by the intelligent device, the input instruction on the corresponding operation control interface.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the receiving the input instruction comprises;

collecting, by the intelligent device, the input instruction when the intelligent device receives a trigger operation of an input apparatus corresponding to an operation of the target device; and

the performing the operation control on the target device according to the input instruction comprises;

encoding, by the intelligent device, the input instruction according to the control protocol of the intelligent device, to obtain encoded data,

sending, by the intelligent device, the encoded data to a communications module of the target device, so that the communications module of the target device is configured to decode the encoded data according to the control protocol of the target device, to obtain the input instruction, so that the operation of the target device is performed.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein, when the communications module of the target device is configured to decode the encoded data according to the control protocol of the target device, to obtain the input instruction, so that the operation of the target device is performed, the method comprises:

searching, by the communications module of the target device in the control protocol of the target device, a preset action encoding mapping table after receiving the encoded data, to obtain the input instruction corresponding to the encoded data, wherein the input instruction comprises an input operation and additional information of the input operation;

converting the input operation comprised in the input instruction into an input operation on the target device;

calling a corresponding system application programming interface (API) function in combination with the additional information of the input operation, and running the corresponding system API function to perform the operation of the target device.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the intelligent device and the target device communicate by using a cable.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the intelligent device and the target device are also connected through a wireless network.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the intelligent device and the target device communicate by using a wireless network.

8. An intelligent device for controlling a terminal device, comprising:

a memory storing instructions;

a processor in communication with the memory, wherein, when the processor executes the instructions, the processor is configured to cause the intelligent device to;

traverse, in response to a control triggering request, pre-stored correspondences between control triggering requests and terminal devices, to search multiple terminal devices for a target device corresponding to the control triggering request;

determine whether a control protocol of the intelligent device is consistent with a control protocol of the target device when the intelligent device and the target device are in a connected state;

when it is determined that the control protocol of the intelligent device is consistent with the control protocol of the target device, receive an input instruction, and perform operation control on the target device according to the input instruction;

obtain a device type of the target device;

determine whether the device type is a device with no operation interface;

in response to the determination that the device type is the device with no operation interface, set a default operation control interface as the corresponding operation control interface; and

perform type matching on the target device according to the device type of the target device and preset correspondences between device types and operation control interfaces, to obtain and display the corresponding operation control interface of the target device.

9. The intelligent device according to claim 8, wherein:

when the processor is configured to cause the intelligent device to receive the input instruction, the processor is configured to cause the intelligent device to;

collect the input instruction when receiving a trigger operation of an input apparatus corresponding to an operation of the target device; and

when the processor is configured to cause the intelligent device to perform the operation control on the target device according to the input instruction, the processor is configured to cause the intelligent device to;

encode the input instruction according to the control protocol of the intelligent device, to obtain encoded data, and

send the encoded data to a communications module of the target device, so that the communications module of the target device is configured to decode the encoded data according to the control protocol of the target device, to obtain the input instruction, so that the operation of the target device is performed.

10. The intelligent device according to claim 8, wherein the intelligent device and the target device communicate by using a cable.

11. The intelligent device according to claim 10, wherein the intelligent device and the target device are also connected through a wireless network.

12. The intelligent device according to claim 8, wherein the intelligent device and the target device communicate by using a wireless network.

13. A system for controlling a terminal device by using an intelligent device, the system comprising:

multiple terminal devices; and

an intelligent device, comprising;

a memory storing instructions;

a processor in communication with the memory, wherein, when the processor executes the instructions, the processor is configured to cause the intelligent device to;

traverse, in response to a control triggering request, pre-stored correspondences between control triggering requests and terminal devices, to search multiple terminal devices for a target device corresponding to the control triggering request;

determine whether a control protocol of the intelligent device is consistent with a control protocol of the target device when the intelligent device and the target device are in a connected state;

when it is determined that the control protocol of the intelligent device is consistent with the control protocol of the target device, receive an input instruction, and perform operation control on the target device according to the input instruction;

obtain a device type of the target device;

determine whether the device type is a device with no operation interface;

in response to the determination that the device type is the device with no operation interface, set a default operation control interface as the corresponding operation control interface; and

perform type matching on the target device according to the device type of the target device and preset correspondences between device types and operation control interfaces, to obtain and display the corresponding operation control interface of the target device; and

wherein the target device is configured to;

create a communications module,

establish a connection to the intelligent device by using the communications module,

receive the input instruction sent by the intelligent device, and

perform the operation control according to the input instruction.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein:

when the processor executes the instructions, the processor is configured to further cause the intelligent device to;

collect the input instruction when the intelligent device receives a trigger operation of an input apparatus corresponding to an operation of the target device,

encode the input instruction according to a control protocol of the intelligent device, to obtain encoded data, and

send the encoded data to the communications module of the target device; and

the target device is further configured to;

search, in a control protocol of the target device, a preset action encoding mapping table after receiving the encoded data by using the communications module, to obtain the input instruction corresponding to the encoded data, wherein the input instruction comprises an input operation and additional information of the input operation,

convert the input operation comprised in the input instruction into an input operation on the target device, and

call a corresponding system application programming interface (API) function in combination with the additional information of the input operation, and run the corresponding system API function to perform the operation of the target device.