Method of providing interoperatibility of different network devices capable of error handling and network device using the same

• US 20070192460A1
• Filed: 09/05/2006
• Published: 08/16/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Sang Do, Kim, Jun Hyeong, Choi, Moon Jeong
• Granted Patent: US 8,010,828 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0742 in a data processing system embedded in a mobile device, e.g. mobile phones, handheld devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0751 Error or fault detection not based on redundancy power supply failures G06F1/30; network fault management H04L41/06
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0781 Error filtering or prioritizing based on a policy defined by the user or on a policy defined by a hardware/software module, e.g. according to a severity level
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/065 involving logical or physical relationship, e.g. grouping and hierarchies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0654 using network fault recovery ring fault isolation or reconfiguration in loop networks without recovery actions by a network management system H04L12/437

Abstract

A method and device of enabling interoperation between different devices over a network are provided. A control script corresponding to a service to be performed using device information received from a service providing device in a network is generated, the control script interoperating with the service providing device is executed, and when an error occurs during an execution of the control script, one routine of a plurality of handling routines is executed according to severity of the occurred error type. A suitable environment is established for interoperation with the service providing device as a result of having executed the one routine of the plurality of handling routines, when interoperation with the service providing device is possible.

Claims

1. A method of interoperation between devices, the method comprising:

generating a control script corresponding to a service to be performed;

executing the control script by interoperating with a service providing device;

executing at least one routine of a plurality of handling routines according to severity of error type when an error occurs during the execution of the control script; and

establishing an environment for facilitating interoperation with the service providing device as a result of the executing of the at least one routine of the plurality of handling routines.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the establishing of the environment for facilitating the interoperation comprises:

generating an updated control script according to the error type after the at least one routine of the plurality of handling routines is executed;

executing the updated control script by interoperating with the service providing device;

determining the interoperability with the service providing device corresponding to the service to be performed according to the error type in the execution of the updated control script; and

establishing the environment for facilitating the interoperation with the service providing device for the service to be performed.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the executing of the control script comprises:

receiving a test code execution result, the control script in the service providing device comprising the test code execution result; and

recognizing an occurrence of an error in the service providing device during the test code execution.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

recording the error in a database log; and

reporting the occurrence of the error when the error corresponding to the test code occurs more than a certain number of times.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of handling routines includes a routine that operates the service providing device in a passive control mode by gaining control of the service providing device when the result corresponding to the most serious error type occurs.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the executing of the at least one routine of the plurality of routines comprises selecting, according to the severity of the error type, the at least one routine from the plurality of handling routines by referring to an error handling table stored in a handling guideline.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating a function expansion module required by the service providing device executing the interoperation;

including the function expansion module in the control script; and

transmitting the control script to the service providing device.

8. The method of claim 3, wherein the executing of the control script comprises determining the test code execution result as a failure when the test code execution result is not received from the service providing device for a period of time.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein an ad hoc network comprises the service providing device.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the control script is generated using device information received from a service providing device in a network.

10. A network device comprising:

a generating unit for generating a control script corresponding to a service to be performed;

a control script execution unit for executing the control script by interoperating with the service providing device;

an error handling unit for executing at least one routine of a plurality of handling routines according to severity of error type when an error occurs during the execution of the control script; and

an environment setup unit for establishing an environment facilitating for interoperation with the service providing device for the service to be performed, as a result of the executing of the at least one routine of the plurality of handling routines.

11. The network device of claim 10, wherein the environment setup unit comprises:

a means for generating an updated control script according to the error type after the at least one routine of the plurality of handling routines is executed;

a means for interoperating with the service providing device according to the error type in an execution of the updated control script, and

a means for determining the interoperability with the service providing device relating to the service to be performed.

12. The network device of claim 10, wherein the control script execution unit receives a test code execution result included in the control script and recognizes the error in the service providing device during the test code execution.

13. The network device of claim 12, further comprising:

a database log recording the error,

when the error occurs as the result of the test code execution at least a certain number of times.

14. The network device of claim 10, wherein the error handling unit, when the at least one routine corresponds to the most serious error type, operates the service providing device in a passive control mode by gaining control of the service providing device.

15. The network device of claim 10, wherein the error handling unit selects the one routine from the plurality of handling routines according to severity of error type by referring to an error handling table stored in a handling guideline.

16. The network device of claim 10, further comprising:

a function expansion module generation unit for generating a function expansion module required by the service providing device executing the interoperation, wherein the function expansion module is included in the control script and the control script is transmitted to the service providing device.

17. The network device of claim of 12, wherein the control script execution unit determines the result of the test code execution as a failure when the test code execution result is not received from the service providing device for a period of time.

18. The network device of claim 10, wherein the network includes an ad hoc network.

20. The network device of claim 10, wherein the control script is generated using device information received from a service providing device in a network.

21. The network device of claim 13, wherein the error is reported.

22. A computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for interoperation between devices, the instructions comprising:

a first set of instructions for generating a control script corresponding to a service to be performed;

a second set of instructions for executing the control script by interoperating with a service providing device;

a third set of instructions for executing at least one routine of a plurality of handling routines according to severity of error type when an error occurs during the execution of the control script; and

a fourth set of instructions for establishing an environment for facilitating interoperation with the service providing device as a result of the executing of the at least one routine of the plurality of handling routines.

23. The instructions of claim 22, wherein the fourth set of instructions for establishing of the environment for interoperation comprise:

a set of instructions for generating an updated control script according to the error type after the at least one routine of the plurality of handling routines is executed;

a set of instructions for executing the updated control script by interoperating with the service providing device;

a set of instructions for determining the interoperability with the service providing device corresponding to the service to be performed according to the error type in the execution of the updated control script; and

a set of instructions for establishing the environment for facilitating the interoperation with the service providing device for the service to be performed.

24. The instructions of claim 22, wherein the second instructions for executing of the control script comprise:

a set of instructions for receiving a test code execution result, in the control script in the service providing device comprising the test code execution result; and

a set of instructions for recognizing an occurrence of an error in the service providing device during the test code execution.

25. The instructions of claim 24, further comprising:

a fifth set of instructions for recording the error in a database log; and

a sixth set of instructions for reporting the occurrence of the error when the error corresponding to the test code occurs more than a certain number of times.

26. The instructions of claim 22, further comprising:

a seventh set of instructions for generating a function expansion module required by the service providing device executing the interoperation;

an eighth set of instructions for including the function expansion module in the control script; and

a ninth set of instructions for transmitting the control script to the service providing device.