METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EXECUTING A DEVICE MANAGEMENT COMMAND BASED ON AN EXECUTION TIME

• US 20130311611A1
• Filed: 12/12/2012
• Published: 11/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Park, Hyoungjun, Shim, Jonghoon
• Application Number:
  US13/983,323
• Publication Number:
  US 20130311611A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• 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 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

An operation method of a device management server for relaying a device management command is disclosed in the present disclosure, and the method may include receiving a management command from a first device, determining an execution method of the management command as a relay scheme or message exchange scheme according to a kind of the management command, and transmitting a management command for a second device according to the execution method.

Claims

1. An operation method of a device management server for relaying a device management command, the method comprising:

receiving a management command from a first device;

determining an execution method of the management command as a relay scheme or message exchange scheme according to a kind of the management command; and

transmitting a management command for a second device according to the execution method.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said determining an execution method of the management command comprises:

judging whether the management command requires real-time execution; and

determining the execution method according to the judgement result.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the execution method is determined as the relay scheme when it is judged that the management command requires real-time execution in the step of determining the execution method.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein said transmitting the management command according to the relay scheme comprises:

establishing a connection oriented session with the second device;

transmitting the management command through the session; and

receiving an execution result of the management command from the second device through the session.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the connection oriented session is maintained without being released until receiving an execution result of the management command from the second device.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

transmitting an execution result of the management command received from the second device to the first device.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein said judging whether the management command requires real-time execution is judging whether the management command should be executed within a predetermined period of time after receiving the management command.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein a monitoring command for monitoring an operation status of the second device is judged to require real-time execution in the step of judging whether to require the real-time execution.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein a control command for changing the power, operating mode or job reservation status of the second device is judged to require real-time execution in the step of judging whether to require the real-time execution.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein a diagnosis command for examining whether there is an error in the operation of the second device is judged to require real-time execution in the step of judging whether to require the real-time execution.

11. The method of claim 2, wherein said transmitting the management command according to the relay scheme is transmitting the management command according to a scheme of transferring the management command conforming to the device management standard of the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA).

12. A device management server for relaying a device management command, the server comprising:

a communication unit configured to perform communication with a first device and a second device; and

a controller configured to control the communication unit,

wherein the controller controls to receive a management command from the first device, determine an execution method of the management command as a relay scheme or message exchange scheme according to a kind of the management command, and transmit a management command for a second device according to the execution method.

13. The server of claim 12, wherein the controller judges whether the management command requires real-time execution, and determines the execution method of the management command according to the judgement result.

14. The server of claim 13, wherein the controller determines the execution method as the relay scheme when it is judged that the management command requires real-time execution.

15. The server of claim 14, wherein the relay scheme transmits the management command and receives an execution result of the management command through a connection oriented session established with the second device, and

the connection oriented session is maintained without being released until receiving an execution result of the management command from the second device.

16. The server of claim 15, wherein a monitoring command for monitoring an operation status of the second device, a control command for changing the power, operating mode or job reservation status of the second device, and a diagnosis command for examining whether there is an error in the operation of the second device are judged to require real-time execution when judging whether the management command requires real-time execution.

17. An electronic device, comprising:

a home appliance module;

a memory configured to store a monitoring program for monitoring the home appliance module;

a communication unit configured to perform communication with a device management server; and

a controller configured to manage the monitoring program using a message exchange scheme or relay scheme with the device management server,

wherein the controller receives an update command for the monitoring program from the device management server using the message exchange scheme, and updates the monitoring program according to the update command, and transmits the updated result of the monitoring program to the device management server using the message exchange scheme, and

receives a monitoring command from the device management server using the relay scheme, and executes the monitoring program based on the monitoring command to acquire the status information of the home appliance module, and transmits the status information to the device management server using the relay scheme.