Device Management Method, Apparatus and System

• US 20140108490A1
• Filed: 12/12/2013
• Published: 04/17/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zhong, Zhen
• Application Number:
  US14/104,787
• Publication Number:
  US 20140108490A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/201
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0645 by additionally acting on or stimulating the network after receiving notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/082 the condition being updates or upgrades of network functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]

Abstract

A device management method, apparatus and system, which improves communication efficiency between devices in a system. The method of the present invention includes: when a device information sending condition is satisfied, sending device information of a client to a server, so that the server sends a management instruction to the client according to the received device information; receiving the management instruction sent by the server; executing a parameter operation according to a parameter acquisition instruction or a parameter update instruction in the management instruction; generating a management instruction response message, where the management instruction response message carries an execution result obtained after the parameter operation is executed; and sending the management instruction response message to the server. Embodiments of the present invention are mainly applied in network architecture formed by a server and a client.

Claims

1. A device management method, implemented by a device management apparatus, comprising:

sending device information of a client to a server when a device information sending condition is satisfied, so that after finding, through searching and according to pre-configured correspondence between device information and a management instruction, the management instruction corresponding to the device information, the server sends the management instruction to the client, wherein the device information sending condition comprises a preset time interval expiration time, a management notification sent by the server is received, and an emergency meeting a preset emergency alarm condition occurs on the client;

receiving the management instruction sent by the server, wherein the management instruction comprises a parameter acquisition instruction or a parameter update instruction;

executing a parameter operation according to the parameter acquisition instruction or the parameter update instruction in the management instruction;

generating a management instruction response message, wherein the management instruction response message carries an execution result obtained after the parameter operation is executed; and

sending the management instruction response message to the server.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein executing a parameter operation comprises acquiring a parameter corresponding to the parameter acquisition instruction when the client receives the parameter acquisition instruction, and wherein executing a parameter operation comprises updating a parameter value carried in the parameter update instruction to the client when the client receives the parameter update instruction.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the management instruction response message carries the acquired parameter corresponding to the parameter acquisition instruction when executing a parameter operation comprises acquiring a parameter corresponding to the parameter acquisition instruction, and wherein the management instruction response message carries an update result obtained after the parameter value is updated when executing a parameter operation comprises updating a parameter value carried in the parameter update instruction to the client.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein after sending the management instruction response message to the server, the method further comprises receiving interaction complete information sent by the server, and wherein the interaction complete information is used to notify the client that information interaction of device management between the client and the server is completed.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein when an emergency meeting a preset emergency alarm condition occurs on the client, the device information of the client sent to the server further comprises a parameter related to the emergency, so that the server returns an emergency response instruction.

6. A device management method implemented by a device management apparatus, comprising:

receiving device information of a client sent by the client when a device information sending condition is satisfied;

finding, through searching and according to pre-configured correspondence between device information and a management instruction, the management instruction corresponding to the device information;

sending the management instruction to the client so that after executing a parameter operation according to the management instruction, the client returns a management instruction response message to the server; and

receiving the management instruction response message returned by the client.

7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising returning a receive success response message to the client after finding, through searching, the management instruction corresponding to the device information.

8. The method according to claim 6, further comprising returning a receive failure response message to the client when not finding, through searching, the management instruction corresponding to the device information.

9. The method according to claim 6, wherein before the receiving device information of the client sent by the client when the device information sending condition is satisfied, the method further comprises sending a management notification to the client so that after receiving the management notification, the client sends the device information to the server.

10. A device management apparatus, comprising:

a device information sending unit configured to;

send device information of a client to a server when a device information sending condition is satisfied, so that after finding, through searching and according to pre-configured correspondence between device information and a management instruction, the management instruction corresponding to the device information, the server sends the management instruction to the client, wherein the device information sending condition comprises;

a preset time interval expiration time, a management notification sent by the server is received, and an emergency meeting a preset emergency alarm condition occurs on the client;

a management instruction receiving unit configured to receive the management instruction sent by the server, wherein the management instruction comprises a parameter acquisition instruction or a parameter update instruction;

a parameter operation executing unit configured to execute a parameter operation according to the parameter acquisition instruction or the parameter update instruction in the management instruction;

an instruction response generating unit configured to generate a management instruction response message, wherein the management instruction response message carries an execution result obtained after the parameter operation is executed; and

an instruction response sending unit configured to send the management instruction response message to the server.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the parameter operation executing unit further comprises:

a first parameter operation subunit configured to acquire a parameter corresponding to the parameter acquisition instruction when the client receives the parameter acquisition instruction; and

a second parameter operation subunit configured to update a parameter value carried in the parameter update instruction to the client when the client receives the parameter update instruction.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein when executing a parameter operation comprises acquiring a parameter corresponding to the parameter acquisition instruction, an execution result obtained after the parameter operation is executed is the acquired parameter corresponding to the parameter acquisition instruction, and wherein when executing a parameter operation comprises updating a parameter value carried in the parameter update instruction to the client, an execution result obtained after the parameter operation is executed is an update result obtained after the update.

13. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the management instruction receiving unit is further configured to receive interaction complete information sent by the server after the management instruction response message is sent to the server, and wherein the interaction complete information is used to notify the client that information interaction of device management between the client and the server is completed.

14. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein when an emergency meeting a preset emergency alarm condition occurs on the client, the device information of the client sent to the server further comprises a parameter related to the emergency, so that the server returns an emergency response instruction.

15. A device management apparatus, comprising:

a device information receiving unit configured to receive device information of a client sent by the client when a device information sending condition is satisfied;

a management instruction searching unit configured to find, through searching and according to pre-configured correspondence between device information and a management instruction, a management instruction corresponding to the device information;

a management instruction sending unit configured to send the management instruction to the client according to the received device information, so that after executing a parameter operation according to the management instruction, the client returns a management instruction response message to the server; and

an instruction response receiving unit configured to receive the management instruction response message returned by the client.

16. The apparatus according to claim 15, further comprising a response message returning unit configured to return a receive success response message to the client after the management instruction corresponding to the device information is found through searching;

or return a receive failure response message to the client when the management instruction corresponding to the device information is not found through searching.

17. The apparatus according to claim 15, further comprising a management notification sending unit configured to send a management notification to the client so that after receiving the management notification, the client sends the device information to the server.

18. A device management system, comprising:

a client configured to

send device information of a client to a server when a device information sending condition is satisfied; and

receive a management instruction sent by the server;

wherein the server is configured to;

receive the device information of the client;

find, through searching and according to pre-configured correspondence between device information and a management instruction, a management instruction corresponding to the device information; and

send the management instruction to the client,

wherein the client is further configured to;

execute a parameter operation according to a parameter acquisition instruction or a parameter update instruction in the management instruction; and

generate a management instruction response message after executing the parameter operation, wherein the management instruction response message carries an execution result obtained after the parameter operation is executed, and

wherein the client is further configured to send the management instruction response message to the server.

19. The system according to claim 18, wherein the client is further configured to:

acquire a parameter corresponding to the parameter acquisition instruction when receiving the parameter acquisition instruction; and

update a parameter value carried in the parameter update instruction to the client when receiving the parameter update instruction.

20. The system according to claim 19, wherein when the client acquires a parameter corresponding to the parameter acquisition instruction, the management instruction response message carries the acquired parameter corresponding to the parameter acquisition instruction;

and wherein when the client updates a parameter value carried in the parameter update instruction to the client, the management instruction response message carries an update result obtained after the parameter value is updated.

21. The system according to claim 18, wherein when an emergency meeting a preset emergency alarm condition occurs on the client, the device information of the client sent to the server further comprises a parameter related to the emergency so that the server returns an emergency response instruction.