Terminal Management Method and Apparatus

• US 20140108637A1
• Filed: 12/20/2013
• Published: 04/17/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Interdigital Technology Corporation (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zhu, Zhe
• Granted Patent: US 9,832,075 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/069 using logs of notifications; Post-processing of notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0893 Assignment of logical groups to network elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/24 using dedicated network management hardware
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

In terminal management method, a server sends operation information for performing a management operation on a target terminal to a gateway. The operation information carries a return format of an execution result of an operation command for performing the management operation on the target terminal. After receiving an operation command execution result sent by the target terminal, of the operation command and if there is an indication of a return format for the operation command execution result, the gateway processes the operation command execution result according to the indicated return format of the operation command execution result to obtain an operation command execution result conforming to the return format. The operation command execution result conforming to the return format is sent to the server.

Claims

1. A terminal management method, comprising:

sending operation information for performing a management operation on a target terminal to a gateway, wherein the operation information carries a return format of an execution result of an operation command for performing the management operation on the target terminal, so that the gateway returns the operation command execution result, returned by the target terminal, in the return format to a server; and

receiving the operation command execution result which is sent from the gateway and conforms to the return format. The return format including indication information indicates how the gateway groups operation command execution result of target terminals.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, after receiving the operation command execution result, the method further comprises:

according to requirements of a subsequent operation, sending a message for grouping the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results to the gateway, so that the gateway groups, according to the message for grouping the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results, the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein, after receiving the operation command execution result, the method further comprises:

according to requirements of subsequent operation, sending a grouping condition message for grouping the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results to the gateway, wherein the grouping condition message carries a grouping condition for grouping the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results, so that the gateway groups the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results according to the grouping condition.

4. A terminal management method, comprising:

receiving operation information, sent by a server, for performing a management operation on a target terminal;

sending a corresponding operation command to the target terminal according to the operation information;

receiving an operation command execution result, sent by the target terminal, of the operation command;

if there is an indication of a return format for the operation command execution result, processing the operation command execution result according to the indicated return format of the operation command execution result, to obtain an operation command execution result conforming to the return format; and

sending the operation command execution result conforming to the return format to the server.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein, after receiving the operation command execution result, the method further comprises:

determining whether the return format of the operation command execution result is stored in a gateway;

if the return format of the operation command execution result is stored in the gateway, processing the operation command execution result according to the stored return format to obtain the operation command execution result conforming to the return format; and

if the return format of the operation command execution result is not stored in the gateway, sending the operation command execution result to the server.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein, after sending the operation command execution result, the method further comprises:

receiving a message, sent by the server, for grouping target terminals corresponding to operation command execution results;

grouping the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results according to the message for grouping the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results; and

sending an execution result of grouping the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results to the server.

7. The method according to claim 4, wherein, after sending the operation command execution result, the method further comprises:

receiving a grouping condition message, sent by the server, for grouping target terminals corresponding to operation command execution results, wherein the grouping condition message carries a grouping condition for grouping the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results; and

grouping the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results according to the grouping condition.

8. A server, comprising:

a first sending unit, configured to send operation information for performing a management operation on a target terminal to a gateway, wherein the operation information carries a return format of an execution result of an operation command for performing the management operation on the target terminal, so that the gateway can return the operation command execution result, returned by the target terminal, in the return format to the server, and the return format is indication information indicating how the gateway groups operation command execution results of target terminals; and

a first receiving unit, configured to receive the operation command execution result which is sent by the gateway and conforms to the return format.

9. The server according to claim 8, further comprising:

a second sending unit, configured to, after the first receiving unit receives the operation command execution result, send a message for grouping target terminals corresponding to operation command execution results to the gateway according to requirements of a subsequent operation, so that the gateway can group, according to the message for grouping the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results, the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results.

10. The server according to claim 8, further comprising:

a third sending unit, configured to, after the first receiving unit receives the operation command execution result, send a grouping condition message for grouping the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results to the gateway, wherein the grouping condition message carries a grouping condition for grouping the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results, so that the gateway can group the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results according to the grouping condition.

11. A gateway, comprising:

a first receiving unit, configured to receive operation information, sent by a server, for performing a management operation on a target terminal;

a first sending unit, configured to send a corresponding operation command to the target terminal according to the operation information received by the first receiving unit;

a second receiving unit, configured to receive an operation command execution result, sent by the target terminal, of the operation command;

an operation unit, configured to, if there is an indication of a return format for the operation command execution result, process, according to the indicated return format of the operation command execution result, the operation command execution result received by the second receiving unit, to obtain an operation command execution result conforming to the return format; and

a second sending unit, configured to send the operation command execution result obtained by the operation unit and conforming to the return format to the server.

12. The gateway according to claim 11, further comprising:

a first determination unit, configured to, after the first receiving unit receives the operation command execution result, sent by the target terminal, of the operation command, determine whether the return format of the operation command execution result is stored in the gateway;

wherein the operation unit is further configured to, when the first determination unit determines that the return format of the operation command execution result is stored in the gateway, process the operation command execution result according to the stored return format, to obtain the operation command execution result conforming to the return format; and

wherein the second sending unit is further configured to send the operation command execution result to the server, when the first determination unit determines that the return format of the operation command execution result is not stored in the gateway.

13. The gateway according to claim 11, further comprising:

a third receiving unit, configured to, after the second sending unit sends the operation command execution result conforming to the return format to the server, receive a message, sent by the server, for grouping target terminals corresponding to operation command execution results;

a grouping operation unit, configured to group the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results according to the message, received by the third receiving unit, for grouping the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results; and

a third sending unit, configured to send an execution result of grouping the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results to the server.

14. The gateway according to claim 13, further comprising:

a fourth receiving unit, configured to, after the second sending unit sends the operation command execution result conforming to the return format to the server, receive a grouping condition message, sent by the server, for grouping the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results, wherein the grouping condition message carries a grouping condition for grouping the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results,

wherein the grouping operation unit is further configured to group the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results according to the grouping condition.