REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20150106914A1
• Filed: 10/10/2014
• Published: 04/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Power-All Networks Limited
• Original Assignee: Power-All Networks Limited
• Inventors: HUI, STEVE LAP WAI
• Application Number:
  US14/511,414
• Publication Number:
  US 20150106914A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/365 Application layer names, e.g. buddy names, unstructured names chosen by a user or home appliance name
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/45 Network directories; Name-to-address mapping
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5007 Internet protocol [IP] addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0272 Virtual private networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network

Abstract

A remote control method includes: assigning network address for a terminal device when the terminal device connects to a terminal connection device; obtaining an identifier code of the terminal connection device or a client connection device when the terminal connection device or the client connection device connects to a remote control server; obtaining terminal device information including network addresses and names of the terminal devices connected to the terminal connection device; storing the terminal information into the remote control server associated with the identifier code of the terminal connection device; determining a client connection device with the same identifier code as the terminal connection device and producing a terminal device list when the user produces a control request via a control device; and controlling the control device to connect to a selected terminal device in response to an operation to select the terminal device on the terminal device list.

Claims

1. A remote terminal control system comprising:

at least one processing unit; and

at least one storage unit, the at least one storage unit storing a plurality of modules executable by the at least one processing unit;

wherein, the plurality of modules comprises;

a connection module configured to communicably connect a terminal connection device to a remote control server upon the terminal connection device is started up, and configured to communicably connect a client connection device to the remote control server upon the client connection device is started up;

a network address assignment module configured to assign a corresponding network address to a terminal device and associate the corresponding network address with a name of the terminal device upon the terminal device is communicably connected to the terminal connection device

an identity verification module configured to obtain a first identifier code sent by the terminal connection device when the terminal connection device communicably connects with the remote control server, or a second identifier code sent by the client connection device when the client connection device communicably connects with the remote control server;

an information collection module configured to collect information of each terminal device connected to the terminal connection device after the terminal connection device is connected to the remote control server, the collected information of each terminal device including the network address and name of the terminal device;

a storage control module configured to store the network address and the name of the terminal device and the identifier code of the terminal connection device into a storage unit of the remote control server, and associate the network address and the name of the terminal device with the identifier code of the terminal connection device;

an information providing module configured to receive a remote control request from a client connection device, determine the terminal connection device with the same identifier code as that of the client connection device and provide a terminal device list to a control device connected to the client connection device according to the connected terminal device; and

a connection control module configured to determine a selected terminal device according to a selection on the terminal device list by a user of the control device, and determine the network address of the selected terminal device and control the control device to communicably connect to the selected terminal device according to the network address of the terminal device.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the name of the terminal device is a model number of the terminal device or a name defined by a user of the terminal device.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the terminal device list comprises a list of names of all of the terminal devices connected to the terminal connection device, the connection control module determines the name of the terminal devices selected by the user from the terminal device list, and determines the network address of the selected terminal device associated with the name, and controls the control device to connect to the selected terminal device according to the network address of the terminal device.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first identifier code sent by the terminal connection device and the second identifier code sent by the client connection device are virtual private network (VPN) verification files and are configured to verify the identities of the terminal connection device and the client connection device when the terminal connection device and the client connection device connect to the remote control server to establish the VPN;

when the terminal connection device and the client connection device are a pair of devices mated to each other, the identifier codes of the terminal connection device and the client connection device are the same.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first identifier code sent by the terminal connection device and the second identifier code sent by the client connection device are product serial numbers of the terminal connection device and the client connection device;

when the terminal connection device and the client connection device are a pair of devices mated to each other, the product serial numbers of the terminal connection device and client connection device are the same.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the network address of the terminal device is an Internet protocol address.

7. A remote control method comprising:

connecting a terminal connection device to a remote control server upon the terminal connection device is started up;

assigning a corresponding network address to one terminal device and associating the network address with a name of the corresponding terminal device upon determining the terminal device is communicably connected to the terminal connection device;

obtaining a first identifier code sent by the terminal connection device;

collecting information of each terminal device communicably connected to the terminal connection device after the terminal connection device is connected to the remote control server, wherein the information of each terminal device comprises a network address and a name of the terminal device;

storing the network address and the name of each terminal device and the identifier code of the terminal connection device connected to the terminal device into a storage unit of the remote control server, and associating the network address and the name of each terminal device with the identifier code of the terminal connection device;

connecting the client connection device to the remote control server upon the client connection device is started up;

obtaining a second identifier code sent by a client connection device upon the client connection device communicably connects to the remote control server;

receiving a remote control request from one client connection device, and determining the terminal connection device with the same identifier code as that of the client connection device, and providing a terminal device list to the control device connected to the client connection device according to the terminal devices communicably connected to the terminal connection device; and

determining a selected terminal device according to a selection on the terminal device list by a user of the control device, and determining the network address of the selected terminal device and controlling the control device to communicably connect to the selected terminal device according to the network address of the terminal device.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the name of the terminal device is a model number of the terminal device or a name defined by a user of the terminal device.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein the terminal device list comprises a list of names of all of the terminal devices connected to the terminal connection device, the step of determining a selected terminal device according to a selection on the terminal device list by a user of the control device, and determining the network address of the selected terminal device and controlling the control device to communicably connect to the selected terminal device according to the network address of the terminal device comprising:

determining the name of the terminal devices selected by the user from the terminal device list;

determining the network address of the selected terminal device associated with the name; and

controlling the control device to communicably connect to the selected terminal device according to the network address of the terminal device.

10. The method according to claim 7, wherein first identifier code of the terminal connection device and the second identifier code of the client connection device are virtual private network (VPN) verification files, the method further comprising:

verifying identities of the terminal connection device and the client connection device according to the private network (VPN) verification files when the terminal connection device and the client connection device connect to the remote control server to establish the VPN.

11. A non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, causes the least one processor to execute instructions of a method for automatically control a terminal device by remote, the method comprising:

connecting a terminal connection device to a remote control server upon the terminal connection device is started up;

assigning a corresponding network address to one terminal device and associating the network address with a name of the corresponding terminal device upon determining the terminal device is communicably connected to the terminal connection device;

obtaining a first identifier code sent by the terminal connection device;

collecting information of each terminal device communicably connected to the terminal connection device after the terminal connection device is connected to the remote control server, wherein the information of each terminal device comprises a network address and a name of the terminal device;

storing the network address and the name of each terminal device and the identifier code of the terminal connection device connected to the terminal device into a storage unit of the remote control server, and associating the network address and the name of each terminal device with the identifier code of the terminal connection device;

connecting the client connection device to the remote control server upon the client connection device is started up;

obtaining a second identifier code sent by a client connection device upon the client connection device communicably connects to the remote control server;

receiving a remote control request from one client connection device, and determining the terminal connection device with the same identifier code as that of the client connection device, and providing a terminal device list to the control device connected to the client connection device according to the terminal devices communicably connected to the terminal connection device; and

determining a selected terminal device according to a selection on the terminal device list by a user of the control device, and determining the network address of the selected terminal device and controlling the control device to communicably connect to the selected terminal device according to the network address of the terminal device.

12. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 11, wherein the name of the terminal device is a model number of the terminal device or a name defined by a user of the terminal device.

13. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 11, wherein the terminal device list comprises a list of names of all of the terminal devices connected to the terminal connection device, the step of determining a selected terminal device according to a selection on the terminal device list by a user of the control device, and determining the network address of the selected terminal device and controlling the control device to communicably connect to the selected terminal device according to the network address of the terminal device comprising:

determining the name of the terminal devices selected by the user from the terminal device list;

determining the network address of the selected terminal device associated with the name; and

controlling the control device to communicably connect to the selected terminal device according to the network address of the terminal device.

14. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 11, wherein first identifier code of the terminal connection device and the second identifier code of the client connection device are virtual private network (VPN) verification files, the method further comprising:

verifying identities of the terminal connection device and the client connection device according to the private network (VPN) verification files when the terminal connection device and the client connection device connect to the remote control server to establish the VPN.