Information Processing Method and Central Control Device

• US 20160191267A1
• Filed: 06/15/2015
• Published: 06/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zhang, Chuanyu, Yang, Bibo
• Granted Patent: US 10,264,424 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

An information processing method is described and includes establishing a first communication channel between a central control device and at least one smart home device through a first communication module of the central control device; downloading from a cloud device and installing an application program corresponding to the at least one smart home device; generating a first control instruction based on a control logic of a first application program upon obtaining description information of the first control instruction; and sending the first control instruction to a first smart home device corresponding to the first application program through the first communication channel so as to control the first smart home device to respond, wherein the description information of the first control instruction indicates changing a state of the first smart home device. A central control device is also described.

Claims

1. An information processing method applicable to a central control device, comprising:

establishing a first communication channel between the central control device and at least one smart home device through a first communication module of the central control device;

downloading from a cloud device and installing an application program corresponding to the at least one smart home device;

generating a first control instruction based on a control logic of a first application program upon obtaining description information of the first control instruction; and

sending the first control instruction to a first smart home device corresponding to the first application program through the first communication channel so as to control the first smart home device to respond, wherein the description information of the first control instruction indicates changing a state of the first smart home device.

2. The information processing method according to claim 1, wherein,

before downloading from the cloud device and installing the application program corresponding to the at least one smart home device, establishing a second communication channel between the central control device and the cloud device through a second communication module of the central control device;

and

after downloading from the cloud device and installing the application program corresponding to the at least one smart home device, obtaining the description information of the first control instruction from the cloud device through the second communication channel,

wherein the description information of the first control instruction is generated upon the cloud device receiving sub description information of the first control instruction from a terminal device, the sub description information comprises information corresponding to user'"'"'s operation on the terminal device.

3. The information processing method according to claim 2, wherein the generating a first control instruction based on a control logic of a first application program upon obtaining description information of the first control instruction comprises:

operating on a first interactive interface of the first application program based on an operation logic indicated by the description information of the first control instruction, so as to control the first application program to generate the first control instruction for controlling the first smart home device according to a control logic of the first application program.

4. The information processing method according to claim 3, wherein the description information of the first control instruction is generated by:

upon receiving the sub description information of the first control instruction, the cloud device analyzes and obtains an intention of user'"'"'s operation on the terminal device indicated by the sub description information, and converts the intention of the operation into the description information executable by the central control device to generate the first control instruction.

5. The information processing method according to claim 4, wherein the description information of the first control instruction is generated by:

upon receiving the sub description information of the first control instruction, the cloud device searches for a central control device corresponding to the terminal device based on the sub description information;

the cloud device determines that the central control device is connected with the first smart home device capable of responding to the first control instruction, based on the sub description information and the central control device;

the cloud device obtains the first application program installed on the central control device for controlling the first smart home device;

the cloud device obtains an operation logic of the first application program for generating the first control instruction; and

the cloud device generates the description information of the first control instruction according to the operation logic of the first application program.

6. The information processing method according to claim 2, further comprising:

establishing communication between the cloud device and the terminal device;

the terminal device obtaining an operation interface of the cloud device that includes widgets corresponding to a plurality of smart home devices for user'"'"'s operation; and

the terminal device generating the sub description information of the first control instruction in response to a first operation in relation to a first widget on the operation interface.

7. An information processing method applicable to a cloud device, comprising:

establishing communication channels with a central control device and a terminal device, wherein the central control device is connected with at least one smart home device;

receiving sub description information of a first control instruction from the terminal device corresponding to user'"'"'s operation on the terminal device;

analyzing the sub description information to obtain an intention of the user'"'"'s operation on the terminal device; and

converting the intention of the operation into description information of the first control instruction executable by the central control device to generate the first control instruction for controlling the at least one smart home device.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein, upon the cloud device receiving sub description information from the terminal device, the method further comprises:

the cloud device determines that the central control device is connected with a first smart home device capable of responding to the first control instruction, based on the sub description information and the central control device;

the cloud device obtains a first application program installed on the central control device for controlling the first smart home device;

the cloud device obtains an operation logic of the first application program for generating the first control instruction; and

the cloud device generates the description information of the first control instruction according to the operation logic of the first application program.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein the cloud device provides an operation interface including widgets corresponding to a plurality of smart home devices for a user'"'"'s operation on the terminal device;

and receives the sub description information from the terminal device corresponding to a first operation in relation to a first widget on the operation interface.

10. A central control device, comprising:

a first communication module configured to establish a first communication channel with at least one smart home device;

a second communication module configured to establish a second communication channel with a cloud device;

a downloading module configured to download from the cloud device and install an application program corresponding to the at least one smart home device; and

a generating module configured to generate a first control instruction based on a control logic of a first application program upon receiving description information of the first control instruction, and to send the first control instruction to a first smart home device corresponding to the first application program through the first communication channel so as to control the first smart home device to respond,

wherein the description information of the first control instruction indicates changing a state of the first smart home device.

11. The central control device according to claim 10, further comprising an obtaining module configured to obtain the description information of the first control instruction from the cloud device through the second communication channel, wherein the description information is generated upon the cloud device receiving sub description information of the first control instruction from a terminal device, the sub description information corresponding to a user'"'"'s operation on the terminal device.

12. The central control device according to claim 11, wherein the generating module is further configured to operate on a first interactive interface of the first application program based on an operation logic indicated by the description information of the first control instruction so as to control the first application program to generate the first control instruction for controlling the first smart home device according to a control logic of the first application program.

13. The central control device according to claim 12, wherein the description information of the first control instruction comprises information generated by, upon receiving the sub description information of the first control instruction, the cloud device analyzing and obtaining an intention of user'"'"'s operation on the terminal device indicated by the sub description information, and converting the intention of the operation into the description information executable by the central control device to generate the first control instruction.

14. The central control device according to claim 12, wherein the description information of the first control instruction comprises information generated by:

upon receiving the sub description information of the first control instruction, the cloud device searching for a central control device corresponding to the terminal device based on the sub description information;

the cloud device determining that the central control device is connected with the first smart home device capable of responding to the first control instruction, based on the sub description information of the first control instruction and the central control device;

the cloud device obtaining the first application program installed on the central control device for controlling the first smart home device;

the cloud device obtaining an operation logic of the first application program for generating the first control instruction; and

the cloud device generating the description information of the first control instruction according to the operation logic of the first application program.