Server executing instances of client applications in order to allow power saving by the client device

• US 9,170,630 B2
• Filed: 12/27/2012
• Issued: 10/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honor Device Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zhu, Hongtao
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Thomas
• Assistant Examiner(s): POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ
• Application Number:
  US13/728,717
• Publication Number:
  US 20130117587A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,034 Days
• Field of Search: 713/310
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3206 Monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power modality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/08 specially adapted for terminal emulation, e.g. Telnet
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0216 using a pre-established activity schedule, e.g. traffic indication frame
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0229 where the received signal is a wanted signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0274 by switching on or off the equipment or parts thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/182 Network node acting on behalf of an other network entity, e.g. proxy
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/00 Reducing energy consumption in communication networks
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

The present invention provides a service processing method and a server, which belong to the field of mobile terminals. The method includes: installing, on a server, a service application same as that of a mobile terminal; running the service application on the server, and executing, in place of the mobile terminal, a service corresponding to the service application; determining, by the server according to a result of executing the service, whether the mobile terminal needs to be woken up; and when the service needs to wake up the mobile terminal, instructing the mobile terminal to process the service. The server executes a service in place of a mobile terminal, and when the mobile terminal needs to be woken up, instructs the mobile terminal to process the service, thereby reducing the power consumption of the mobile terminal, and extending the standby time and service life of the mobile terminal.

Claims

1. A service processing method, comprising:

setting, on a server, a virtual terminal corresponding to a mobile terminal, wherein a service application is installed on the server, the service application also is installed on the mobile terminal;

establishing, by the virtual terminal on the server, an entrusting language with the mobile terminal, and receiving a hosting rule entrusted and sent by the mobile terminal according to the entrusting language, the hosting rule not being agreed on in advance by the mobile terminal and the virtual terminal, the hosting rule and the service application corresponding to each other;

after receiving the hosting rule entrusted by the mobile terminal, invoking, by the virtual terminal on the server, the service application corresponding to the hosting rule, and executing, on behalf of the mobile terminal, a service corresponding to the service application;

determining, by the virtual terminal on the server according to a result of executing the service, whether the mobile terminal needs to be woken up; and

when the service needs to wake up the mobile terminal, instructing, by the virtual terminal on the server, waking up the mobile terminal to process the service;

wherein when the service is a firewall filtering operation, the determining, by the virtual terminal on the server according to a result of executing the service, whether the mobile terminal needs to be woken up comprises;

determining, by the virtual terminal on the server, whether the firewall filtering operation receives service data conforming to a firewall allow rule; and

when the virtual terminal on the server receives the service data conforming to the firewall allow rule, determining that the mobile terminal needs to be woken up; and

wherein when the service is a user-defined operation, the determining, by the virtual terminal on the server according to a result of executing the service, whether the mobile terminal needs to be woken up comprises;

determining, by the virtual terminal on the server, whether the user-defined operation occurs; and

when the virtual terminal on the server detects that the user-defined operation occurs, determining that the mobile terminal needs to be woken up.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the service is a periodical polling operation or a periodical heartbeat operation, the determining, by the virtual terminal on the server, according to a result of executing the service, whether the mobile terminal needs to be woken up comprises:

determining, by the virtual terminal on the server, whether the periodical polling operation or the periodical heartbeat operation receives service data; and

when the server receives the service data, determining that the mobile terminal needs to be woken up.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the installing, on the server, the service application comprises at least one of:

installing a part or all of initial service applications installed on the mobile terminal; and

installing a part or all of updated service applications installed on the mobile terminal when the service applications on the mobile terminal are updated.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the instructing, by the virtual terminal on the server, waking up the mobile terminal to process the service comprises one of:

waking up, by the virtual terminal on the server, the mobile terminal, and instructing the mobile terminal that the service needs to be processed by the mobile terminal;

or

waking up, by the virtual terminal on the server, the mobile terminal, and sending, to the mobile terminal, service data of the service that needs to be processed by the mobile terminal.

5. A server, wherein the server comprises a processor and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having programs stored thereon, the programs including a plurality of units, the units comprising:

an unit, configured to set a virtual terminal corresponding to a mobile terminal on the server;

an installation module, configured to install a service application on the server, the application also being installed on the mobile terminal;

the virtual terminal, configured to establish an entrusting language with the mobile terminal, and receive a hosting rule entrusted and sent by the mobile terminal according to the entrusting language, the hosting rule not being agreed on in advance by the mobile terminal and the virtual terminal, the hosting rule and the service application corresponding to each other;

the virtual terminal configured to, after receiving the hosting rule entrusted by the mobile terminal, invoke the service application corresponding to the hosting rule, and executes, on behalf of the mobile terminal, a service corresponding to the service application;

the virtual terminal configured to determine whether the mobile terminal needs to be woken up according to a result of executing the service; and

when the service needs to wake up the mobile terminal, the virtual terminal configured to instruct waking up the mobile terminal to process the service;

wherein when the service is a firewall filtering operation, the virtual terminal is configured to;

determine whether the firewall filtering operation receives service data conforming to a firewall allow rule; and

when the service data conforming to the firewall allow rule is received, determine that the mobile terminal needs to be woken up; and

wherein when the service is a user-defined operation, the virtual terminal is configured to;

determine whether the user-defined operation occurs; and

when it is detected that the user-defined operation occurs, determine that the mobile terminal needs to be woken up.

6. The server according to claim 5, wherein when the service is a periodical polling operation or a periodical heartbeat operation, the virtual terminal is configured to:

determine whether the periodical polling operation or the periodical heartbeat operation receives service data; and

when the service data is received, determine that the mobile terminal needs to be woken up.

7. The server according to claim 5, wherein the installation module is configured to install a part or all of at least one of:

initial service applications installed on the mobile terminal; and

/or

updated service applications installed on the mobile terminal when the service applications on the mobile terminal are updated.

8. The server according to claim 5, wherein the virtual terminal is configured to one of:

wake up the mobile terminal, and instruct the mobile terminal that the service needs to be processed by the mobile terminal;

or

wake up the mobile terminal, and send, to the mobile terminal, service data of the service that needs to be processed by the mobile terminal.

9. A server, comprising:

one or more processors coupled to a storage medium and configured to;

set, on a server, a virtual terminal corresponding to a mobile terminal, a service application being installed on the server, the service application also being installed on the mobile terminal;

establish, by the virtual terminal on the server, an entrusting language with the mobile terminal, and receive a hosting rule entrusted and sent by the mobile terminal according to the entrusting language, the hosting rule not being agreed on in advance by the mobile terminal and the virtual terminal, the hosting rule and the service application corresponding to each other;

after receiving the hosting rule entrusted by the mobile terminal, invoke, by the virtual terminal on the server, the service application corresponding to the hosting rule, and execute, on behalf of the mobile terminal, a service corresponding to the service application;

determine, by the virtual terminal on the server according to a result of executing the service, whether the mobile terminal needs to be woken up; and

when the service needs to wake up the mobile terminal, instruct, by the virtual terminal on the server, waking up the mobile terminal to process the service;

when the service is a firewall filtering operation, the determining, by the virtual terminal on the server according to a result of executing the service, whether the mobile terminal needs to be woken up comprises;

determining whether the firewall filtering operation receives service data conforming to a firewall allow rule; and

when the server receives the service data conforming to the firewall allow rule, determining that the mobile terminal needs to be woken up; and

when the service is a user-defined operation, the determining by the virtual terminal on the server according to a result of executing the service, whether the mobile terminal needs to be woken up comprises;

determining whether the user-defined operation occurs; and

when the server detects that the user-defined operation occurs, determining that the mobile terminal needs to be woken up.

10. The server according to claim 9, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

when the service is a periodical polling operation or a periodical heartbeat operation, the determining, by the virtual terminal on the server according to a result of executing the service, whether the mobile terminal needs to be woken up comprises;

determining whether the periodical polling operation or the periodical heartbeat operation receives service data; and

when the server receives the service data, determining that the mobile terminal needs to be woken up.

11. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon, wherein the program instructs one or more processors to:

set, on a server, a virtual terminal corresponding to a mobile terminal, a service application being installed on the server, the service application also being installed on the mobile terminal;

establish, by the virtual terminal on the server, an entrusting language with the mobile terminal, and receive a hosting rule entrusted and sent by the mobile terminal according to the entrusting language, the hosting rule not being agreed on in advance by the mobile terminal and the virtual terminal, the hosting rule and the service application corresponding to each other;

after receiving the hosting rule entrusted by the mobile terminal invoke, by the virtual terminal on the server, the service application corresponding to the hosting rule, and executes, on behalf of the mobile terminal, a service corresponding to the service application;

determine, by the virtual terminal on the server according to a result of executing the service, whether the mobile terminal needs to be woken up; and

when the service needs to wake up the mobile terminal, instruct, by the virtual terminal on the server, waking up the mobile terminal to process the service;

wherein when the service is a firewall filtering operation, the determining, by the virtual terminal on the server according to a result of executing the service, whether the mobile terminal needs to be woken up comprises;

determining, by the virtual terminal on the server, whether the firewall filtering operation receives service data conforming to a firewall allow rule; and

when the virtual terminal on the server receives the service data conforming to the firewall allow rule, determining that the mobile terminal needs to be woken up; and

wherein when the service is a user-defined operation, the determining, by the virtual terminal on the server according to a result of executing the service, whether the mobile terminal needs to be woken up comprises;

determining, by the virtual terminal on the server, whether the user-defined operation occurs; and

when the virtual terminal on the server detects that the user-defined operation occurs, determining that the mobile terminal needs to be woken up.