Managing remote devices

• US 9,781,010 B2
• Filed: 08/30/2013
• Issued: 10/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Kind, Andreas, Liu, Peini, Liu, Tian Cheng, Sun, Ke Wei, Yang, Lin, Yu, Tao, Yu, Zhang, Zhang, Yu, Zhong, Xiao
• Primary Examiner(s): Survillo, Oleg
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cadorna, Christopher
• Application Number:
  US14/014,459
• Publication Number:
  US 20140068048A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,495 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0879 Manual configuration through operator
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/32 Specific management aspects for broadband networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/344 Out-of-band transfers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 by checking functioning

Abstract

A method and apparatus for managing remote devices. In one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of managing a remote device, comprising: obtaining a first identifier based on a name sequence in state information of the remote device, the first identifier being for indicating a template that provides the state information; obtaining a second identifier based on a numerical value sequence in the state information; sending a state access notification that comprises at least the first identifier and the second identifier; and providing the state information based on the first identifier and the second identifier in response to having received a result of activating the state access notification. In one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for managing a remote device.

Claims

1. A method of managing a remote device, comprising:

in a processing device of a server communicatively coupled to the remote device;

obtaining a first identifier which corresponds to a name sequence in state information of the remote device, the first identifier being mapped to a template that provides the state information;

obtaining a second identifier which corresponds to a numerical value sequence in the state information;

sending a state access notification that comprises at least the first identifier and the second identifier; and

providing the state information based on the first identifier and the second identifier in response to having received a result of activating the state access notification, the providing of the state information comprising;

constructing the state information using the template which is mapped to the first identifier, and the numerical value sequence which corresponds to the second identifier,

wherein the state access notification comprises a uniform resource identifier (URI) which includes the first and second identifiers, and the activating of the state access notification comprises a user activating the state access notification by clicking on the URI.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the constructing of the state information comprises:

generating a display view based on the template corresponding to the first identifier;

parsing the second identifier to obtain the numerical value sequence; and

inserting the numerical value sequence into the display view to provide the state information.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein providing the state information based on the first identifier and the second identifier further comprises:

attaching at least one of the following items to the display view;

basic information, historical state information of the remote device, and a control command.

4. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

attaching a control command to the display view; and

triggering the remote device to perform an action in response to having received calling the control command.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

acquiring measurement values of the remote device based on the template; and

performing pretreatment to the measurement values at the remote device so as to generate the state information.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the state access notification further comprises:

a third identifier for indicating device identification of the remote device.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining of the first identifier comprises:

selecting the template corresponding to the name sequence; and

setting the first identifier as an identifier of the template.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing in the server and the remote device, a mapping of a plurality of first identifiers to a plurality of templates of name sequences, respectively.

7. An apparatus for managing a remote device, comprising:

a server communicatively coupled to the remote device, the server comprising;

a processing device which executes instructions to perform a function of;

a first obtaining module which obtains a first identifier which corresponds to a name sequence in state information of the remote device, the first identifier being mapped to a template that provides the state information;

a second obtaining module which obtains a second identifier which corresponds to a numerical value sequence in the state information;

a notifying module which sends a state access notification that comprises at least the first identifier and the second identifier; and

a providing module which provides the state information based on the first identifier and the second identifier in response to having received a result of activating the state access notification, the providing module providing the state information by constructing the state information using the template which is mapped to the first identifier, and the numerical value sequence which corresponds to the second identifier,

wherein the state access notification comprises a uniform resource identifier (URI) which includes the first and second identifiers, and the activating of the state access notification comprises a user activating the state access notification by clicking on the URI.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the providing module comprises:

a generating module which generates a display view based on the template corresponding to the first identifier;

a parsing module which parses the second identifier to obtain the numerical value sequence; and

an inserting module which inserts the numerical value sequence into the display view to provide the state information.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the providing module further comprises:

an attaching module which attaches at least one of the following items to the display view;

basic information, historical state information of the remote device, and a control command.

10. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the processing device further executes instructions to perform a function of:

a control attaching module which attaches a control command to the display view; and

a triggering module which triggers the remote device to perform an action in response to having received calling the control command.

11. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the processor device further executes instructions to perform a function of:

an acquiring module which acquires measurement values of the remote device based on the template; and

a pretreatment module which performs pretreatment to the measurement values at the remote device so as to generate the state information.

12. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the state access notification further comprises:

a third identifier for indicating device identification of the remote device.

13. A non-transitory computer readable article of manufacture tangibly embodying computer readable instructions which, when executed, cause a computer to carry out the steps of a method of managing a remote device comprising:

in a processing device of a server communicatively coupled to the remote device;

obtaining a first identifier which corresponds to a name sequence in state information of the remote device, the first identifier being mapped to a template that provides the state information;

obtaining a second identifier which corresponds to a numerical value sequence in the state information;

sending a state access notification that comprises at least the first identifier and the second identifier; and

providing the state information based on the first identifier and the second identifier in response to having received a result of activating the state access notification, the providing of the state information comprising;

constructing the state information using the template which is mapped to the first identifier, and the numerical value sequence which corresponds to the second identifier,

wherein the state access notification comprises a uniform resource identifier (URI) which includes the first and second identifiers, and the activating of the state access notification comprises a user activating the state access notification by clicking on the URI.