Method for managing apparatus and information distributing apparatus

• US 9,819,718 B2
• Filed: 09/10/2013
• Issued: 11/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Yu, Chentao
• Primary Examiner(s): Pollack, Melvin H
• Application Number:
  US14/023,189
• Publication Number:
  US 20140074978A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,526 Days
• Field of Search: 709217
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for managing an apparatus and an information distributing apparatus. The method for managing an apparatus according to the embodiment of the present disclosure is applied in the information distributing apparatus, and the method includes obtaining a first apparatus identification of the information distributing apparatus; obtaining a local capacity resource parameter of at least one item of apparatus capacity resource of the information distributing apparatus; generating the capacity resource distribution information of this item of the apparatus capacity resource, according to the first apparatus identification and the local capacity resource parameter of each item of the apparatus capacity resource; sending the capacity resource distribution information of the apparatus capacity resource to the first server through the wide area network.

Claims

1. A method for managing an apparatus, which is applied in an information distributing apparatus, the method comprising:

obtaining a first apparatus identification of the information distributing apparatus, the first apparatus identification including a user identification, the first apparatus identification including an identification of a first autonomy environment to which the information distributing apparatus belongs, and the first apparatus identification including a second apparatus identification of the information distributing apparatus in the first autonomy environment to which the second apparatus identification belongs;

obtaining a local capacity resource parameter of at least one item of apparatus capacity resource of the information distributing apparatus, the apparatus capacity resource being provided by an internal device that the information distributing apparatus has and/or a peripheral device connected to the information distributing apparatus in the first autonomy environment, and the local capacity resource parameter including a description parameter of this item of the apparatus capacity resource and a device identification of the internal device and/or the peripheral device providing this item of the apparatus capacity resource in the first autonomy environment;

generating the capacity resource distribution information of this item of the apparatus capacity resource according to the first apparatus identification and the local capacity resource parameter of each item of the apparatus capacity resource; and

sending the capacity resource distribution information of the apparatus capacity resource to a first server through wide area network;

the method further including;

receiving a third apparatus identification in the first autonomy environment of a terminal apparatus in the first autonomy environment to which the information distributing apparatus belongs as well as a remote end capacity resource parameter of at least one item of the apparatus capacity resource of the terminal apparatus;

wherein, the terminal apparatus is different to the information distributing apparatus in the first autonomy environment;

the capacity resource distribution information of this item of the apparatus capacity resource of the terminal apparatus is generated according to the first apparatus identification, the third apparatus identification and the remote end capacity resource parameter of each item of the apparatus capacity resource of the terminal apparatus;

sending the capacity resource distribution information of terminal apparatus to the first server through wide area network.

2. The method for managing an apparatus according to claim 1, wherein,

the apparatus capacity resource includes at least part of the functions that can be provided by the internal device and/or the peripheral device of the information distributing apparatus.

3. The method for managing an apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, the sending the capacity resource distribution information of the apparatus capacity resource to the first server through the wide area network includes:

sending the capacity resource distribution information of the apparatus capacity resource to the first server through the wide area network via an agency apparatus connected to the wide area network in the first autonomy environment,

wherein, the agency apparatus has a wide area network address that can be used in the wide area network, the agency apparatus is for forwarding the distribution information from the information distributing apparatus to the server when the information distributing apparatus does not have the wide area network address that can be used in the wide area network.

4. The method for managing an apparatus according to claim 1, wherein,

the generating the capacity resource distribution information of this item of the apparatus capacity resource includes:

generating the capacity resource distribution information according to HTTP protocol and/or XMPP protocol;

the sending the capacity resource distribution information of the apparatus capacity resource to the first server through the wide area network includes;

sending the capacity resource distribution information of the apparatus capacity resource to the first server by using HTTP protocol through the wide area network when the capacity resource distribution information is generated according to HTTP protocol, and the first server being a server using HTTP protocol; and

sending the capacity resource distribution information of the apparatus capacity resource to the first server by using XMPP protocol through the wide area network when the capacity resource distribution information is generated according to XMPP protocol, and the first server being a server using XMPP protocol.

5. The method for managing an apparatus according to claim 4, wherein,

the capacity resource distribution information generated according to HTTP protocol corresponds to the capacity resource distribution information generated according to XMPP protocol;

and

the capacity resource distribution information generated according to HTTP protocol and the capacity resource distribution information generated according to HTTP protocol can be interconverted.

6. The method for managing an apparatus according to claim 1, wherein,

the description parameter of the apparatus capacity resource includes one or more of the operation mode, the resource type, the resource name, the distribution expiry date of the resource, the description of the access method of the resource, the attribute description of the resource and device name of this item of the apparatus capacity resource.

7. The method for managing an apparatus according to claim 1, after sending the capacity resource distribution information of the apparatus capacity resource to the first server through the wide area network, further including:

receiving a capacity resource access request;

determining a target apparatus capacity resource corresponding to the capacity resource access request in the apparatus capacity resource according to the capacity resource distribution information; and

executing the capacity resource access request through the target apparatus capacity resource.

8. The method for managing an apparatus according to claim 1, applied in a terminal apparatus as a first server, wherein,

a capacity resource distribution information and a storage resource distribution information received from at least one information distributing apparatus through the wide area network are stored in the first server,

each item of the capacity resource distribution information includes a first operation address of a capacity providing device providing this item of capacity resource and accessible through the wide area network as well as capacity description information of this item of capacity resource,

each item of the storage resource distribution information includes a first storage address of this item of the storage resource and accessible through the wide area network as well as storage description information of this item of the storage resource,

the method further includes:

receiving a remote operation instruction from a task initiating apparatus;

obtaining at least one execution route for executing the remote operation instruction and atom motion included in each execution route according to the capacity resource distribution information and the storage resource distribution information, the atom motion being an operation executed by one capacity providing device without being interrupted by application program schedule mechanism;

obtaining a first weighting score of each atom motion, the first weighting score indicating execution cost required by the atom motion;

computing a second weighting score of each execution route according to the first weighting score of each atom motion, the second weighting score indicating execution cost required by the execution route;

determining the execution route with the least execution cost as the target execution route according to the second weighting score;

determining the capacity providing device executing the atom motion included in the target execution route as a target capacity providing device; and

sending a motion execution command for executing the corresponding atom motion to the target capacity providing device.

18. The method according to claim 1, wherein,

the capacity resource distribution information includes a first universal resource identifier (URI), and the first URI indicates operation address of the device providing this item of the apparatus capacity resource,

the generating the capacity resource distribution information of this item of the apparatus capacity resource according to the first apparatus identification and the local capacity resource parameter of each item of the apparatus capacity resource includes:

generating the first URI according to the first apparatus identification and the device identification in the local capacity resource parameter.

9. An information distributing apparatus, including:

an identification managing unit configured to obtain a first apparatus identification of the information distributing apparatus, the first apparatus identification including a user identification, the first apparatus identification including an identification of a first autonomy environment to which the information distributing apparatus belongs, and the first apparatus identification including a second apparatus identification of the information distributing apparatus in the first autonomy environment to which it belongs;

a capacity resource managing unit configured to obtain a local capacity resource parameter of at least one item of apparatus capacity resource of the information distributing apparatus, the apparatus capacity resource being provided by an internal device that the information distributing apparatus has and/or a peripheral device connected to the information distributing apparatus in the first autonomy environment, and the local capacity resource parameter including a description parameter of this item of the apparatus capacity resource and a device identification of the internal device and/or the peripheral device providing this item of the apparatus capacity resource in the first autonomy environment;

an information generating unit configured to generate the capacity resource distribution information of this item of the apparatus capacity resource according to the first apparatus identification and the local capacity resource parameter of each item of the apparatus capacity resource; and

a resource distributing unit configured to send the capacity resource distribution information of the apparatus capacity resource to the first server through wide area network;

receiving unit configured to receive a third apparatus identification in the first autonomy environment of a terminal apparatus in the first autonomy environment to which the information distributing apparatus belongs as well as a remote end capacity resource parameter of at least one item of the apparatus capacity resource of the terminal apparatus;

wherein, the terminal apparatus is different to the information distributing apparatus in the first autonomy environment

the information generating unit further configured to generate the capacity resource distribution information of this item of the apparatus capacity resource of the terminal apparatus according to the first apparatus identification, the third apparatus identification and the remote end capacity resource parameter of each item of the apparatus capacity resource of the terminal apparatus;

the resource distributing unit further configured to send the capacity resource distribution information of terminal apparatus to the first server through wide area network.

19. The apparatus according to claim 9,

wherein,

the capacity resource distribution information includes a first universal resource identifier (URI), and the first URI indicates operation address of the device providing this item of the apparatus capacity resource,

the information generating unit configured to generating the first URI according to the first apparatus identification and the device identification in the local capacity resource parameter.

10. A method for controlling resource remotely applied in a first server, wherein

a capacity resource distribution information and a storage resource distribution information received from at least one information distributing apparatus through the wide area network are stored in the first server,

each item of the capacity resource distribution information includes a first operation address of capacity providing device providing this item of capacity resource and accessible through the wide area network as well as capacity description information of this item of capacity resource,

each item of the storage resource distribution information includes a first storage address of this item of the storage resource and accessible through the wide area network as well as storage description information of this item of the storage resource,

the method includes:

receiving a remote operation instruction from a task initiating apparatus;

obtaining at least one execution route for executing the remote operation instruction and atom motion included in each execution route according to the capacity resource distribution information and the storage resource distribution information, the atom motion being an operation executed by one capacity providing device without being interrupted by application program schedule mechanism;

obtaining a first weighting score of each atom motion, the first weighting score indicating execution cost required by the atom motion;

computing a second weighting score of each execution route according to the first weighting score of each atom motion, the second weighting score indicating execution cost required by the execution route;

determining the execution route with the least execution cost as a target execution route according to the second weighting score;

determining the capacity providing device executing the atom motion included in the target execution route as the target capacity providing device; and

sending a motion execution command for executing the corresponding atom motion to the target capacity providing device;

wherein, the first operation address includes the first apparatus identification of the information distributing apparatus;

the first apparatus identification includes a user identification, the first apparatus identification includes an identification of the first autonomy environment, and the first apparatus identification includes a second apparatus identification in the first autonomy environment to which the information distributing apparatus belongs;

the method further including;

receiving the user identification sent by the task initiating apparatus;

wherein, the task initiating apparatus can control the information distributing apparatus through a server;

the obtaining at least one execution route for executing the remote operation instruction and atom motion included in each execution route according to the capacity resource distribution information and the storage resource distribution information includes;

obtaining the capacity resource distribution information and the storage resource distribution information that match the user identification in the capacity resource distribution information and the storage resource distribution information; and

obtaining at least one execution route for executing the remote operation instruction and atom motion included in each execution route according to the capacity resource distribution information and the storage resource distribution information that match the user identification.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein, the obtaining the first weighting score of each atom motion includes:

obtaining the first weighting score of each atom motion according to the capacity description information in the capacity resource distribution information.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein,

the capacity description information includes at least resource name of this item of the apparatus capacity resource and attribute description of the apparatus providing this item of the apparatus capacity resource.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein, the obtaining the first weighting score of each atom motion further includes:

obtaining the first weighting score of each atom motion according to storage description information in the storage resource distribution information.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein,

the description parameter of the storage resource includes one or more of operation mode, resource type, file name, distribution time and update time of this item of the storage resource.

15. The method according to claim 10, wherein,

the capacity resource is provided by the internal device that the information distributing apparatus has and/or the peripheral device connected to the information distributing apparatus in the first autonomy environment to which the information distributing apparatus belongs, wherein

the first operation address includes the first apparatus identification of the information distributing apparatus and device identification of the internal device and/or the peripheral device providing this item of capacity resource in the first autonomy environment;

the storage resource includes local data stored in the information distributing apparatus, data entry information stored in relation database of the information distributing apparatus, data stream generated in the information distributing apparatus, and/or remote end data stored in a second server that can be connected with the information distributing apparatus,

the first storage address includes the first apparatus identification of the information distributing apparatus and storage identification of storage location of the storage resource with respect to the information distributing apparatus;

the first apparatus identification includes a user identification, an identification of the first autonomy environment, and a second apparatus identification in the first autonomy environment to which the information distributing apparatus belongs.

16. The method according to claim 10, further including:

sending the atom motion included in the target execution route to the task initiating apparatus;

receiving an execution route of the atom motion included in the target execution route from the target capacity providing device; and

sending the execution route of the atom motion included in the target execution route to the task initiating apparatus.

17. The method according to claim 16, further including:

receiving a first motion cancel instruction from the task initiating apparatus;

determining a first atom motion in the atom motion included in the target execution route according to the first motion cancel instruction;

determining a first capacity providing device for executing the first atom motion in the target capacity providing device; and

sending a second motion cancel instruction to the first capacity providing device, wherein the first capacity providing device cancels the execution of the first atom motion according to the second motion cancel instruction.

20. The method according to claim 10,

wherein,

the capacity resource distribution information includes a first universal resource identifier (URI), and the first URI indicates operation address of the device providing this item of the apparatus capacity resource,

the information generating unit configured to generating the first URI according to the first apparatus identification and the device identification in the local capacity resource parameter.