Terminal management method and apparatus

• US 9,832,075 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2013
• Issued: 11/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Interdigital Technology Corporation (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Device, Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zhu, Zhe
• Primary Examiner(s): Hussain, Tauqir
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lobos, Boris Grijalva
• Application Number:
  US14/136,888
• Publication Number:
  US 20140108637A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,439 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/069 using logs of notifications; Post-processing of notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0893 Assignment of logical groups to network elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/24 using dedicated network management hardware
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

In terminal management method, a server sends operation information for performing a management operation on a target terminal to a gateway. The operation information carries a return format of an execution result of an operation command for performing the management operation on the target terminal. After receiving an operation command execution result sent by the target terminal, of the operation command and if there is an indication of a return format for the operation command execution result, the gateway processes the operation command execution result according to the indicated return format of the operation command execution result to obtain an operation command execution result conforming to the return format. The operation command execution result conforming to the return format is sent to the server.

Claims

1. A terminal management method, comprising:

sending operation information for performing a management operation on a target terminal to a gateway, wherein the operation information carries a return format of an execution result of an operation command for performing the management operation on the target terminal, so that the gateway establishes a node in an Operations subtree of a Fanout subtree of a Fanout Management Object of the gateway, and saves the return format for the operation command execution result in the established node, and the gateway processes an operation command execution result, returned by the target terminal, according to the return format of the operation command execution result, to obtain an operation command execution result conforming to the return format, and returns the operation command execution result, in the return format to a server;

receiving the operation command execution result which is sent from the gateway and conforms to the return format, the return format including indication information indicating how the gateway groups operation command execution results of target terminals; and

in response to receiving the operation command execution result from the gateway, and according to requirements of a subsequent operation, sending a message for grouping the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results to the gateway, so that the gateway groups, according to the message for grouping the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results, the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the message for grouping the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results is a grouping condition message, and wherein the grouping condition message carries a grouping condition for grouping the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results, so that the gateway groups the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results according to the grouping condition.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the return format includes a type limitation and a quantity limitation.

3. A terminal management method, comprising:

receiving operation information, sent by a server, for performing a management operation on a target terminal;

sending, by a gateway, corresponding operation command to the target terminal according to the operation information, wherein the operation information carries a return format of an execution result of the operation command for performing the management operation on the target terminal, so that the gateway establishes a node in an Operations subtree of a Fanout subtree of a Fanout Management Object of the gateway, and saves the return format for the operation command execution result in the established node;

receiving, by the gateway, an operation command execution result, sent by the target terminal, of the operation command;

if there is an indication of a return format for the operation command execution result, processing, by the gateway, the operation command execution result according to the indicated return format of the operation command execution result, to obtain an operation command execution result conforming to the return format, wherein the return format of the operation command execution result includes a type and a quantity limitation of the return format, and wherein the quantity limitation indicates returning execution results of a specified quantity of operation commands; and

sending the operation command execution result conforming to the return format to the server.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein, after receiving the operation command execution result, the method further comprises:

determining whether the return format of the operation command execution result is stored in the gateway;

if the return format of the operation command execution result is stored in the gateway, processing the operation command execution result according to the stored return format to obtain the operation command execution result conforming to the return format; and

if the return format of the operation command execution result is not stored in the gateway, sending the operation command execution result to the server.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein, after sending the operation command execution result, the method further comprises:

receiving a message, sent by the server, for grouping target terminals corresponding to operation command execution results;

grouping the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results according to the message for grouping the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results; and

sending an execution result of grouping the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results to the server.

6. The method according to claim 3, wherein, after sending the operation command execution result, the method further comprises:

receiving a grouping condition message, sent by the server, for grouping target terminals corresponding to operation command execution results, wherein the grouping condition message carries a grouping condition for grouping the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results; and

grouping the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results according to the grouping condition.

7. A server, comprising:

a transmitter, configured to send operation information for performing a management operation on a target terminal to a gateway, wherein the operation information carries a return format of an execution result of an operation command for performing the management operation on the target terminal, so that the gateway establishes a node in an Operations subtree of a Fanout subtree of a Fanout Management Object of the gateway, and saves the return format for the operation command execution result in the established node, and the gateway can return the operation command execution result, returned by the target terminal, in the return format to the server, and the return format is indication information indicating how the gateway groups operation command execution results of target terminals, wherein the return format of the operation command execution result includes a type and a quantity limitation of the return format, and wherein the quantity limitation indicates returning execution results of a specified quantity of operation commands; and

a receiver, configured to receive the operation command execution result which is sent by the gateway and conforms to the return format;

wherein the transmitter is further configured to, in response to the receiver receiving the operation command execution result, send a message for grouping target terminals corresponding to operation command execution results to the gateway according to requirements of a subsequent operation, so that the gateway can group, according to the message for grouping the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results, the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results.

8. The server according to claim 7, wherein the message for grouping target terminals corresponding to operation command execution is a grouping condition message, wherein the grouping condition message carries a grouping condition for grouping the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results, so that the gateway can group the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results according to the grouping condition.

9. A gateway, comprising:

a receiver, configured to receive operation information, sent by a server, for performing a management operation on a target terminal, and to receive an operation command execution result, sent by the target terminal;

a transmitter, configured to send an operation command to the target terminal according to the operation information received by the receiver;

a processor; and

a computer-readable storage medium storing a program to be executed by the processor, the program including instructions for;

in response to receiving an indication of a return format for the operation command execution result, establishing a node in an Operations subtree of a Fanout subtree of a Fanout Management Object of the gateway, and saving the return format for the operation command execution result in the established node; and

processing, according to the indicated return format of the operation command execution result, the operation command execution result received by the receiver, to obtain an operation command execution result conforming to the return format;

wherein the transmitter is further configured to send the operation command execution result conforming to the return format to the server; and

wherein the return format for the operation command execution result includes a type limitation and a quantity limitation of the return format.

10. The gateway according to claim 9, wherein:

the receiver is further configured to, after the transmitter sends the operation command execution result conforming to the return format to the server, receive a message, sent by the server, for grouping target terminals corresponding to operation command execution results;

the program further includes instructions for grouping the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results according to the message, received by the receiver, for grouping the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results; and

the transmitter is further configured to send an execution result of grouping the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results to the server.

11. The gateway according to claim 10, wherein:

the receiver is further configured to, after the transmitter sends the operation command execution result conforming to the return format to the server, receive a grouping condition message, sent by the server, for grouping the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results, wherein the grouping condition message carries a grouping condition for grouping the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results; and

the program further includes instructions for grouping the target terminals corresponding to the operation command execution results according to the grouping condition.

13. The gateway according to claim 9, wherein the operation command execution results conforming to the return format includes operation command execution results from a plurality of operation commands.