Server and method for remotely controlling working of communications terminal, and communications terminal

• US 9,894,518 B2
• Filed: 10/18/2016
• Issued: 02/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Feng, Yaxia
• Primary Examiner(s): Gelin, Jean
• Application Number:
  US15/296,165
• Publication Number:
  US 20170041781A1
• Time in Patent Office: 483 Days
• Field of Search: 455418, 455419, 455420, 455410, 455411, 4554141, 4554351, 455466
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/12 Detection or prevention of fraud
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/126 Anti-theft arrangements, e.g. protection against subscriber identity module [SIM] cloning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method for remotely controlling working of a communications terminal, and the method includes: receiving, in a push service manner, a management and control instruction actively provided by the server; parsing, according to a predetermined data exchange format, the received management and control instruction, so as to obtain corresponding operation information and acquire a device identifier, where the operation information includes command information and additional information; generating a corresponding working instruction according to the command information and the additional information that are obtained through parsing; and executing, according to the working instruction, work for protecting data security. The present invention further provides a server for remotely controlling working of a communications terminal, and a communications terminal. The present invention is capable of flexibly and conveniently controlling working of a lost communications terminal through the server for remotely controlling working of a communications terminal.

Claims

1. A server comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer readable medium connected to the processor and having stored thereon instructions for causing the processor to;

communicate with, and remotely control, a communications terminal through a network;

receive operation information generated by an input operation of a registered user on a network terminal, wherein the operation information comprises command information and additional information;

acquire, according to information about the registered user, a prestored device identifier corresponding to the communications terminal;

convert, according to a predetermined data exchange format, the received operation information and the acquired device identifier into a management and control instruction; and

provide the management and control instruction to the communications terminal in a push service manner, wherein the providing the management and control instruction causes the communications terminal to work according to the management and control instruction by implementing the command information according to the additional information in response to the communications terminal receiving the management and control instruction, wherein the command information indicates a type of control of the communications terminal, and wherein the additional information is a parameter used in implementing the command information.

2. The server according to claim 1, wherein the non-transitory computer readable medium further has stored thereon instructions for causing the processor to start to provide a push service for the communications terminal in response to a push service registration request of the communications terminal.

3. The server according to claim 1, wherein the non-transitory computer readable medium further has stored thereon instructions for causing the processor to manage registration information corresponding to the communications terminal.

4. A method comprising:

receiving, on a server configured to remotely control operation of a communications terminal, operation information generated by an input operation of a registered user on a network terminal, wherein the operation information comprises command information and additional information;

acquiring, according to information about the registered user, a prestored device identifier corresponding to the communications terminal;

converting, by using a predetermined data exchange format, the received operation information and the acquired device identifier into a management and control instruction; and

providing the management and control instruction to the communications terminal in a push service manner, wherein the providing the management and control instruction causes the communications terminal to work according to the management and control instruction by implementing the command information according to the additional information in response to the communications terminal receiving the management and control instruction, wherein the command information indicates a type of control of the communications terminal, and wherein the additional information is a parameter used in implementing the command information.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising starting a push service for the communications terminal in response to a push service registration request of the communications terminal.

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

starting management of registration information corresponding to the communications terminal;

wherein the starting management of the registration information is performed in response to a login request of the communications terminal.

7. A communications terminal, comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer readable medium connected to the processor and having stored thereon instructions for causing the processor to;

receive, in a push service manner, a management and control instruction that is actively provided by a server;

parse, according to a predetermined data exchange format, the received management and control instruction, so as to obtain corresponding operation information, wherein the operation information comprises command information and additional information;

generate a corresponding working instruction according to the command information and the additional information that are obtained through the parsing, wherein the command information indicates a type of control of the communications terminal, and wherein the additional information is a parameter for the command information; and

execute, according to the working instruction, corresponding work for protecting data security.

8. The communications terminal according to claim 7, wherein the command information is short message service (SMS) message forwarding command information;

wherein the additional information is a mobile phone number of a receiver of a forwarded SMS message; and

wherein the non-transitory computer readable medium further has stored thereon instructions for causing the processor to;

generate a corresponding SMS message forwarding instruction according to the command information and the additional information that are obtained through the parsing; and

determine a type of the working instruction;

determine a state of an SIM card in response to determining that the working instruction is a SMS message forwarding instruction;

monitor a new incoming SMS message in response to determining that the state of the SIM card is a ready state; and

send, in response to a new incoming SMS message being monitored, the monitored new incoming SMS message to a communication device corresponding to the mobile phone number of the receiver of the forwarded SMS message.

9. The communications terminal according to claim 8, wherein the non-transitory computer readable medium further has stored thereon instructions for causing the processor to:

generate setting failure information in response to determining that the state of the SIM card is a non-ready state; and

transmit the setting failure information to a remote server, so that the remote server provides a network terminal with prompt information about a setting failure.

10. The communications terminal according to claim 7, wherein the command information is screen locking command information, and the additional information is password information;

and

wherein the non-transitory computer readable medium further has stored thereon instructions for causing the processor to;

generate a corresponding screen locking instruction according to the command information and the additional information that are obtained through the parsing;

determine a type of the working instruction; and

execute a screen locking operation to protect data security in response to determining that the type of the working instruction is a screen locking instruction.

11. The communications terminal according to claim 10, wherein the non-transitory computer readable medium further has stored thereon instructions for causing the processor to:

determine, in response to determining that the type of the working instruction is a screen locking instruction, whether a device management assembly of the communications terminal is activated; and

perform a screen locking operation according to the additional information in the screen locking instruction, and in response to determining that the device management assembly of the communications terminal is in activated state.

12. The communications terminal according to claim 11, wherein the non-transitory computer readable medium further has stored thereon instructions for causing the processor to:

perform a screen locking operation in response the additional information being not empty; and

unlock a screen in response to the additional information being empty.

19. The communications terminal according to claim 10, wherein, after the executing the screen locking instruction, the communications terminal is unlockable, by a user, using the password information.

13. A method comprising:

receiving, in a push service manner and at a communications terminal configured to be remotely controlled and having a connection established with a remote server, a management and control instruction actively provided by the remote server;

parsing, according to a predetermined data exchange format, the received management and control instruction, so as to obtain corresponding operation information, wherein the operation information comprises command information and additional information;

generating a corresponding working instruction according to the command information and the additional information that are obtained through the parsing, wherein the command information indicates a type of control of the communications terminal, and wherein the additional information is a parameter for the command information; and

executing, according to the working instruction, work for protecting data security.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the command information is SMS message forwarding command information;

wherein the additional information is a mobile phone number of a receiver of a forwarded SMS message;

wherein a corresponding SMS message forwarding instruction is generated according to the command information and the additional information that are obtained through parsing; and

wherein the executing, according to the working instruction, work for protecting data security comprises;

determining a type of the working instruction;

determining a state of a SIM card in response to determining that the working instruction is a SMS message forwarding instruction;

monitoring a new incoming SMS message in response to determining that the state of the SIM card is a ready state; and

sending the new incoming SMS message to a communications device corresponding to the mobile phone number of the receiver of the forwarded SMS message.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein:

generating setting failure information in response to determining that the state of the SIM card is a non-ready state; and

transmitting the setting failure information to the remote server, so that the server provides a network terminal with prompt information about a setting failure.

16. The method according to claim 13, wherein:

the command information is screen locking command information, the additional information is a password information, and a corresponding screen locking instruction is generated according to the command information and the additional information that are obtained through parsing; and

wherein the executing, according to the working instruction, work for protecting data security comprises;

determining a type of the working instruction; and

executing a screen locking operation in response to determining that the type of the working instruction is a screen locking instruction.

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

determining, in response to determining that the working instruction is a screen locking instruction, whether a device management assembly of the communications terminal is activated; and

performing, in response to determining that the device management assembly of the communications terminal is in activated state, a screen locking operation according to the additional information in the screen locking instruction.

18. The method according to claim 17, further comprising:

performing a screen locking operation to protect data security and in response to the additional information being not empty; and

unlocking a screen in response to the additional information being empty.

20. The method according to claim 16, wherein, after the executing the screen locking instruction, the communications terminal is unlockable, by a user, using the password information.