Method, web server and system for remote control

• US 9,935,811 B2
• Filed: 01/28/2015
• Issued: 04/03/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Liu, Zhao
• Primary Examiner(s): Mirza, Adnan
• Application Number:
  US14/607,698
• Publication Number:
  US 20150156055A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,161 Days
• Field of Search: 709223
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/40 Support for services or applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network

Abstract

The present invention relates to remote control technologies, and provides a method, web server and system for remote control. The method comprises: receiving remote control information sent by a remote-controlling terminal; executing a control instruction on a corresponding webpage in accordance with the remote control information, or sending information on the corresponding webpage back to the remote-controlling terminal and executing a control instruction selected or entered by a user at the remote-controlling terminal based on information on the corresponding webpage; and returning execution result to the remote-controlling terminal in a webpage format so that the remote-controlling terminal can obtain information on current execution result at a remote-controlled terminal based on the returned webpage. The present invention can effectively address the issues of poor usability caused by the need to develop different remote control software for different platforms, and that remote-controlling terminal cannot receive and display execution result of the remote control instruction.

Claims

1. A method for remote control, the method comprising:

receiving remote control information sent by a remote-controlling terminal;

executing a control instruction on a corresponding webpage in accordance with the remote control information, or sending information on the corresponding webpage back to the remote-controlling terminal and executing a control instruction selected or entered by a user at the remote-controlling terminal based on information on the corresponding webpage;

generating an execution result webpage using a result of executing the control instruction; and

returning the execution result webpage to the remote-controlling terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the remote control information comprises a Universal Resource Locator (URL).

3. The method of claim 2, wherein executing a control instruction on a corresponding webpage in accordance with the remote control information comprises:

if the webpage corresponding to the URL is a control page, executing a control instruction at the control page.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein sending information on the corresponding webpage back to the remote-controlling terminal and executing a control instruction selected by a user at the remote-controlling terminal based on information on the corresponding webpage comprises:

if the webpage corresponding to the URL is a main page comprising links to a plurality of control pages, returning information on the main page to the remote-controlling terminal; and

receiving a link to a control page selected by a user at the remote-controlling terminal, and executing a control instruction at the control page.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein sending information on the corresponding webpage back to the remote-controlling terminal and executing a control instruction entered by a user at the remote-controlling terminal based on information on the corresponding webpage comprises:

if the webpage corresponding to the URL is a main page comprising a control instruction input box, returning information on the main page to the remote-controlling terminal; and

receiving a control instruction entered in the control instruction input box by a user at the remote-controlling terminal, generating a corresponding control page based on the control instruction, and executing the control instruction.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the control instruction is selected from a group comprising PPT Page Up, PPT Page Down, Monitor On, Monitor Off, Player Volume Control, and Player Playing a designated file.

7. A web server, comprising:

an information reception unit for receiving remote control information sent by a remote-controlling terminal;

a control unit for;

executing a control instruction on a corresponding webpage in accordance with the remote control information, or sending information on the corresponding webpage back to the remote-controlling terminal and executing a control instruction selected or entered by a user at the remote-controlling terminal based on information on the corresponding webpage;

generating an execution result webpage using a result of executing the control instruction; and

returning the execution result webpage to the remote-controlling terminal.

8. The web server of claim 7, wherein the remote control information comprises a Universal Resource Locator (URL).

9. The web server of claim 8, wherein the control unit is configured for, if the webpage corresponding to the URL is a control page, executing a control instruction at the control page.

10. The web server of claim 8, wherein the control unit further comprises:

an information return module for, if the webpage corresponding to the URL is a main page comprising links to a plurality of control pages, returning information on the main page to the remote-controlling terminal; and

a control module for receiving a link to a control page selected by a user at the remote-controlling terminal, and executing a control instruction at the control page.

11. The web server of claim 8, wherein the control unit further comprises:

an information return module for, if the webpage corresponding to the URL is a main page comprising a control instruction input box, returning information on the main page to the remote-controlling terminal; and

a control module for receiving a control instruction entered in the control instruction input box by a user at the remote-controlling terminal, generating a corresponding control page based on the control instruction, and executing the control instruction.

12. The web server of claim 7, wherein the control instruction is selected from a group comprising PPT Page Up, PPT Page Down, Monitor On, Monitor Off, Player Volume Control, and Player Playing a designated file.

13. A system for remote control, comprising a remote-controlling terminal and a remote-controlled terminal, wherein the remote-controlling terminal is connected to the remote-controlled terminal through a network, the remote-controlled terminal comprises a web server of claim 7, and remote-controlled terminal is configured to receive remote control information sent by a remote-controlling terminal through the web server and be remotely controlled through the remote control information.

14. A web server, comprising

a receiving unit for receiving a URL corresponding to a control page from a remote-controlling terminal;

a control unit for;

causing the execution of a control instruction on the control page, and

generating an execution result webpage using a result of executing the control instruction; and

a feedback unit for sending the execution result webpage to the remote-controlling terminal.

15. The web server of claim 14, wherein if the receiving unit receives a URL corresponding to a main page from a remote-controlling terminal, the feedback unit is configured to send the content of the main page to the remote-controlling terminal in a webpage format.

16. The web server of claim 15, wherein the main page comprising links to a plurality of control pages.

17. The web server of claim 15, wherein the main page comprising a control instruction input box.

18. The web server of claim 14, wherein the remote-controlling terminal is a smartphone.

19. The web server of claim 14, where the control unit is configured to cause the execution of the control instruction on the control page on a computer.

20. The web server of claim 14, wherein the control instruction is selected from a group comprising PPT Page Up, PPT Page Down, Monitor On, Monitor Off, Player Volume Control, and Player Playing a designated file.