Method and apparatus for configuring wireless remote control terminal by third-party terminal

• US 10,089,861 B2
• Filed: 11/14/2017
• Issued: 10/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ning Lian
• Original Assignee: Ning Lian
• Inventors: Lian, Ning
• Primary Examiner(s): Sarwar, Babar
• Application Number:
  US15/812,757
• Publication Number:
  US 20180075736A1
• Time in Patent Office: 322 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/445 Program loading or initiating bootstrapping G06F9/4401; security arrangements for program loading or initiating G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/21 Programming remote control devices via third means
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/93 Remote control using other portable devices, e.g. mobile phone, PDA, laptop
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/40 Support for services or applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and apparatus for configuring a wireless remote control terminal by a third party terminal. The wireless remote control terminal is used for remotely controlling one or more remotely controlled devices. At the third party terminal side, the method comprises: establishing a wireless communication connection with a wireless remote control terminal; generating configuration information about the wireless remote control terminal in response to an operation of a user; and sending the configuration information to the wireless remote control terminal via the wireless communication connection. By means of the present invention, home intelligentization and automatization can be achieved without additionally using a control center, the cost is low, and the control process is simple, thereby facilitating the overall popularization of intelligent home appliances.

Claims

1. A method for configuring a wireless remote control terminal through a third-party terminal, the wireless remote control terminal being configured to remotely control one or more remotely controlled devices, wherein at a side of the third-party terminal, the method comprises:

establishing a wireless communication with the wireless remote control terminal;

generating, in response to an operation of a user, configuration information for the wireless remote control terminal; and

sending, via the wireless communication, the configuration information to the wireless remote control terminal,

wherein the wireless remote control terminal is a smart wearable device;

the configuration information comprises first configuration information, and the step of generating in response to an operation of a user configuration information for the wireless remote control terminal comprises;

selecting, in response to a device selection operation of the user, one or more remotely controlled devices from a list of remotely controlled devices, and

acquiring a remote control instruction of each of the selected remotely controlled devices;

determining, in response to an operation behavior setting operation of the user, a corresponding relation between an operation behavior and a remote control function;

associating, in response to a behavior-and-device associating operation of the user, the corresponding relation between the operation behavior and the remote control function with the selected remotely controlled device, and

establishing, according to an association result and the remote control instruction of the selected remotely controlled device, a corresponding relation among the operation behavior, the remote control function, the remotely controlled device and the remote control instruction; and

generating first configuration information, based on the corresponding relation among the operation behavior, the remote control function, the remotely controlled device and the remote control instruction,

wherein the step of determining, in response to an operation behavior setting operation of the user, a corresponding relation between an operation behavior and a remote control function comprises;

acquiring, in response to a default operation behavior determining operation of the user, a corresponding relation between a pre-stored operation behavior and a remote control function, wherein the configuration information further comprises second configuration information, and the step of generating in response to an operation of a user configuration information for the wireless remote control terminal comprises;

prompting, after the corresponding relation between the pre-stored operation behavior and the remote control function is acquired, the user to implement the pre-stored operation behavior multiple times;

acquiring, from the wireless remote control terminal via the wireless communication, track data generated through the multiple implementations of the pre-stored operation behavior by the user;

determining, according to the track data generated through the multiple implementations of the pre-stored operation behavior, an action threshold interval for the pre-stored operation behavior; and

generating second configuration information based on the action threshold interval of the pre-stored operation behavior.

2. The method for configuring a wireless remote control terminal through a third-party terminal according to claim 1, wherein the step of determining in response to an operation behavior setting operation of the user a corresponding relation between an operation behavior and a remote control function comprises:

acquiring, in response to a new operation behavior inputting operation of the user and via the wireless communication, an operation behavior that the user performs on the wireless remote control terminal, and generating a corresponding relation between the acquired operation behavior and a remote control function.

3. The method for configuring a wireless remote control terminal through a third-party terminal according to claim 2, wherein the step of acquiring via the wireless communication an operation behavior that the user performs on the wireless remote control terminal, and generating a corresponding relation between the acquired operation behavior and a remote control function comprises:

acquiring, via the wireless communication, a touch operation that the user performs on the smart wearable device, and generating a corresponding relation between the touch operation and a function of turning on or off the remotely controlled device; and

acquiring, via the wireless communication, a body movement of the user who wears the smart wearable device, and generating a corresponding relation between the body movement and a function of adjusting the remotely controlled device.

4. The method for configuring a wireless remote control terminal through a third-party terminal according to claim 1, wherein the configuration information comprises third configuration information, and after the step of establishing a wireless communication with the wireless remote control terminal, the method further comprises:

reading, via the wireless communication, identification information of the wireless remote control terminal and displaying the identification information; and

the step of generating, in response to an operation of a user, configuration information for the wireless remote control terminal comprises;

carrying out, in response to a permission setting operation of the user, permission setting of the wireless remote control terminal, and generating third configuration information based on the permission setting.

5. The method for configuring a wireless remote control terminal through a third-party terminal according to claim 1, wherein after the step of establishing a wireless communication with the wireless remote control terminal, the method further comprises:

reading, via the wireless communication, a version number of control system software of the wireless remote control terminal;

determining, according to the version number, whether the control system software needs to be updated;

downloading new control system software from an internet server, if the control system software needs to be updated; and

sending, via the wireless communication, the downloaded new control system software to the wireless remote control terminal.

6. The method for configuring a wireless remote control terminal through a third-party terminal according to claim 1, wherein the wireless remote control terminal is a smart watch, and the corresponding relation between the operation behavior and the remote control function comprises:

a corresponding relation between an operation behavior of sliding clockwise by X degrees on a dial of the smart watch and a function of turning on a device, wherein X is 90, 108 or 270;

a corresponding relation between an operation behavior of sliding counterclockwise by X degrees on the dial of the smart watch and a function of turning off the device;

a corresponding relation between a spatial action that an arm on which the smart watch is worn moves from left to right, and a function of enabling a television to be switched to a next channel;

a corresponding relation between a spatial action that the arm on which the smart watch is worn moves from right to left, and a function of enabling the television to be switched to a previous channel;

a corresponding relation between a spatial action that the arm on which the smart watch is worn moves to draw a circle, and a function of enabling a television program to be saved;

a corresponding relation between a spatial action that the arm on which the smart watch is worn moves from left to right, and a function of enabling a temperature of an air conditioner to be raised;

a corresponding relation between a spatial action that the arm on which the smart watch is worn moves from right to left, and a function of enabling the temperature of the air conditioner to be decreased; and

a corresponding relation between a spatial action of the arm on which the smart watch is worn moves to draw a circle, and a function of enabling a mode of the air conditioner to be changed.

9. A wireless remote control system, comprising:

a remotely controlled device; and

a wireless remote control terminal configured to remotely control one or more remotely controlled devices, wherein the wireless remote control terminal is configured by the method for configuring a wireless remote control terminal through a third-party terminal according to claim 1; and

wherein the wireless remote control terminal is a smart wearable device.

7. A wireless remote control method, wherein at side of a wireless remote control terminal, the method comprises:

establishing a wireless communication with a third-party terminal;

receiving, via the wireless communication, configuration information sent from the third-party terminal; and

remotely controlling one or more remotely controlled devices, according to an operation behavior of a user and the configuration information, wherein the wireless remote control terminal is a smart wearable device;

the configuration information comprises first configuration information, the first configuration information comprises a corresponding relation among an operation behavior, a remote control function, a remotely controlled device and a remote control instruction, and the step of remotely controlling one or more remotely controlled devices according to an operation behavior of a user and the configuration information comprises;

receiving an operation behavior of a user;

performing, based on received operation behavior of the user, a matching operation on the first configuration information, so as to match out a remotely controlled device and a remote control instruction, with the matched remotely controlled device and the matched remote control instruction corresponding to the received operation behavior of the user; and

sending the matched remote control instruction to the matched remotely controlled device, wherein the configuration information further comprises second configuration information, and the second configuration information is an action threshold interval of the operation behavior, the step of remotely controlling one or more remotely controlled devices according to an operation behavior of a user and the configuration information further comprises;

determining, after the operation behavior of the user is received, whether track data corresponding to the received operation behavior of the user is within the action threshold interval; and

executing the step of performing, based on received operation behavior of the user, a matching operation on the first configuration information, so as to match out a remotely controlled device and a remote control instruction with the matched remotely controlled device and the matched remote control instruction corresponding to the received operation behavior of the user, if the track data corresponding to the received operation behavior of the user is within the action threshold interval.

8. The wireless remote control method according to claim 7, wherein the configuration information further comprises third configuration information, and the third configuration information comprises information about permission setting,

the step of remotely controlling one or more remotely controlled devices according to an operation behavior of a user and the configuration information further comprises:

determining, before the matched remote control instruction is sent to the matched remotely controlled device, whether the remotely controlled device is allowed to be remotely controlled according to the permission setting; and

executing the step of sending the matched remote control instruction to the matched remotely controlled device, if the remotely controlled device is allowed to be remotely controlled according to the permission setting.