MANAGING REMOTE DEVICES

• US 20140068048A1
• Filed: 08/30/2013
• Published: 03/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Liu, Peini, Liu, Tian Cheng, Sun, Ke Wei, Yang, Lin, Yu, Tao, Zhang, Yue, Zhong, Xiao, Kind, Andreas, Yu, Zhang
• Granted Patent: US 9,781,010 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0879 Manual configuration through operator
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/32 Specific management aspects for broadband networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/344 Out-of-band transfers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 by checking functioning

Abstract

A method and apparatus for managing remote devices. In one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of managing a remote device, comprising: obtaining a first identifier based on a name sequence in state information of the remote device, the first identifier being for indicating a template that provides the state information; obtaining a second identifier based on a numerical value sequence in the state information; sending a state access notification that comprises at least the first identifier and the second identifier; and providing the state information based on the first identifier and the second identifier in response to having received a result of activating the state access notification. In one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for managing a remote device.

Claims

1. A method of managing a remote device, comprising:

obtaining a first identifier based on a name sequence in state information of the remote device, the first identifier being used to indicate a template that provides the state information;

obtaining a second identifier based on a numerical value sequence in the state information;

sending a state access notification that comprises at least the first identifier and the second identifier; and

providing the state information based on the first identifier and the second identifier in response to having received a result of activating the state access notification.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein obtaining a first identifier based on a name sequence in state information of the remote device comprises:

selecting the template corresponding to the name sequence; and

setting the first identifier as an identifier of the template.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein providing the state information based on the first identifier and the second identifier comprises:

generating a display view based on the template corresponding to the first identifier;

parsing the second identifier to obtain the numerical value sequence; and

inserting the numerical value sequence into the display view to provide the state information.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein providing the state information based on the first identifier and the second identifier further comprises:

attaching at least one of the following items to the display view;

basic information, historical state information of the remote device, and a control command.

5. The method according to claim 3, further comprising:

attaching a control command to the display view; and

triggering the remote device to perform an action in response to having received calling the control command.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

acquiring measurement values of the remote device based on the template; and

performing pretreatment to the measurement values at the remote device so as to generate the state information.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the state access notification is a uniform resource identifier.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the state access notification further comprises:

a third identifier for indicating device identification of the remote device.

9. An apparatus for managing a remote device, comprising:

a first obtaining module configured to obtain a first identifier based on a name sequence in state information of the remote device, the first identifier being used to indicate a template that provides the state information;

a second obtaining module configured to obtain a second identifier based on a numerical value sequence in the state information;

a notifying module configured to send a state access notification that comprises at least the first identifier and the second identifier; and

a providing module configured to provide the state information based on the first identifier and the second identifier in response to having received a result of activating the state access notification.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the first obtaining module comprises:

a selecting module configured to select the template corresponding to the name sequence; and

a setting module configured to set the first identifier as an identifier of the template.

11. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the providing module comprises:

a generating module configured to generate a display view based on the template corresponding to the first identifier;

a parsing module configured to parse the second identifier to obtain the numerical value sequence; and

an inserting module configured to insert the numerical value sequence into the display view to provide the state information.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the providing module further comprises:

an attaching module configured to attach at least one of the following items to the display view;

basic information, historical state information of the remote device, and a control command.

13. The apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising:

a control attaching module configured to attach a control command to the display view; and

a triggering module configured to trigger the remote device to perform an action in response to having received calling the control command.

14. The apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising:

an acquiring module configured to acquire measurement values of the remote device based on the template; and

a pretreatment module configured to perform pretreatment to the measurement values at the remote device so as to generate the state information.

15. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the state access notification is a uniform resource identifier.

16. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the state access notification further comprises:

a third identifier for indicating device identification of the remote device.

17. A non-transitory computer readable article of manufacture tangibly embodying computer readable instructions which, when executed, cause a computer to carry out the steps of a method comprising:

obtaining a first identifier based on a name sequence in state information of the remote device, the first identifier being used to indicate a template that provides the state information;

obtaining a second identifier based on a numerical value sequence in the state information;

sending a state access notification that comprises at least the first identifier and the second identifier; and

providing the state information based on the first identifier and the second identifier in response to having received a result of activating the state access notification.