Method, device, server, and system for managing devices

• US 9,462,061 B2
• Filed: 11/19/2013
• Issued: 10/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Chen, Bo Song, Zhang, Xin Hui, Mao, Xiao Bo, Wang, Can
• Primary Examiner(s): HIGA, BRENDAN Y
• Application Number:
  US14/084,448
• Publication Number:
  US 20140082151A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,050 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066

Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to a method, device, server, and system for managing a system. The method including: a first cloud-connectable device obtaining a connection status of a target cloud-connectable device using a same account, the first cloud-connectable device sending to the server a managing message regarding the target cloud-connectable device, the server managing the connection status of the target cloud-connectable device based on the managing message transmitted from the first cloud-connectable device. The present disclosure can facilitate effective management of multiple cloud-connectable devices capable of receiving cloud server.

Claims

1. A device-managing method, comprising:

logging, by a first cloud-connecting device, onto a server using an account;

obtaining, by the first cloud-connecting device from the server, a listing of at least one target cloud-device associated with the same account as the first cloud-connecting device;

obtaining, from the server, connection status of the at least one target cloud-connecting device included in the listing, wherein the connection status of a target cloud-connecting device includes;

information about whether the target cloud-connecting device is connected to the sever, an access right of the target cloud-connecting device, and document information obtained by the target cloud-connecting device from the server; and

transmitting, by the first cloud-connecting device to the server, a connection-managing message directed to the at least one target cloud-connecting device, to cause the server to manage the connection status of the at least one target cloud-connecting device based on the connection-managing message;

wherein the connection-managing message includes;

disconnecting the at least one target cloud-connecting device from the server, setting the access right of the at least one target cloud-connecting device, and deleting information on the at least target cloud-connecting device.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising:

transmitting, to the server, a device-grouping message to cause the server to group at least one target cloud-connecting device in the listing,

wherein the at least one target cloud-connecting device comprise all of the cloud-connecting devices in a group, and based on the connection-managing message, the server manages the connection status of all of the cloud-connecting devices in the group.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein setting the access right of the at least one target cloud-connecting device includes setting one or more types of services provided by the server, the one or more types of services including:

allowing the at least target cloud-connecting device to download a document, and prohibiting the at least target cloud-connecting device to upload a document;

allowing the at least target cloud-connecting device to upload a document, and prohibiting the at least target cloud-connecting device to download a document; and

allowing the at least target cloud-connecting device to browse a document, and prohibiting the at least target cloud-connecting device to upload or download a document.

4. A device-managing method, comprising:

authenticating, by a server, a first cloud-connecting device when the first cloud-connecting device logs onto the server using an account;

transmitting, to the first cloud-connecting device, a listing of cloud-connecting devices associated with the same account as the first cloud-connecting device;

transmitting, to the first cloud-connecting device, connection status of the at least one target cloud-connecting device included in the listing, wherein the connection status of a target cloud-connecting device includes;

information about whether the target cloud-connecting device is connected to the sever, an access right associated with the target cloud-connecting device, and document information obtained by the target cloud-connecting device from the server;

receiving, from the first cloud-connecting device, a connection-managing message directed to the at least one target cloud-connecting device, wherein the connection-managing message includes at least one of;

disconnecting the at least one target cloud-connecting device from the server, setting the access right of the at least one target cloud-connecting device, and deleting information on the at least target cloud-connecting device; and

managing the connection status of the at least one target cloud-connecting device based on the connection-managing message.

5. The device-managing method of claim 4, comprising;

obtaining a device-grouping message transmitted from the first cloud-connecting device, and

grouping at least one cloud-connecting device in the listing based on the device-grouping message,

wherein the target cloud-connecting devices comprising all of the cloud-connecting devices in a group.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

based on the connection-managing message, managing, by the server, the connection status of all of the cloud-connecting devices in the group.

7. The device-managing method of claim 4, comprising:

after the at least one target cloud-connecting device log onto the server, obtaining a device ID of the at least one target cloud-connecting device and updating the connection status of the at least one target cloud-connecting device in real time.

8. The device-managing method of claim 4, wherein managing the connection status of the at least one target cloud-connecting device based on the connection-managing message comprises:

according to the connection-managing message about deleting the information on the at least target cloud-connecting device, executing a delete command directed to the at least one target cloud-connecting device to delete at least one document previously obtained from the server in a synchronized fashion.

9. A cloud-connecting device comprising a processor, memory, a plurality of program modules stored in the memory and to be executed by the processor, the plurality of program modules comprising:

a connection-status obtaining module that obtains, from a server that logs in the cloud-connecting device with an account, a listing of at least one target cloud-device associated with the same account as the cloud-connecting device, and connection status of at least one target cloud-connecting device included in the listing, wherein the connection status of a target cloud-connecting device includes;

information about whether the target cloud-connecting device is connected to the sever, an access right of the target cloud-connecting device, and document information obtained by the target cloud-connecting device from the server; and

a connection-managing message transmitting module that transmits, to the server, a connection-managing message directed to the at least one target cloud-connecting device, causing the server to managing the at least one target cloud-connecting device based on the connection-managing message, wherein the connection-managing message includes;

disconnecting the at least one target cloud-connecting device from the server, setting the access right of the at least one target cloud-connecting device, and deleting information on the at least target cloud-connecting device.

10. The cloud-connecting device of claim 9, comprises:

a device-grouping message transmitting module that transmits a device-grouping message to the server, causing the server to group at least one cloud-connecting device in the listing,

wherein the at least one target cloud-connecting device comprise all of the cloud-connecting devices in a group, and based on the connection-managing message, the server manages the connection status of all of the cloud-connecting devices in the group.

11. A server comprising a processor, memory, a plurality of program modules stored in the memory and to be executed by the processor, the plurality of program modules comprising:

a connection-status transmitting module that transmits, to a first cloud-connecting device that logs onto the server using an account, a listing of cloud-connecting devices associated with the same account as the first cloud-connecting device, and connection status of at least one target cloud-connecting device included in the listing, wherein the connection status of a target cloud-connecting device includes;

information about whether the target cloud-connecting device is connected to the sever, an access right of the target cloud- connecting device, and document information obtained by the target cloud-connecting device from the server;

a connection-managing message obtaining module that obtains, from the first cloud-connecting device, connection-managing message directed to the at least one target cloud-connecting device, wherein the connection-managing message includes at least one of;

disconnecting the at least one target cloud-connecting device from the server, setting the access right of the at least one target cloud-connecting device, and deleting information on the at least target cloud-connecting device; and

a connection-status managing module that manages the connection status of the at least one target cloud-connecting device based on the connection-managing message.

12. The server of claim 11 , comprising:

device-grouping message obtaining module that obtains a device-grouping message from the first cloud-connecting module,

a device grouping module that groups at least one cloud-connecting device in the listing based on the device-grouping message,

wherein the at least one target cloud-connecting device comprise all of the cloud-connecting devices in a group.

13. The server of claim 11 comprising:

a connection-status obtaining module that, after the at least one target cloud-connecting device log onto the server, obtains device IDs of the at least one target cloud-connecting device and updates the connection status of the target cloud-connecting devices in real time.

14. The server of claim 11, wherein the connection-status managing module managing the connection status of the at least one target cloud-connecting device based on the connection-managing message comprises:

according to the connection-managing message about deleting the information on the at least target cloud-connecting device, executing a delete command directed to the at least one target cloud-connecting device to delete at least one document previously obtained from the server in a synchronized fashion.