TWI448107B - The system and method of heterogeneous home host - Google Patents

Description

System and method for managing heterogeneous home hosts

The invention relates to a system and a method for a nanotube heterogeneous home host, in particular to an exponential home back-end management platform capable of simultaneously managing home hosts of different specifications and brand models.

For a long time, many types of home consoles have been sold, and their functions are different. The function of Yangchun can only control a few types of home appliances, such as lights, and is limited to indoor control. The more powerful ones can control not only complex devices like cold air, but also remote control via the network. For a powerful home host, it is easier to interface with a back-end management platform for a single brand model. However, when the back-end management platform simultaneously connects multiple home models of the brand model, there will be different problems in the management mechanism and the status return mechanism. Therefore, the market is mostly tightly coupled architecture, tailor-made for a single brand model home host, and the background. In addition, when the connection between the home host and the back-end management platform is abnormal, the home host cannot receive the message command from the back-end management platform. Although the system function resumes after the connection is restored, it cannot be transmitted during the connection abnormality. The important message instructions have been lost.

It can be seen that the above-mentioned conventional methods still have poor system expansion, which is not a convenient and widely applicable design, and needs to be improved.

In view of the shortcomings derived from the above-mentioned conventional methods, the inventor of the present invention has improved and innovated, and after years of painstaking research, he finally succeeded in researching and developing the system and method of a heterogeneous home host.

The object of the present invention is to provide a system and method for a heterogeneous home host, which improves the compatibility and expansion capability of the digital home back-end management platform by using a service-oriented SOA model.

The second object of the present invention is to improve the security and stability of the digital home system, and to register and authenticate the account with the registration and authentication mechanism to confirm whether the host is properly connected.

Another object of the present invention is to synchronize the home appliance status data of the home host with the backend management platform to ensure that the data of the backend management platform matches the actual home appliance status.

A further object of the present invention is to ensure that after the connection between the back-end management platform and the home host connection is abnormally restored, the back-end management platform can transmit an important message command that is not transmitted during the connection abnormality to the home host.

A system and method for achieving a heterogeneous home host of the above-mentioned inventions is developed by a service-oriented SOA model, including a service-oriented software method, a registration and authentication mechanism, a status update mechanism, and a smart message instruction delivery method. section. The service-oriented software method is an important technology to achieve loose coupling between system modules, home hosts and back-end management platforms, and can provide synchronous and asynchronous message transmission. The home console can also be connected to the back-end management platform via the Internet by means of a serial-to-Ethernet add-on adapter.

The registration and authentication mechanism consists of two parts. The first part is the registered program. Before the home host is in charge, the account information of the home host needs to be established on the back-end management platform, for example: MAC (Media Access Control) Address, address and Brand model and so on. When the home host is connected to the back-end management platform for the first time after the establishment, the back-end management platform obtains the network IP of the home host and other related materials. The second part is the authentication mechanism. The home host needs to be authenticated with the back-end management platform at regular intervals to confirm the correctness of the network IP and related data, and to confirm whether the host is operating and connected.

The status update mechanism is a program that ensures that the data of the backend management platform matches the actual state of the appliance. The back-end management platform needs to obtain the home appliance status data through the home host. According to different home hosts, the state return mode can be divided into passive reward and active query. In the case of passive rewards, the backend management platform receives its data. If it is an active query, the back-end management platform needs to actively query the home host at intervals. In addition, when the home host controls the home appliance, after the home appliance is triggered, the home host immediately returns the status data to the backend management platform.

The intelligent message delivery method is to ensure that the back-end management platform can transmit important message commands to the home host. When the connection between the back-end management platform and the home host is abnormal, the back-end management platform will continue to transmit relevant information commands to the home host, and all message commands that fail to transmit will be judged according to relevant factors such as time, type, and home host manufacturer model. The important message instructions should be reissued so that they do not lose timeliness.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a schematic diagram of a system architecture of a system and method for a heterogeneous home host of the present invention. The main components thereof include a home host 1 , which is installed in a user's house, and is equipped with a home appliance device and a back-end management platform. The two hosts are connected, and the home host 11, the home host 12, and the home host 13 respectively represent home hosts of different brands, and can be connected to the back-end management platform 2 by means of TCP/IP or HTTP; the back-end management platform 2 It is managed by the operator, and includes a web processing server 21, a home host processing server 22, and a database server 23. The web processing server 21 and the modules in the home host processing server 22 belong to the service oriented software method. The web processing server 21 includes a web processing module 211 and a website service module 212. The former is responsible for the home host that interfaces with the HTTP interface, and the latter provides a website service. The home host processing server 22 includes a home host processing module 221, The web connection module 222, the database management module 223, and the execution management module 224. The home host processing module 221 is responsible for the home host connecting the TCP/IP interface, the web connection module 222 is responsible for receiving the data from the web processing module 211, and the database management module 223 is responsible for connecting with the database and adding , delete or update data, etc. The execution management module 224 is responsible for managing the operation of the message instruction execution and performing resource allocation; and the database server 23 has a database 231 for storing all user accounts, home hosts, and home appliance group device data. The service-oriented software method mainly uses the Web processing module 211 and the home host processing module 221 to serve as an interface for the home host interface service, and the home host can transmit message commands to the back-end management platform by using Web Services or Socket. Since the two modules have a standard interface protocol, the transmitted message command is a string rather than an object, so that the loose coupling between the back-end management platform and the home host is achieved.

Please refer to FIG. 2 , which is a schematic diagram of a module for loosely coupling the system and method of a nanotube-type heterogeneous home host according to the present invention. In the past, the tightly coupled system modules have high dependency, and the service-oriented software method has low module dependency. After receiving the message command from each module, the execution management module 224 dynamically allocates to the responsible processing according to the type of the service. Module. For example, when the home appliance status service is sent by the home host to transmit the home appliance status data to the home host processing module 221 by TCP/IP, the home host processing module 212 transmits a message command to the execution management module 224 to execute the management module. After receiving the message command, 224 assigns the message command to the database management module 223 to update the data. If the webpage remotely controls the home appliance service, the website service module 211 transmits the message command to the execution management module 224, and the execution management module 224 transmits the message command to the home host processing module 221, which is transmitted by the home host processing module 221. The TCP/IP sends a message command to the home host, and the home host triggers the home appliance. In addition, the back-end management platform can also be connected to the new home host. If the existing module cannot be processed, the module can be flexibly added to the back-end management platform, and the message command is transmitted to the execution management module 224 for work. Dispatch, you can operate immediately without changing other modules or rebooting the system.

Please refer to FIG. 3 , which is a flowchart of a registration and authentication mechanism of a system and method for a heterogeneous home host according to the present invention. As can be seen from the figure, the steps of registration and authentication are as follows: A: The home host account data 301 is established on the back-end management platform, and the account information includes: group information such as MAC (Media Access Control) Address, address and brand model; and step 2: connection between the home host and the back-end management platform 302, It can be connected by Socket or Web Services; Step 3: Account authentication 303. If the back-end management platform has this information, it will obtain IP and other related data 304. If there is no such account, it will end 308; Step 4: Check if it is new The data 305, if yes, updates the data 306 of the backend management platform, and returns the result to the home host 307 after the update, if otherwise, directly returns the result to the home host 307; Step 5: Repeat step 2 at intervals.

Please refer to FIG. 4 , which is a flowchart of a state update mechanism of a system and method for a heterogeneous home host according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, the process of updating the status is as follows: Step 1: The back-end management platform in turn queries the home host status 401 The back-end management platform actively obtains the connection 402 from the home host. If the connection fails, the system returns to 401. If the connection is normal, the home host returns the device status data to the back-end management platform 410, and the back-end management platform The status data is updated to the database 411, and the result is returned to the home host 412; Step 2: If the home host can actively report the data to the back-end management platform, the back-end management platform passively accepts the connection 404, and if the connection fails, the process ends 413. If the connection is successful, the home host returns the device status data to the backend management platform 410, and the backend management platform updates the status data to the database 411, and returns the result to the home host 412; Step 3: If the home host controls After the home appliance device returns the device status to the back-end management platform, the system can be 406, and the back-end management platform actively obtains the connection 407 from the home host. If the connection is not normal, the terminal 413 is completed. If the connection is normal, the home host controls the home appliance 409. After the control, the home host obtains the device status data, and returns the data to the backend management platform 410. The backend management platform displays the status. The data is updated to the repository 411 and the results are returned to the home host 412.

Please refer to FIG. 5 , which is a flow chart of the intelligent message instruction dispatching of the system and method for managing a heterogeneous home host according to the present invention. The steps are as follows: Step 1: The message command sent by the back-end management platform to the home host fails 501; Step 2 : The temporary transmission failure message instruction 502; Step 3: Filtering and marking the message instruction 503, the program judges that the message instruction needs to be sent, and if there is a repeated time-sensitive message command 504, it will judge not to send, And delete the message command 507 directly. When the message command is judged to be sent, the valid time and weight value will be given. The types of message instructions can be divided into: device operation, data query, data update, message announcement, and so on. The device operation is a message instruction category that does not need to be retransmitted, because the device operation is a message command for remotely controlling the home appliance, and an immediate response is required. After the home host and the back-end management platform are restored, the device operation instructions during the connection abnormality are not necessary for retransmission. The data query is a retransmission message instruction category. The instruction category queries the home host and the home appliance state. After the home host and the backend management platform are restored, the message command is resent to update the data of the backend management platform. The data update is a resend message instruction category, and this instruction category updates the home host data. The message notification is a resend message instruction category. The message category is to display the message on the home host to inform the household of relevant information, such as management fee payment. However, this type of instruction will be handled differently depending on the brand model of the home host. The weights of these types of message instructions are small and large: data updates, data queries, and message announcements, but they may vary depending on the particular situation. Since the device operation does not need to be retransmitted, there is no right to re-value.

Step 4: Waiting for the 505 to temporarily store all the message instructions that should be sent, and filter and mark 503 to put the result of the calculation filtering. This area will periodically check which message instructions are out of date, and the message that has lost the timeliness will be deleted 507. In addition, the information update and data query message instructions will adjust the weight value according to the use situation of the home host, for example, if the home host and the back-end management platform network abnormal time is too long, or the customer replaces the home host, etc. The weight of the message command for the update and data query will be increased.

Step 5: Send a message command to the home host 506. After the back-end management platform and the home host resume connection, the weight is sequentially transmitted to the home host according to the weight value of the message command.

The system and method for a nanotube heterogeneous home host provided by the present invention have the following advantages when compared with other conventional technologies:

1. The system and method for a heterogeneous home host of the present invention, wherein the service-oriented software method simultaneously manages the home hosts of different brand styles, so that the compatibility and expansion capability of the back-end management platform is higher. The benefits of use are very obvious.

2. The system and method for managing a heterogeneous home host according to the present invention, wherein the registration and authentication mechanism is used for account registration, authentication and confirmation whether the host is properly connected, thereby enabling the security and stability of the back-end management platform to be higher. .

3. The system and method for managing a heterogeneous home host according to the present invention, wherein the status update mechanism ensures that the data of the back-end management platform is consistent with the actual state of the home appliance, so that the data of the back-end management platform is more immediate and correct.

4. The system and method for a heterogeneous home host of the present invention, wherein the intelligent message instruction delivery method ensures that the home host and the back-end management platform can be connected to the network connection abnormally, and the back-end management platform can connect the network Important messages or instructions not delivered during the anomaly are transmitted to the home host, making the back-end management platform more reliable.

The detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention is intended to be limited to the scope of the invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. The patent scope of this case.

To sum up, this case is not only innovative in terms of technical thinking, but also able to enhance the above-mentioned multiple functions compared with conventional articles. It should be submitted in accordance with the law in accordance with the statutory invention patents that fully meet the novelty and progressiveness, and you are requested to approve this article. Invention patent application, in order to invent invention, to the sense of virtue.

1,11~13. . . Home host

2. . . Backend management platform

twenty one. . . Web processing server

211. . . Web processing module

212. . . Website service module

twenty two. . . Home host processing server

221. . . Home host processing module

222. . . Web connection module

223. . . Database management module

224. . . Executive management module

twenty three. . . Database server

231. . . database

1 is a system architecture diagram of a system and method for a nanotube heterogeneous home host according to the present invention;

Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the module with loose coupling of the system;

Figure 3 is a flow chart of the registration and authentication mechanism;

Figure 4 is a flow chart of the status update mechanism;

Figure 5 is a flow chart of the intelligent message instruction delivery method.

1,11~13. . . Home host

2. . . Backend management platform

twenty one. . . Web processing server

211. . . Web processing module

212. . . Website service module

twenty two. . . Home host processing server

221. . . Home host processing module

222. . . Web connection module

223. . . Database management module

224. . . Executive management module

twenty three. . . Database server

231. . . database

Claims (7)

A system for managing a heterogeneous home host, comprising: a. one or more home hosts; b. a back-end management platform; wherein the back-end management single is using a service-oriented SOA to achieve a loose relationship with the home host Coupling, the back-end management platform can simultaneously manage different brand models and heterogeneous home hosts, and ensure that the home host and the connected home appliance data consistency, the loose coupling refers to the system module The low dependency between the two; wherein, the home host uses the converter to switch to the Ethernet mode without network communication capability, and connects to the back-end management platform through the network; wherein the back-end management platform The registration mechanism is used to establish a legal account to prevent illegal account connection; the authentication mechanism is also used to authenticate the home host at regular intervals and confirm whether it is functioning normally; wherein the back-end management platform is more certain The data is consistent with the home host and the actual state of the home appliance. The back-end management platform includes three methods: active, passive, and device trigger-and-return. Different states of the reward system of the host family brand model; wherein the back-end management platform to host more in the home network connection recovery after abnormal connection of the back-end management platform and the back-end management platform It can transmit important message commands that have not been sent during the connection abnormality to the home host. The system for managing a heterogeneous home host according to claim 1, wherein the home host can control the home appliance in a wired or wireless manner and is connected to the backend management platform, and the home host has internet transmission. Functional and data storage capabilities. The system for managing a heterogeneous home host according to claim 1, wherein the back-end management platform stores the related information of the home host and the home appliance, and can remotely control the home appliance through the home host; The back-end management platform includes a web processing module, a web service module, a home host processing module, a web connection module, a database management module, and an execution management module; the web processing module interfaces with the HTTP communication protocol. a home host; the website service module provides a website service; the home host processing module interfaces with the home host of the TCP/IP communication protocol; the web connection module processes a message command from the web processing module; the database management The module is responsible for delimiting the database; the execution management module dynamically allocates message instructions to the module that is responsible for processing. A method for managing a heterogeneous home host adopts a service-oriented SOA to achieve loose coupling between a back-end management platform and a home host, and the loose coupling refers to a low dependency between modules in the system, so that the back-end management platform The heterogeneous home host of different brand models can be managed at the same time, and the data consistency between the home host and the home appliance is ensured, which mainly includes: a. The service-oriented software method includes loose coupling between system modules and loose coupling between the back-end management platform and the home host; b. a method for adding a network module to a home host without network function. In the case that the home host has no network communication capability, the converter is used to switch to the Ethernet mode, and the back-end management platform is connected through the network; c. The registration and authentication mechanism uses the registration mechanism to establish the legality. Account to prevent illegal account connection; also use the authentication mechanism to perform data authentication of the home host at regular intervals and confirm whether it is functioning properly; d. The status update mechanism ensures the information of the back-end management platform and the The home host and the actual home appliance state are consistent. Because the status return mechanism of the home host is different for different brand models, the back-end management platform includes active, passive, and device trigger-and-return methods; e. intelligent message The instruction delivery method ensures that the backend management platform can connect the abnormality period after the home host and the backend management platform are restored in the network connection abnormality. Not transferred to the important message command to the host family. The method for applying the heterogeneous home host according to the fourth aspect of the patent application, wherein the step of the registration and authentication mechanism comprises: Step 1: establishing the account information of the home host on the backend management platform; Step 2: the family The host connects to the backend management platform through the network Line, the back-end management platform performs account authentication. If it is a legal account, after obtaining the IP and other related information of the home host, update the database data, and return the result to the home host; Step 3: Every other period Time, repeat step two. The method for applying the heterogeneous home host according to claim 4, wherein the step of the status update mechanism comprises: a. proactive: step 1: the backend management platform actively inquires about the status of each of the home hosts; Step 2: After the home host transmits the device status data to the backend management platform, the backend management platform updates the database data, and returns the result to the home host; b. Passive: Step 1: If the home host has The function of actively reporting data, the back-end management platform passively receives the data; Step 2: after the home host transmits the device status data to the back-end management platform, the back-end management platform updates the database data, and returns the result to the The home host; c. device triggers the return: step 1: the user remotely controls the home appliance device on the backend management platform, the backend management platform remotely controls the home appliance device through the home host, and the home appliance device is triggered after the home appliance The host further states the state of the appliance The data is returned to the backend management platform; Step 2: After the home host transfers the device status data to the backend management platform, the backend management platform updates the database data and returns the result to the home host. The method for applying the heterogeneous home host according to claim 4, wherein the smart message instruction delivery method comprises the following steps: Step 1: The backend management platform sends a message command to the home host after failing, temporarily storing This message command; Step 2: Filter and mark the message command to determine whether the message command needs to be resent or time-sensitive. If there is no need to re-send or has no timeliness, the message command is directly deleted. If it is to be re-sent, the tag is valid. Time and weight value, and enter waiting for sending; Step 3: When waiting for sending, it will check whether there is still timeliness. If there is no timeliness, delete this message command; in addition, adjust the weight according to the usage of the home host. Value: Step 4: After the back-end management platform and the home host resume normal connection, the weight value of the message command is sequentially transmitted to the home host.