CN107976911B

CN107976911B - Equipment control method, device and system

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Publication number: CN107976911B
Application number: CN201610937694.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 马舒怡
Original assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Co Ltd
Current assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Co Ltd
Priority date: 2016-10-24
Filing date: 2016-10-24
Publication date: 2020-08-11
Anticipated expiration: 2036-10-24
Also published as: CN107976911A

Abstract

The invention relates to a device control method and device, and belongs to the field of intelligent home furnishing. The method comprises the following steps: the control center equipment provides equipment information of second intelligent household equipment to the first terminal, the second intelligent household equipment and the first intelligent household equipment are equipment bound to the same user account, the first terminal acquires the equipment information of the second intelligent household equipment and sends an application control request for the second intelligent household equipment to the control center equipment, and control over the second intelligent household equipment is achieved; even if the first terminal is not shared with the control authority of the second intelligent household equipment, the first terminal can actively send out a control request for controlling the second intelligent household equipment due to the fact that the first intelligent household equipment and the second intelligent household equipment are bound to the same user account; the device sharing process is achieved, and the device sharing process can be initiated actively by the second terminal of the owner user and also can be initiated actively by the first terminal of the shared user.

Description

Equipment control method, device and system

Technical Field

The embodiment of the invention relates to the field of smart home, in particular to a device control method, device and system.

Background

Smart home systems typically include: the intelligent home appliance system comprises control center equipment and a plurality of intelligent home equipment, wherein the control center equipment can be a server or gateway equipment, and the intelligent home equipment can be a sensor, an intelligent home appliance and the like. The owner user of the intelligent household equipment can also manage and control a plurality of intelligent household equipment owned by the owner user through the first user terminal.

In the prior art, an owner user of the smart home device may share the control authority of the smart home device owned by the owner user with other users (i.e., shared users), so that the shared users control the smart home device of the owner user through their second user terminals. For example, the owner user sends an equipment sharing request to the control center equipment through the first user terminal, after receiving the equipment sharing request, the control center equipment grants the control authority of the smart home equipment to the second user terminal of the shared user, and the subsequent shared user can check the state information of the smart home equipment through the second user terminal and can execute control operation on the smart home equipment.

According to the method, the shared user terminal can only passively receive the device authority shared by the owner user, the owner user may still own other smart home devices not shared to the shared user, and the shared user terminal cannot actively initiate a control request for the smart home devices not shared.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the problem that in the prior art, a terminal of a shared user can only passively receive an equipment authority shared by an owner user and cannot actively initiate a control request for intelligent household equipment which is not shared, the embodiment of the invention provides an equipment control method and device, and the technical scheme is as follows:

in a first aspect, an apparatus control method is provided, where the method is used in a first terminal, and the first terminal has shared a control right of a first smart home apparatus, and the method includes:

acquiring equipment information of second intelligent household equipment from the control center equipment, wherein the second intelligent household equipment is intelligent household equipment bound to the same user account with the first intelligent household equipment;

displaying the equipment information of the second intelligent household equipment;

when receiving a specified operation executed based on the device information of the second smart home device and aiming at the second smart home device, sending an application control request to the control center device, wherein the application control request is used for indicating the control center device to request the second terminal corresponding to the user account to allow the specified operation to be executed, and when receiving a response returned by the second terminal to allow the specified operation to be executed, executing the specified operation.

In a second aspect, an apparatus control method is provided, where the method is used in a control center apparatus, and the method includes:

providing device information of second intelligent household equipment to a first terminal, wherein the first terminal is shared with control authority of the first intelligent household equipment, and the first intelligent household equipment and the second intelligent household equipment are bound to the same user account;

receiving an application control request sent by the first terminal, wherein the application control request is a request sent by the first terminal when the first terminal receives a specified operation aiming at the second intelligent household equipment and executed based on the equipment information of the second intelligent household equipment;

requesting whether to allow the designated operation to be executed or not from a second terminal corresponding to the user account;

and executing the specified operation when receiving a response which allows the specified operation to be executed and is returned by the second terminal.

In a third aspect, an apparatus for controlling devices, the apparatus having been shared with control authority of a first smart home device, includes:

the device information acquisition unit is used for acquiring device information of second intelligent household equipment from the control center equipment, wherein the second intelligent household equipment is intelligent household equipment bound to the same user account with the first intelligent household equipment;

the equipment information display unit is used for displaying the equipment information of the second intelligent household equipment;

an execution request sending unit, configured to send, when receiving a specified operation performed on the second smart home device based on the device information of the second smart home device and directed to the second smart home device, an application control request to the control center device, where the application control request is used to instruct the control center device to request, to the second terminal corresponding to the user account, that the specified operation is allowed to be executed, and when receiving a response that the specified operation is allowed to be executed and returned by the second terminal, execute the specified operation.

In a fourth aspect, there is provided an apparatus for controlling a device, the apparatus comprising:

the device information providing unit is used for providing device information of second intelligent household equipment for a first terminal, the first terminal is shared with control authority of the first intelligent household equipment, and the first intelligent household equipment and the second intelligent household equipment are bound to the same user account;

an execution receiving and sending unit, configured to receive an application control request sent by the first terminal, where the application control request is a request sent by the first terminal when receiving a specified operation for the second smart home device, where the request is executed based on the device information of the second smart home device;

an operation prompt sending unit, configured to request, to a second terminal corresponding to the user account, that the specified operation is allowed to be executed;

and the designated operation execution unit is used for executing the designated operation when receiving a response which is returned by the second terminal and allows the designated operation to be executed.

In a fifth aspect, there is provided a plant control system, the system comprising: the system comprises a first terminal, control center equipment and a second terminal.

A first terminal comprising the device control apparatus provided in the third aspect;

and the control center equipment comprises the equipment control device provided by the fourth aspect.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention has the following beneficial effects:

on the premise that a first terminal is shared with the control authority of first intelligent household equipment, equipment information of second intelligent household equipment is provided for the first terminal through control center equipment, the second intelligent household equipment and the first intelligent household equipment are bound to equipment under the same user account, the first terminal acquires the equipment information of the second intelligent household equipment, and sends an application control request for the second intelligent household equipment to the control center equipment, so that the control of the second intelligent household equipment is realized; even if the first terminal is not shared with the control authority of the second intelligent household equipment, the first terminal can actively send out a control request for controlling the second intelligent household equipment due to the fact that the first intelligent household equipment and the second intelligent household equipment are bound to the same user account; the device sharing process is achieved, and the device sharing process can be initiated actively by the second terminal of the owner user and also can be initiated actively by the first terminal of the shared user.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the invention, as claimed.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the invention and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.

Fig. 1 is a schematic architecture diagram of an intelligent home system according to a part of embodiments of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flow chart illustrating a method of controlling a device according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 3A is a flow chart illustrating a method of controlling a device according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 3B is a flowchart of a method for controlling a device provided based on the embodiment shown in FIG. 3A;

fig. 3C is a flowchart of a device control method provided based on the embodiment shown in fig. 3A;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an information presentation interface provided in accordance with the embodiment of FIG. 3A;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a device control process provided based on the embodiment shown in FIG. 3A;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a device control process provided based on the embodiment shown in FIG. 3A;

fig. 7 is a block diagram showing the structure of a device control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a block diagram showing the structure of an apparatus control device according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic block diagram of an apparatus 800 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all embodiments consistent with the present invention. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the invention, as detailed in the appended claims.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an intelligent home system according to a part of embodiments of the present invention. This smart home equipment can include: the smart home devices include a first smart home device 110, a second smart home device 111, a third smart home device 112, a second terminal 120, a first terminal 121, and a control center device 130.

The first smart home device 110 is connected to the control center device 130 through a wired network or a wireless network. Optionally, the first smart home device 110 is a gateway device, and the gateway device may be bound to a plurality of smart home devices and provide network services connected to the control center device 130 for the plurality of smart home devices. Illustratively, the first smart home device 110 is bound to the third smart home device 112. Optionally, the first smart home device 110 and the third smart home device 112 are connected through a designated short-range wireless communication technology. The specified short-range WIreless communication technology is any one of bluetooth technology, Zigbee (Zigbee protocol) technology, WiFi (WIreless-Fidelity) technology, or z-wave communication technology.

The second smart home device 111 is connected to the control center device 130 through a wired network or a wireless network, and the second smart home device 111 and the first smart home device 110 are bound to the same user account. The second terminal 120 may be a user terminal of an administrator, and the second terminal 120 has control authority of the first smart home device 110 and the second smart home device 111. Optionally, the second terminal 120 logs in a user account of an administrator, and the user account simultaneously binds the first smart home device 110, the second smart home device 111, and the third smart home device 112. The second terminal 120 is connected to the control center device 130 through a wired network or a wireless network.

In a usage scenario of the smart home system, in order to enable the above-mentioned personnel to have a function of using a part of devices in the smart home system, the administrator shares the control authority of the first smart home device to the first terminal 121, and the first terminal 121 is connected to the control center device 130 through a wired network or a wireless network.

The control center device 130 is typically a server or a gateway device or even the second terminal 120 itself. The control center device 130 has the capability of performing rights management, rights control and rights sharing for each smart home device.

In the following, the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present invention are described and explained by taking the system architecture shown in fig. 1 as an example.

Fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an apparatus control method according to an exemplary embodiment, which may be used in the smart home system illustrated in fig. 1. As shown in fig. 2, the device control method may include the steps of:

step 201, the control center device provides device information of the second smart home device to the first terminal.

The first terminal is shared with the control authority of the first intelligent household device, and the first intelligent household device and the second intelligent household device are bound to the same user account. Optionally, the user account is a user account of an administrator, and the user account is logged in the second terminal.

Correspondingly, the first terminal obtains the equipment information of the second intelligent household equipment from the control center equipment.

Step 202, the first terminal displays the device information of the second smart home device.

Step 203, the first terminal sends an application control request to the control center device when receiving a specified operation executed based on the device information of the second smart home device and directed to the second smart home device.

Correspondingly, the control center equipment receives the control application request sent by the first terminal.

In the process of implementing the device control method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the application control request is a request that is sent by the first terminal when receiving a specific operation for the second smart home device, the request being executed based on the device information of the second smart home device.

Step 204, the control center device sends an operation execution request to the second terminal corresponding to the user account.

Wherein the operation execution request is for requesting permission to execute the specified operation.

In step 205, the second terminal sends a response to the control center device that allows the specified operation to be performed.

And step 206, the control center equipment executes the specified operation when receiving a response which is returned by the second terminal and allows the specified operation to be executed.

In summary, according to the device control method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, on the premise that the first terminal has the control authority of the first smart home device shared, the control center device provides the first terminal with the device information of the second smart home device, where the second smart home device and the first smart home device are devices bound to the same user account, the first terminal obtains the device information of the second smart home device, and sends the application control request for the second smart home device to the control center device, thereby implementing the control of the second smart home device; even if the first terminal is not shared with the control authority of the second intelligent household equipment, the first terminal can actively send out a control request for controlling the second intelligent household equipment due to the fact that the first intelligent household equipment and the second intelligent household equipment are bound to the same user account; the device sharing process is achieved, and the device sharing process can be initiated actively by the second terminal of the owner user and also can be initiated actively by the first terminal of the shared user.

FIG. 3A is a flow chart illustrating a method of device control that may be used in the system shown in FIG. 1 according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in fig. 3A, the device control method may include the steps of:

step 301, the second terminal shares the control authority of the first smart home device to the first terminal.

In an intelligent home system, a second terminal is a user terminal of an administrator, the second terminal has control authority of each intelligent home device in the intelligent home system, and each intelligent home device comprises a first intelligent home device.

The second terminal can share the control authority of the first intelligent household equipment to the first terminal. When a first terminal acquires the control authority of first intelligent household equipment, if the first intelligent household equipment is single intelligent household equipment, the first terminal acquires the control authority of the intelligent household equipment; if the first smart home device is a gateway device and a plurality of third smart home devices are bound, the first terminal will not only acquire the control authority of the first smart home device, but also acquire the control authority of each third smart home device bound to the gateway device.

For example, referring to fig. 1, in the smart home system, the second terminal 120 has the control authority of the gateway device 110, and after the second terminal 120 shares the control authority of the gateway device 110 with the first terminal 121 of the friend, because the gateway device 110 is connected and bound with the third smart home device 112, the first terminal 121 of the friend also obtains the control authority of the third smart home device 112.

Step 302, the first terminal displays an information display interface of the first smart home device.

The information display interface of the first intelligent household device comprises an equipment query inlet, the equipment query inlet is used for providing an inlet for a user to query other intelligent household devices, and the other intelligent household devices comprise second intelligent household devices. The second smart home device and the first smart home device are bound to the same account.

With reference to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of an information display interface provided based on the embodiment shown in fig. 3A, where the information display interface is controlled by the first terminal to be displayed, and may be displayed on a screen provided at the first terminal, or may be displayed on a projection screen or other display devices controlled by the first terminal.

In fig. 4, the information presentation interface 400 shows the device information of the first smart home device, wherein the information presentation interface 400 may be a visual operation interface as shown in fig. 4, or may be a dialog box (not shown). In the information presentation interface 400, various pieces of information of the first smart home device, such as a device identifier 401, a device model 402, an operation state 403, an operation parameter 404, and a network address 405 of the first smart home device, are displayed. In addition, an equipment query entry 406 is also displayed in the information display interface 400, and the equipment query entry 406 is used for querying information of other smart home devices bound to the same user account as the first smart home device.

Step 303, when receiving a trigger operation for the device query entry, the first terminal sends a device query request to the control center device.

When a user clicks the equipment query entrance, the first terminal receives the trigger operation of the equipment query entrance and sends an equipment query request to the control center equipment, wherein the equipment query request comprises the equipment identifier of the first intelligent household equipment.

The device identifier of the first smart home device may be an identifier that can uniquely mark one device in a device range where the control center device provides services, such as a Media Access Control (MAC) address, an Internet Protocol Version (IPv 6) address, or a local area network address of the device.

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Referring to the first table, the first table shows three possible device identifiers used by the device identifier of the first smart home device and corresponding specific implementation character string forms, wherein FFED:: BA98:3210:4562 in the IPv6 address is in a compressed form, and the complete form of the code is FFED:0:0:0:0: BA98:3210: 4562. It should be noted that the device identifiers in table one are only schematic illustrations in this document, and do not refer to a specific device in the real world.

Correspondingly, the control center equipment receives the equipment inquiry request sent by the first terminal.

And step 304, the control center device determines the user account according to the device identifier of the first smart home device.

The user account is an account bound or logged in by the second terminal, and the second terminal binds a plurality of intelligent home devices including the first intelligent home device in the user account of the second terminal to control the plurality of intelligent home devices.

And the control center equipment searches the corresponding user account bound with the first intelligent household equipment in a corresponding relation table stored in the control center equipment according to the equipment identifier of the first intelligent household equipment. The user account can be an administrator account of a user in a system composed of intelligent home devices, and can also be a social account, an enterprise member account or a bank card account and the like. The second table is a corresponding relation table among the terminal, the user account and the intelligent household equipment. The first terminal in the second table is a user terminal of a shared user in the smart home system in the embodiment of the present invention, and the second terminal is a user terminal of a host in the embodiment of the present invention.

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Step 305, the control center device queries the device information of the second smart home device bound to the user account.

Please refer to table two, since the control center device stores the corresponding relationship in table two above, after the control center device obtains the first smart home device identifier, the corresponding user account and other smart home devices corresponding to (bound to) the user account can be obtained. The number of the second smart home devices may be one or several.

For example, when the control center device queries that the second smart home device bound to the user account 001A includes the second smart home device 1 and the second smart home device 2, the control center device will simultaneously acquire device information of the second smart home device 1 and the second smart home device 2.

The device information of the second smart home device includes at least one of a device name, a device type, a device model, an operation parameter, and a network address of the device. Illustratively, the device category may include sensing devices and responding devices, the sensing devices being various types of sensors, the responding devices being intelligent appliances with execution capability; the equipment terminal can also comprise garage equipment, living room equipment, bedroom equipment and the like. The operation parameter may include at least one of a supported network type, an electrical parameter, and an operation mode, and the network address includes at least one of a local area network address and an IP address.

Step 306, the control center device sends a device information sending request to the second terminal.

The device information sending request is used for inquiring the user of the second terminal, and requesting whether to allow the control center device to send the device information of the second intelligent household device to the second terminal.

In step 307, the second terminal receives the device information transmission request.

After receiving the device information transmission request sent by the control center device, the user (i.e., administrator) of the second terminal selects to allow the request or reject the request.

If the user of the second terminal agrees that the control center device sends the device information of the second intelligent household device to the first terminal, the user of the second terminal can select to allow the request; if the user of the second terminal does not agree with the control center device to send the device information of the enemy smart home device to the first terminal, the user of the second terminal can choose to reject the request.

And 308, the second terminal returns a response whether to allow the equipment information of the second intelligent household equipment to be sent to the first terminal.

And after the user of the second terminal sends out permission operation or rejection operation, the second terminal returns a response of permitting or rejecting sending the equipment information of the second intelligent household equipment to the first terminal to the control center equipment.

Step 309, when receiving a response, which is returned by the second terminal and allows the device information of the second smart home device to be sent to the first terminal, the control center device sends the queried device information of the second smart home device to the first terminal.

Correspondingly, the first terminal receives the equipment information of the second intelligent household equipment, which is inquired and returned by the control center equipment according to the equipment identification of the first intelligent household equipment.

And 310, the first terminal displays the equipment information of the second intelligent household equipment.

The first terminal may display the device information of the second smart home device in an interface or a display area corresponding to the device query entry, so that a user using the first terminal may view the information of the second smart home device.

For example, the interface for displaying the device information of the second smart home device may refer to the information display interface shown in fig. 4, and the device information of the second smart home device may be similar to the first smart home device in fig. 4, and includes at least one of device identifier, device model, operation state, operation parameter, and network address.

In step 311, the first terminal sends an application control request to the control center device when receiving a specified operation performed based on the device information of the second smart home device and directed to the second smart home device.

In an information display interface of the second smart home device provided by the first terminal, the user may determine, according to the device information of the second smart home device, an operation that the user wants to instruct the second smart home device to execute.

It should be noted here that the first terminal may provide an application control button for applying for specified control of the second terminal, and when the application control button is triggered, the first terminal sends an application control request to the control center device.

Wherein, the request for control includes: requesting to acquire a control authority of the second intelligent home device, requesting to control the second intelligent home device to execute corresponding device operation, requesting to establish a linkage relation between the second intelligent home device and the first intelligent home device or establishing a linkage relation between the second intelligent home device and a third intelligent home device, wherein the third intelligent home device is an intelligent home device bound under the first intelligent home device serving as a gateway device.

The linkage relationship refers to a relationship in which one of the two devices performs a specified operation when the other device satisfies a specified condition.

In step 312, the control center device sends an operation execution request to the second terminal corresponding to the user account.

Wherein the operation execution request is for requesting, from a user of the second terminal, whether to allow the control center apparatus to execute the specified operation.

In step 313, the second terminal returns a response to the control center device indicating whether the control center device is allowed to perform the specified operation.

And step 314, when a response that the second terminal allows the designated operation to be executed is received, the control center device grants the control authority of the second smart home device to the first terminal.

And 315, the first terminal generates a control instruction for instructing the control center device to control the second smart home device to execute the device operation corresponding to the specified operation.

In step 316, the first terminal sends the control command to the control center device.

And 317, the control center device controls the second smart home device to execute device operation corresponding to the specified operation according to the control instruction.

And step 318, the first terminal receives the operation response information sent by the control center equipment.

Wherein the operation response information is used for indicating the result of the specified operation executed by the control center equipment. For example, the second smart home device has executed a device operation corresponding to the specified operation according to the control instruction, or the second smart home device does not respond to the control instruction.

In another implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3B, fig. 3B is a flowchart of a device control method provided based on the embodiment shown in fig. 3A, and fig. 3B is combined with fig. 3A to become another implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention. When the designated operation is to establish a linkage relationship between the second smart home device and the first smart home device, steps 314 to 318 in fig. 3A may be replaced with steps 319 and 320 in fig. 3B.

Step 319, when a response allowing the designated operation to be executed returned by the second terminal is received, the control center device establishes a linkage relationship between the second smart home device and the first smart home device.

The control center device establishes association between the second smart home device identifier and the first smart home device identifier, sets a trigger condition of the association relationship when a specified condition is met, and sets another smart home device to execute a specified operation when the specified condition is met.

When the control center device receives the trigger condition trigger of the specified smart home device in the two smart home devices, the control center device sends an instruction for executing the specified operation to the other device so as to control the other device to execute the specified operation.

And step 320, the control center equipment sends operation response information to the first terminal.

Correspondingly, the first terminal receives the operation response information sent by the control center equipment.

The response information received by the first terminal is used for indicating that the control center device has successfully established the linkage relationship between the second smart home device and the first smart home device, or that the control center device has not successfully established the linkage relationship between the second smart home device and the first smart home device.

In yet another implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3C, fig. 3C is a flowchart of a method for controlling a device based on the embodiment shown in fig. 3A, and fig. 3C is combined with fig. 3A to become another implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention. When the specified operation is to establish the linkage relationship between the second smart home devices and the third smart home devices, steps 314 to 318 are replaced with steps 321 and 322. The third smart home device is a device that is connected to the first smart home device serving as the gateway device, and the linkage relationship is a relationship in which one device of the two devices executes a designated operation when the other device satisfies a designated condition.

In step 321, when a response allowing the designated operation to be executed is received from the second terminal, the control center device establishes a linkage relationship between the second smart home device and the third smart home device.

Since the third smart home device is a smart home device connected to and bound to the first smart home device serving as the gateway device, the control center device may set the device identifier of the first smart home device together when setting the related information of the third smart home device when establishing the smart scene between the second smart home device and the third smart home device. For example, when the third smart home device is used as a response device of the linkage relationship, the central control device may set the device identifier of the first smart home device and an operation to be performed by the third smart home device together, so that the central control device sends an instruction for instructing the third smart home device to execute a specified operation to the first smart home device according to the identifier of the first smart home device. And then the first intelligent household equipment sends the instruction for indicating the third intelligent household equipment to execute the specified operation to the third intelligent household equipment according to the equipment identifier of the third intelligent household equipment carried in the instruction. And after the central control equipment sets the triggering condition and the response condition for completing the linkage relationship, the linkage relationship is established.

Step 322, the control center device sends the operation response information to the first terminal.

The response information received by the first terminal is used for indicating that the control center device has successfully established the linkage relationship between the third smart home device and the second smart home device, or that the control center device has not successfully established the linkage relationship between the third smart home device and the second smart home device.

In another implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, when the specific operation is to control the second smart home device to execute a device operation corresponding to the specific operation, the control center device controls the second smart home device to execute the device operation corresponding to the specific operation when receiving a response that allows the specific operation to be executed and is returned by the second terminal.

For example, a manner in which the embodiment of the present invention can be implemented is described with an example in which the second terminal is a mobile phone of a user a, the first terminal is a mobile phone of a user B, the first smart home device is a wireless access point bound to a user account of the user a (the wireless access point is located in a living room in the home of the user a, and the wireless access point is bound to an air conditioner and a water heater), and the second smart home device is a garage camera bound to the user account of the user a.

The user A shares the control authority of the wireless access point in the living room to the user B through the mobile phone of the user A, the mobile phone of the user B receives and has the control authority of the wireless access point, and the mobile phone of the user B can display a sharing interface. As shown in fig. 5, fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus control process provided based on the embodiment shown in fig. 3A, in an information display interface 5A, a setting button 511 of a wireless access point 51, an air conditioner 512 and a water heater 513 bound in the wireless access point, and a query entrance 52 of other smart home apparatuses bound to the same user account with the wireless access point 51 are displayed, when a user B clicks the query entrance 52 of other smart home apparatuses, a mobile phone of the user B acquires information of other smart home apparatuses bound in the user account from a control center apparatus according to the user account of the user a, and displays the information of the other smart home apparatuses, as shown in the interface 5B, the other smart home apparatuses bound to the user account of the user a include: the garage camera 521, the courtyard infrared sensor 522 and the lawn water spraying switch 523 correspond to the authority acquisition button 521a, the authority acquisition button 522a and the authority acquisition button 523a respectively.

At this time, the user B may apply for acquiring the control authority of the garage camera 521, the courtyard infrared sensor 522 and the lawn water spray switch 523, and after acquiring the authority of the corresponding device, the user B may control the corresponding device to work at any time. Alternatively, the user B may also apply for a one-time control request, for example, apply for turning on the lawn sprinkler switch for 15 minutes. Alternatively, the user B may establish a linkage relationship (an intelligent scene) including at least one of the garage camera 521, the courtyard infrared sensor 522, and the lawn water spray switch 523.

In an implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, when the user B wants to perform one-time control on the lawn control switch 523, the user B may click the button 523 of the lawn control switch in the interface 5B, at this time, the first terminal displays the dialog box 5D, the user may hook the open option 541 or the close option 543, and after the user hooks the open option 541, the user must fill the duration information 542 with the corresponding duration for maintaining the operating state. For example, user B wants to water the lawn for 15 minutes, then the on option 541 is checked and the duration of work to be held is filled in the duration information 542 for 15 minutes. Then, after the user B clicks the application button 544, the first terminal sends the application to the control center device, the control center device forwards the application to the second terminal, and after the user a agrees with the application by using the second terminal, the control center device receives a response returned by the second terminal, and sends an on instruction to the lawn water spray switch, and starts the timer at the same time, and sends an off instruction to the lawn water spray switch after 15 minutes. Optionally, the control center device sends a command to the lawn water spraying switch to instruct the switch to remain on for 15 minutes, the lawn water spraying switch starts a timer in the lawn water spraying switch after being turned on, and the lawn water spraying switch is turned off after 15 minutes. In addition, the user may also click a cancel button 545 to cancel the setting of the lawn spray switch.

In another implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, if the user wants to acquire the control authority of the garage camera 521, the user B may click the application authority button 521a in the interface 5B, when the application authority button 521a is clicked, the first terminal displays a dialog box 5E, prompts the user B whether to determine to apply for the use authority of the garage camera, when the user B selects the decision button 551, the first terminal sends an application to the control center apparatus, the control center apparatus forwards the application to the second terminal, the second terminal after the user a agrees to the application, a response of agreeing to the application is returned to the control center device, the control center device opens the authority of the first terminal to use the garage camera 521 according to the response, and returning a prompt to the first terminal for prompting that the first terminal has acquired the control authority for the garage camera.

In another implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, if a user wants to establish a linkage relationship between the garage camera 521 and the access device air conditioner 512 and the access device water heater 513 bound to the wireless access point, the user B may click the button 53 in the interface 5B, then the first terminal displays the interface 5C, the user B may select the garage camera in the drop-down box of the trigger device 531, and all candidate devices in the drop-down box are other smart home devices bound to the same account as the first smart home device. Then, the user B may set the gateway device as the wireless access point 51 in the response condition setting, and then when the user B clicks the pull-down menus in the response device 533 and the response device 534, the second terminal may display the air conditioner and the water heater which are bound by the wireless access point 51 in the pull-down menus, and then the user B may set the response operations of the air conditioner and the water heater in the pull-down menus 533B and 534B, respectively, and after the setting is completed, the user B may click the application establishment button 536, and if the user B abandons establishing the linkage relationship, the user B may click the cancel button 537.

After the user B clicks the application establishment button 536, the first terminal sends an establishment request of the linkage relationship to the control center device, the control center device forwards the establishment request to the first terminal, after the first terminal permits the establishment request, the control center device establishes and maintains the linkage relationship, and when the triggering device blind-foot triggering condition, the corresponding response device is instructed to execute a response operation.

In another implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, please refer to fig. 6, where fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus control process provided based on the embodiment shown in fig. 3A, in fig. 6, if the first smart home device is a non-network access device, such as a smart television, after the user B obtains the control authority of the smart television, the first terminal displays an interface 5F, where the first smart home device is a smart television 56, the user B may control the smart television to be turned on and off through a switch 561, control the volume of the smart television through a volume slider 562, and select a television program through a program selection button 563A and a program selection button 563B. In addition, the user B will query the smart home devices bound to the same user account as the smart tv 56 through the device query portal 57. When the user B clicks the device query entry 57, the first terminal displays the display interface 5G in which the bluetooth speaker 571 and the desk lamp 572 bound to the same account as the smart television 56 are displayed, and the user B may click the button 58 to establish the linkage relationship between the smart television 56 and the device bound to the same account. When the user B clicks the button 58, the first terminal displays the interface 5H. In the interface 5H, the user B sets the trigger device 591 as the smart television and the trigger condition 592 as the smart television to be turned on in the setting of the trigger condition, selects a desk lamp in the pull-down menu 593a in the setting of the response device 593, selects to light in the response operation 593B, and then clicks the application establishment button 594, or clicks the cancel button 595 to cancel the establishment of the linkage relation if the user B does not want to establish the linkage relation. Because the intelligent television serving as the first intelligent home device is directly connected with the control center device through the network without the gateway device, the user B does not need to select and set the gateway device when establishing the linkage relationship.

After the user B completes the settings of the items in the interface 5H and clicks the application establishment button 534, the control center device receives the linkage relationship establishment request sent by the first terminal and forwards the request to the second terminal, after the second terminal agrees with the request, the control center device establishes and maintains the linkage relationship, and when the smart television is monitored to be turned on, the control center device sends a lighting instruction to the desk lamp.

To sum up, in an apparatus control method provided in an embodiment of the present invention, a first terminal shares a control authority of a first smart home apparatus to a second terminal, the first terminal displays an information display interface of the first smart home apparatus, the first terminal sends an apparatus query request to a control center apparatus when receiving a trigger operation on an apparatus query entry, the control center apparatus determines a user account according to an apparatus identifier of the first smart home apparatus, the control center apparatus queries apparatus information of a second smart home apparatus bound to the user account, the control center apparatus sends the apparatus information sending request to the second terminal, the second terminal receives the apparatus information sending request, the second terminal returns a response indicating whether to allow sending of apparatus information of the second smart home apparatus to the first terminal, and the control center apparatus receives an apparatus information sending request returned by the second terminal to allow sending of apparatus information of the second smart home apparatus to the first terminal When the information is responded, the inquired equipment information of the second intelligent household equipment is sent to the first terminal, the first terminal displays the equipment information of the second intelligent household equipment, the first terminal sends a control application request to the control center equipment when receiving the specified operation of the second intelligent household equipment executed based on the equipment information of the second intelligent household equipment, the control center equipment sends an operation execution request to the second terminal corresponding to the user account, the second terminal returns a response for indicating whether to allow the control center equipment to execute the specified operation to the control center equipment, the first terminal receives operation response information sent by the control center equipment, and the first terminal can apply to the control center equipment to acquire the equipment information of the second intelligent household equipment when the control right of the second intelligent household equipment is not available, and sending a request which is generated according to the equipment information of the second intelligent household equipment and designates the second intelligent household equipment to execute designated operation to the control center equipment, realizing the control of the second intelligent household equipment after the request is permitted, achieving an equipment sharing process, and not only being actively initiated by the second terminal of the owner user, but also being actively initiated by the first terminal of the shared user.

In addition, because the information display interface for displaying the first intelligent household equipment is provided in the first terminal, and the equipment query inlet is provided in the interface, the first terminal can acquire the equipment information of the second intelligent household equipment through the equipment query inlet on the basis of knowing the information of the first intelligent household equipment, and master the related information of the intelligent household equipment to be controlled before the second intelligent household equipment is controlled, and provide an inlet for controlling the second intelligent household equipment.

In addition, the designated operation includes controlling the second smart home device to execute the device operation corresponding to the designated operation, so that the first terminal can also realize the effect of executing the device operation corresponding to the designated operation on the second smart home device when not acquiring the control right of the second smart home device, and the effect of flexibly controlling the use right of the second smart home device according to the number granularity or the specific authority granularity is achieved.

In addition, the specified operation further comprises the establishment of a linkage relation between the second intelligent household equipment and the first intelligent household equipment, so that the first terminal can execute corresponding linkage control on the intelligent household equipment under the specified condition under the condition that the first terminal can actively send a control request to other intelligent household equipment bound to the user account corresponding to the intelligent household equipment with the control authority, and the control scene of the intelligent household equipment is enriched.

The following are embodiments of the apparatus of the present invention that may be used to perform embodiments of the method of the present invention. For details which are not disclosed in the embodiments of the apparatus of the present invention, reference is made to the embodiments of the method of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 7, a block diagram of a device control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown. The device control apparatus may be implemented as all or part of the first terminal 121 in the architecture of the smart home system shown in fig. 1 in a hardware circuit or a software and hardware combination manner. The device control apparatus may include: a device information acquisition unit 601, a device information presentation unit 602, and an execution request transmission unit 603.

The device information obtaining unit 601 is configured to obtain, from the control center device, device information of a second smart home device, where the second smart home device is a smart home device bound to the same user account as the first smart home device.

The device information displaying unit 602 is configured to display the device information of the second smart home device.

An execution request sending unit 603, configured to send, when receiving a specified operation performed on the second smart home device based on the device information of the second smart home device and directed to the second smart home device, an application control request to the control center device, where the application control request is used to instruct the control center device to request, to the second terminal corresponding to the user account, that the specified operation is allowed to be executed, and when receiving a response that is returned by the second terminal and that allows the specified operation to be executed, execute the specified operation.

Optionally, the device information obtaining unit 601 includes:

the interface display subunit 601a is configured to display an information display interface of the first smart home device, where the information display interface of the first smart home device includes a device query entry.

The request sending subunit 601b is configured to send, when receiving a trigger operation on the device query entry, a device query request to the control center device, where the device query request includes the device identifier of the first smart home device.

The information receiving subunit 601c is configured to receive the device information of the second smart home device, which is queried and returned by the control center device according to the device identifier of the first smart home device.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises:

an operation response receiving unit 604, configured to receive operation response information sent by the control center apparatus, where the operation response information is used to indicate a result of the control center apparatus performing the specified operation.

The operation response presenting unit 605 is configured to present the operation response information corresponding to the device information of the second smart home device.

Optionally, the specifying operation includes: and granting the control authority of the second intelligent household equipment to the first terminal, or controlling the second intelligent household equipment to execute equipment operation corresponding to the specified operation.

Optionally, the specifying operation includes: and establishing a linkage relationship between the second intelligent home equipment and the first intelligent home equipment, or establishing a linkage relationship between the second intelligent home equipment and third intelligent home equipment when the first intelligent home equipment is gateway equipment and the third intelligent home equipment accessed to the network equipment exists, wherein the linkage relationship refers to a relationship of executing specified operation when one equipment meets specified conditions in the two equipments.

To sum up, in the device control apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present invention, the device information of the second smart home device is acquired from the control center device, the second smart home device is a smart home device bound to the same user account as the first smart home device, the device information of the second smart home device is displayed, and when receiving a specific operation performed based on the device information of the second smart home device and directed to the second smart home device, the device control apparatus sends the application control request to the control center device, so that even if the first terminal is not shared with the control authority of the second smart home device, the first terminal can actively send an effect of a control request for controlling the second smart home device because the first smart home device and the second smart home device are bound to the same user account; the device sharing process is achieved, and the device sharing process can be initiated actively by the second terminal of the owner user and also can be initiated actively by the first terminal of the shared user.

Referring to fig. 8, a block diagram of a device control apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention is shown. The device control apparatus may be implemented as all or part of the control center device 130 in the system architecture shown in fig. 1 by a hardware circuit or a combination of hardware and software. The device control apparatus may include: a device information providing unit 701, an execution reception transmitting unit 702, an operation prompt transmitting unit 703, and a specified operation executing unit 704.

The device information providing unit 701 is configured to provide device information of a second smart home device to a first terminal, where the first terminal has shared a control permission of a first smart home device, and the first smart home device and the second smart home device are bound to a same user account.

An execution receiving and sending unit 702, configured to receive an application control request sent by the first terminal, where the application control request is a request sent by the first terminal when receiving a specified operation for the second smart home device, where the request is executed based on the device information of the second smart home device.

An operation prompt sending unit 703 is configured to request, from the second terminal corresponding to the user account, that the specified operation is allowed to be executed.

A designated operation executing unit 704, configured to execute the designated operation when receiving a response that allows the designated operation to be executed and is returned by the second terminal.

Optionally, the device information providing unit 701 includes:

the request receiving subunit 701a is configured to receive an equipment query request sent by the first terminal, where the equipment query request includes an equipment identifier of the first smart home equipment.

The account determining subunit 701b is configured to determine the user account according to the device identifier of the first smart home device.

The information querying subunit 701c is configured to query the device information of the second smart home device bound to the user account.

The information sending subunit 701d is configured to send the queried device information of the second smart home device to the first terminal.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises:

a prompt sending unit 705, configured to send a device information sending request to the second terminal before providing the device information of the second smart home device to the first terminal, where the device information sending request is used to request permission to send the device information of the second smart home device to the second terminal;

the device information providing unit 701 is specifically configured to provide the device information of the second smart home device to the first terminal when receiving a response that is returned by the second terminal and allows the device information of the second smart home device to be sent to the first terminal.

Optionally, in a possible implementation manner of the device control apparatus, the specifying operation includes:

and granting the control authority of the second intelligent household equipment to the first terminal, or controlling the second intelligent household equipment to execute equipment operation corresponding to the specified operation.

Optionally, in another possible implementation manner of the device control apparatus, the specifying operation includes:

and establishing a linkage relation between the second intelligent household equipment and the first intelligent household equipment, or establishing a linkage relation between the second intelligent household equipment and third intelligent household equipment when the first intelligent household equipment is gateway equipment and third intelligent household equipment accessed to the network equipment exists. The linkage relationship refers to a relationship in which one of the two devices performs a predetermined operation when the other device satisfies a predetermined condition.

To sum up, in the device control apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present invention, by providing the device information of the second smart home device to the first terminal, receiving the application control request sent by the first terminal, sending the operation prompt to the second terminal corresponding to the user account, and executing the specified operation when receiving the response of allowing to execute the specified operation returned by the second terminal, the first terminal can obtain the device information of the second smart home device and send the application control request for the second smart home device based on the device information when the first terminal does not have the control authority of the second smart home device, and when the second terminal permits the execution request, the control center device executes the application control request, so that even though the first terminal has not shared the control authority of the second smart home device, because the first smart home device and the second smart home device are bound to the same user account, the first terminal can also actively send out a control request effect for controlling the second intelligent household equipment; the device sharing process is achieved, and the device sharing process can be initiated actively by the second terminal of the owner user and also can be initiated actively by the first terminal of the shared user.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides an apparatus control system, where the system may include: the equipment control system can comprise a first terminal, a second terminal, control center equipment, first intelligent household equipment and second intelligent household equipment.

The first terminal is configured to perform all or part of the steps shown in fig. 2, or perform all or part of the steps performed by the first terminal in fig. 3A, 3B, or 3C.

The second terminal is configured to perform all or part of the steps shown in fig. 2, or perform all or part of the steps performed by the second terminal in fig. 3A, 3B, or 3C.

The control center device is configured to perform all or part of the steps shown in fig. 2, or perform all or part of the steps performed by the second terminal in fig. 3A, 3B, or 3C.

It should be noted that: the device control apparatus provided in the foregoing embodiment is only illustrated by dividing the functional modules, and in practical applications, the functions may be distributed by different functional modules according to needs, that is, the internal structure of the control center device is divided into different functional modules to complete all or part of the functions described above. In addition, the information recommendation device and the information recommendation method provided by the above embodiments belong to the same concept, and specific implementation processes thereof are detailed in the method embodiments and are not described herein again.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that all or part of the steps in the methods of the above embodiments may be implemented by associated hardware instructed by a program, which may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, and the storage medium may include: read Only Memory (ROM), Random Access Memory (RAM), magnetic or optical disks, and the like.

Referring to fig. 9, a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus 800 according to an embodiment of the invention is shown. The device 800 may be the first terminal 121 or the second terminal 120 in the system architecture shown in fig. 1. Specifically, the method comprises the following steps:

device 800 may include RF (Radio Frequency) circuitry 810, memory 820 including one or more computer-readable storage media, input unit 830, display unit 840, sensor 850, audio circuitry 860, WiFi (wireless fidelity) module 870, processor 880 including one or more processing cores, and power supply 890. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the configuration of the device shown in fig. 8 does not constitute a limitation of the device and may include more or fewer components than those shown, or some components may be combined, or a different arrangement of components. Wherein:

the RF circuit 810 may be used for receiving and transmitting signals during information transmission and reception or during a call, and in particular, for receiving downlink information from a base station and then processing the received downlink information by the one or more processors 880; in addition, data relating to uplink is transmitted to the base station. In general, RF circuit 810 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one Amplifier, a tuner, one or more oscillators, a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card, a transceiver, a coupler, an LNA (Low Noise Amplifier), a duplexer, and the like. In addition, the RF circuit 810 may also communicate with networks and other devices via wireless communication. The wireless communication may use any communication standard or protocol, including but not limited to GSM (Global System for Mobile communications), GPRS (General Packet Radio Service), CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access), LTE (Long Term Evolution), email, SMS (short messaging Service), etc. Memory 820 may be used to store software programs and modules. The processor 880 executes various functional applications and data processing by executing software programs and modules stored in the memory 820. The memory 820 may mainly include a storage program area and a storage data area, wherein the storage program area may store an operating system, an application program required by at least one function (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.), and the like; the stored data area may store data (such as audio data, a phonebook, etc.) created according to the use of the device 800, and the like. Further, the memory 820 may include high speed random access memory, and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other volatile solid state storage device. Accordingly, the memory 820 may also include a memory controller to provide the processor 880 and the input unit 830 access to the memory 820.

The input unit 830 may be used to receive input numeric or character information and generate keyboard, mouse, joystick, optical or trackball signal inputs related to user settings and function control. In particular, the input unit 830 may include a touch-sensitive surface 831 as well as other input devices 832. The touch-sensitive surface 831, also referred to as a touch display screen or a touch pad, may collect touch operations by a user on or near the touch-sensitive surface 831 (e.g., operations by a user on or near the touch-sensitive surface 831 using a finger, a stylus, or any other suitable object or attachment) and drive the corresponding connection device according to a predefined program. Alternatively, the touch-sensitive surface 831 can include two portions, a touch detection device and a touch controller. The touch detection device detects the touch direction of a user, detects a signal brought by touch operation and transmits the signal to the touch controller; the touch controller receives touch information from the touch sensing device, converts it to touch point coordinates, and sends the touch point coordinates to the processor 880, and can receive and execute commands from the processor 880. In addition, the touch-sensitive surface 831 can be implemented using various types of resistive, capacitive, infrared, and surface acoustic waves. The input unit 830 may include other input devices 832 in addition to the touch-sensitive surface 831. In particular, other input devices 832 may include, but are not limited to, one or more of a physical keyboard, function keys (such as volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, a joystick, and the like.

The display unit 840 may be used to display information input by or provided to a user and various graphical user interfaces of the device 800, which may be made up of graphics, text, icons, video, and any combination thereof. The Display unit 840 may include a Display panel 841, and the Display panel 841 may be configured in the form of an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), an OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode), or the like, as an option. Further, touch-sensitive surface 831 can overlie display panel 841 such that when touch-sensitive surface 831 detects a touch operation thereon or thereabout, it can be relayed to processor 880 to determine the type of touch event, and processor 880 can then provide a corresponding visual output on display panel 841 in accordance with the type of touch event. Although in FIG. 8, touch-sensitive surface 831 and display panel 841 are implemented as two separate components to implement input and output functions, in some embodiments, touch-sensitive surface 831 may be integrated with display panel 841 to implement input and output functions.

The device 800 may also include at least one sensor 850, such as light sensors, motion sensors, and other sensors. In particular, the light sensor may include an ambient light sensor that may adjust the brightness of the display panel 841 based on the intensity of ambient light, and a proximity sensor that may turn off the display panel 841 and/or backlight when the device 800 is moved to the ear. As one of the motion sensors, the gravity acceleration sensor can detect the magnitude of acceleration in each direction (generally, three axes), can detect the magnitude and direction of gravity when the mobile phone is stationary, and can be used for applications of recognizing the posture of the mobile phone (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related games, magnetometer posture calibration), vibration recognition related functions (such as pedometer and tapping), and the like; as for other sensors such as a gyroscope, a barometer, a hygrometer, a thermometer, and an infrared sensor, which may be further configured for the device 800, further description is omitted here.

The audio circuitry 860, speaker 821, microphone 822 can provide an audio interface between a user and the device 800. The audio circuit 860 may transmit the electrical signal converted from the received audio data to the speaker 821, and convert the electrical signal into an audio signal for output by the speaker 821; on the other hand, the microphone 822 converts the collected sound signal into an electric signal, converts the electric signal into audio data after being received by the audio circuit 860, and outputs the audio data to the processor 880 for processing, and then transmits the audio data to another device through the RF circuit 810, or outputs the audio data to the memory 820 for further processing. The audio circuitry 860 may also include an earbud jack to provide communication of peripheral headphones with the device 800.

WiFi belongs to short-range wireless transmission technology, and the device 800 can help the user send and receive e-mails, browse web pages, access streaming media, etc. through the WiFi module 870, which provides wireless broadband internet access for the user. Although fig. 8 shows WiFi module 870, it is understood that it does not belong to the essential constitution of device 800 and may be omitted entirely as needed within the scope not changing the essence of the invention.

The processor 880 is the control center of the device 800, connects the various parts of the overall device using various interfaces and lines, performs various functions of the device 800 and processes data by running or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 820, and calling up data stored in the memory 820, thereby monitoring the device as a whole. Optionally, processor 880 may include one or more processing cores; optionally, the processor 880 may integrate an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor primarily handles operating systems, user interfaces, applications, etc., and the modem processor primarily handles wireless communications. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into processor 880.

The device 800 also includes a power supply 890 (e.g., a battery) for powering the various components, which may be logically coupled to the processor 880 via a power management system that may be used to manage charging, discharging, and power consumption. Power supply 890 may also include any component of one or more dc or ac power sources, recharging systems, power failure detection circuitry, power converters or inverters, power status indicators, and the like.

Although not shown, the device 800 may further include a camera, a bluetooth module, and the like, which will not be described herein.

The apparatus 800 also includes a memory, and one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, so that the apparatus 800 can perform the apparatus control method performed by the second terminal.

Referring to fig. 10, a schematic structural diagram of a server according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown. The server is configured to implement the device control method provided in the above-described embodiment. Specifically, the method comprises the following steps:

the server 900 includes a Central Processing Unit (CPU)901, a system memory 904 including a Random Access Memory (RAM)902 and a Read Only Memory (ROM)903, and a system bus 905 connecting the system memory 904 and the central processing unit 901. The server 900 also includes a basic input/output system (I/O system) 906 for facilitating the transfer of information between devices within the computer, and a mass storage device 907 for storing an operating system 913, application programs 914, and other program modules 915.

The basic input/output system 906 includes a display 908 for displaying information and an input device 909 such as a mouse, keyboard, etc. for user input of information. Wherein the display 1008 and the input device 909 are connected to the central processing unit 901 through an input-output controller 910 connected to the system bus 905. The basic input/output system 906 may also include an input/output controller 910 for receiving and processing input from a number of other devices, such as a keyboard, mouse, or electronic stylus. Similarly, input-output controller 910 also provides output to a display screen, a printer, or other type of output device.

The mass storage device 907 is connected to the central processing unit 901 through a mass storage controller (not shown) connected to the system bus 905. The mass storage device 907 and its associated computer-readable media provide non-volatile storage for the server 900. That is, the mass storage device 907 may include a computer-readable medium (not shown) such as a hard disk or CD-ROM drive.

Without loss of generality, the computer-readable media may comprise computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Computer storage media includes RAM, ROM, EPROM, EEPROM, flash memory or other solid state memory technology, CD-ROM, DVD, or other optical storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices. Of course, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the computer storage media is not limited to the foregoing. The system memory 904 and mass storage device 907 described above may be collectively referred to as memory.

The server 900 may also operate as a remote computer connected to a network via a network, such as the internet, in accordance with various embodiments of the invention. That is, the server 900 may be connected to the network 912 through the network interface unit 911 coupled to the system bus 905, or the network interface unit 911 may be used to connect to other types of networks or remote computer systems (not shown).

The memory also includes one or more programs stored in the memory and configured to be executed by one or more processors. The one or more programs include instructions for executing the device control method.

It is to be understood that reference herein to "a number" means one or more and "a plurality" means two or more. "and/or" describes the association relationship of the associated objects, meaning that there may be three relationships, e.g., a and/or B, which may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. The character "/" generally indicates that the former and latter associated objects are in an "or" relationship.

Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention following, in general, the principles of the invention and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the invention pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.

It will be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the invention is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. The device control method is used in a first terminal, wherein the first terminal is shared with a control authority of a first smart home device and is not shared with a control authority of a second smart home device, and the method comprises the following steps:

displaying an information display interface of the first intelligent household equipment, wherein the information display interface of the first intelligent household equipment comprises an equipment query inlet;

when receiving a triggering operation of the equipment query entrance, sending an equipment query request to control center equipment, wherein the equipment query request comprises an equipment identifier of the first intelligent household equipment;

receiving device information of second intelligent household devices inquired and returned by the control center device according to the device identification of the first intelligent household device, wherein the second intelligent household devices are intelligent household devices bound to the same user account with the first intelligent household devices;

and when receiving an appointed operation executed based on the equipment information of the second intelligent household equipment and aiming at the second intelligent household equipment, sending an application control request to the control center equipment, wherein the application control request is used for indicating the control center equipment to request a second terminal corresponding to the user account to allow the execution of the appointed operation, and executing the appointed operation when receiving a response returned by the second terminal to allow the execution of the appointed operation.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving operation response information sent by the control center equipment, wherein the operation response information is used for indicating a result of the specified operation executed by the control center equipment;

and displaying the operation response information corresponding to the equipment information of the second intelligent household equipment.

3. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the specifying comprises:

granting the control authority of the second intelligent household equipment to the first terminal;

or,

and controlling the second intelligent household equipment to execute equipment operation corresponding to the specified operation.

4. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the specifying comprises:

establishing a linkage relation between the second intelligent household equipment and the first intelligent household equipment;

or,

when the first intelligent household equipment is gateway equipment and third intelligent household equipment connected with the gateway equipment exists, establishing a linkage relation between the second intelligent household equipment and the third intelligent household equipment;

the linkage relation refers to a relation that when the running data of one intelligent household device meets a specified condition, the other intelligent household device is triggered to execute a preset operation in the two intelligent household devices.

5. An apparatus control method, characterized in that the method comprises:

receiving an equipment query request sent by a first terminal, wherein the equipment query request comprises an equipment identifier of first intelligent household equipment, the first terminal is shared with a control authority of the first intelligent household equipment and is not shared with a control authority of second intelligent household equipment, and the first intelligent household equipment and the second intelligent household equipment are bound to the same user account;

determining the user account according to the equipment identifier of the first intelligent household equipment;

inquiring the equipment information of the second intelligent household equipment bound with the user account;

sending the inquired equipment information of the second intelligent household equipment to the first terminal;

and when a response which allows the specified operation to be executed and is returned by the second terminal is received, executing the specified operation.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

before providing the device information of the second intelligent household equipment to the first terminal, sending a device information sending request to the second terminal, wherein the device information sending request is used for requesting whether to allow the device information of the second intelligent household equipment to be sent to the first terminal;

and when a response which is returned by the second terminal and allows the device information of the second intelligent household device to be sent to the first terminal is received, executing the step of providing the device information of the second intelligent household device to the first terminal.

7. The method of claim 5 or 6, wherein the specifying comprises:

or,

8. The method of claim 5 or 6, wherein the specifying comprises:

or,

9. An apparatus control device, wherein the apparatus has been shared with control authority of a first smart home device and not shared with control authority of a second smart home device, the apparatus comprising:

the device information acquisition unit is used for acquiring device information of second intelligent household equipment from control center equipment, wherein the second intelligent household equipment is intelligent household equipment bound to the same user account with the first intelligent household equipment;

an execution request sending unit, configured to send, when receiving a specified operation performed on the second smart home device based on the device information of the second smart home device and directed to the second smart home device, an application control request to the control center device, where the application control request is used to instruct the control center device to request, to a second terminal corresponding to the user account, that the specified operation is allowed to be executed, and execute the specified operation when receiving a response that the specified operation is allowed to be executed and is returned by the second terminal;

the device information acquisition unit includes:

the interface display subunit is configured to display an information display interface of the first smart home device, where the information display interface of the first smart home device includes a device query entry;

the request sending subunit is configured to send an equipment query request to the control center equipment when receiving a trigger operation on the equipment query entry, where the equipment query request includes an equipment identifier of the first smart home equipment;

and the information receiving subunit is configured to receive the device information of the second smart home device, which is queried and returned by the control center device according to the device identifier of the first smart home device.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising:

an operation response receiving unit, configured to receive operation response information sent by the control center device, where the operation response information is used to instruct the control center device to perform a result of the specified operation;

and the operation response display unit is used for displaying the operation response information corresponding to the equipment information of the second intelligent household equipment.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 or 10, wherein the operation of specifying comprises:

granting the control authority of the second intelligent household equipment to the device;

or controlling the second smart home device to execute device operation corresponding to the specified operation.

12. The apparatus of claim 9 or 10, wherein the operation of specifying comprises:

or,

the linkage relation refers to a relation that when the running data of one intelligent household device meets a specified condition, the other intelligent household device is triggered to execute a preset operation.

13. An apparatus control device, characterized in that the device comprises:

the device information providing unit is used for providing device information of second intelligent household equipment for a first terminal, the first terminal is shared with the control authority of the first intelligent household equipment and is not shared with the control authority of the second intelligent household equipment, and the first intelligent household equipment and the second intelligent household equipment are bound to the same user account;

an execution receiving and sending unit, configured to receive an application control request sent by the first terminal, where the application control request is a request that is sent by the first terminal when receiving a specified operation for the second smart home device, where the request is executed based on the device information of the second smart home device;

a designated operation execution unit, configured to execute the designated operation when receiving a response to allow the designated operation to be executed, where the response is returned by the second terminal;

the device information providing unit includes:

a request receiving subunit, configured to receive an equipment query request sent by the first terminal, where the equipment query request includes an equipment identifier of the first smart home equipment;

an account determining subunit, configured to determine the user account according to the device identifier of the first smart home device;

the information inquiry subunit is used for inquiring the device information of the second smart home device bound with the user account;

and the information sending subunit is configured to send the queried device information of the second smart home device to the first terminal.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising:

a prompt sending unit, configured to send a device information sending request to the second terminal before providing the device information of the second smart home device to the first terminal, where the device information sending request is used to request permission to send the device information of the second smart home device to the first terminal;

the device information providing unit is configured to provide the device information of the second smart home device to the first terminal when receiving a response returned by the second terminal and allowing the device information of the second smart home device to be sent to the first terminal.

15. The apparatus according to any of claims 13 or 14, wherein the specifying operation comprises:

or,

16. The apparatus according to any of claims 13 or 14, wherein the specifying operation comprises:

or,

17. A system for device control, the system comprising: the system comprises a first terminal, control center equipment and a second terminal;

the first terminal comprising the device control apparatus of any of claims 9 to 12;

the control center device comprising the device control apparatus according to any one of claims 13 to 16.