Detailed Description
The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not limiting of the invention. It should be further noted that, for the convenience of description, only some of the structures related to the present invention are shown in the drawings, not all of the structures.
Example one
Fig. 1 is a flowchart of an apparatus interconnection method according to an embodiment of the present invention, where this embodiment is applicable to a situation where multiple apparatuses need to be connected to each other for data transmission, and the method may be executed by an apparatus interconnection device according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the apparatus may be implemented in a software and/or hardware manner, and is generally integrated in a terminal device and used in cooperation with an interactive smart tablet. Referring to fig. 1, the method may specifically include the following steps:
and S110, sending an information request to a server after receiving the information identification code from the interactive intelligent tablet.
The information identification code is a character string consisting of letters and numbers, the length can be six bits to eight bits, and the total number of devices which can be marked by the information identification code is related to the length of the information identification code. The information identification code is associated with the network information of the interactive intelligent tablet. And the terminal equipment sends an information request to the server after receiving the connection code from the interactive intelligent panel. Specifically, the server stores network information of the interactive intelligent tablet corresponding to the information identification code. Optionally, the information request may be a handshake signal, where the handshake signal carries a parameter name of a related network parameter in the network information of the interactive smart tablet that the terminal device wants to acquire.
S120, network information corresponding to the information identification code is obtained from the feedback message of the server for the information request.
Specifically, the server feeds back the information request and generates a feedback message, wherein the feedback message includes network parameters and the like in the information request of the terminal device, and the terminal device acquires the network information corresponding to the information identification code from the feedback message of the information request of the server.
S130, initiating a connection request to the interactive intelligent tablet according to the network information.
Specifically, the terminal device initiates a connection request to the interactive smart tablet, and optionally, the connection request may be a prompt box popped up on the interactive smart tablet, for example: and XXXX connection request, so as to instruct the intelligent tablet to establish connection with the terminal equipment according to the connection request.
In the embodiment of the invention, the terminal equipment receives the information identification code from the interactive intelligent panel and then sends an information request to the server; acquiring network information corresponding to the information identification code from a feedback message of the server for the information request; and initiating a connection request to the interactive intelligent panel according to the network information. The terminal equipment and the interactive intelligent panel are not required to be unified to the same network manually by a user, and interconnection among the equipment can be realized.
Optionally, the network information includes an IP of a local area network currently connected to the interactive smart tablet, a network identifier of a currently connected hotspot, an access password of the currently connected hotspot, the IP of the currently connected hotspot, and a connection port number.
The IP of the local area network currently connected with the interactive intelligent tablet is used for identifying the network currently connected with the interactive intelligent tablet; the network identifier of the current connection hotspot can be a hotspot SSID (service Set identifier), the SSID is used for distinguishing different networks, and the wireless network card can access different networks by connecting different SSIDs and inputting the passwords of corresponding wireless access points; the access password of the current connection hotspot provides security authentication; the IP of the current connection hotspot is used for identifying a hotspot network connected with the interactive intelligent panel; the connection port number is used to distinguish different computer services, such as an 80 port number for a web browsing service, a 21 port number for an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) service, and the like.
On the basis of the above technical solution, the device interconnection method provided in the embodiment of the present invention further includes: if the IP of the local area network which is currently connected is empty, connecting to the hotspot of the interactive intelligent panel according to the network identifier of the hotspot which is currently connected with the interactive intelligent panel and the access password of the hotspot which is currently connected with the interactive intelligent panel; and establishing connection with the interactive intelligent panel according to the IP and the connection port number of the current connection hotspot.
Specifically, whether the IP of the local area network currently connected in the network information is empty is judged, if yes, it is indicated that the interactive intelligent panel is not currently connected to other local area networks, the terminal device connects a hotspot signal sent by the interactive intelligent panel, the hotspot signal of the interactive intelligent panel is identified according to a network identifier of the current connection hotspot of the interactive intelligent panel, which is acquired from the network information, the network identifier is a unique identification code of the hotspot signal, and the hotspot signal is connected to the hotspot of the interactive intelligent panel according to the network identifier and an access password of the current connection hotspot. And then establishing connection with the interactive intelligent panel according to the IP and the connection port number of the current connection hotspot. The terminal equipment and the interactive intelligent panel can be interconnected without unifying the terminal equipment and the interactive intelligent panel to the same local area network, and then data transmission is carried out.
Optionally, if the IP of the currently connected local area network is not empty, connecting the interactive intelligent tablet according to the IP and the port number of the currently connected local area network of the interactive intelligent tablet; if the connection fails within the set time, connecting to the hotspot of the interactive intelligent tablet according to the network identifier of the current connection hotspot of the interactive intelligent tablet and the access password of the current connection hotspot; and establishing connection with the interactive intelligent panel according to the IP and the connection port number of the current connection hotspot.
Specifically, if the IP of the lan to which the interactive intelligent tablet is currently connected is not empty, it indicates that the interactive intelligent tablet is connected to a certain lan, and the terminal device is connected to the lan having an interconnection relationship with the interactive intelligent tablet according to the IP and the port number of the lan to which the interactive intelligent tablet is connected. If the connection is not successful within the set time, the set time can be 60 seconds, the connection is determined to be overtime, the terminal device is connected to the hotspot of the intelligent tablet according to the network identifier of the current connection hotspot of the interactive intelligent tablet and the access password of the current connection point, and connection is established with the interactive intelligent tablet according to the IP and the connection port number of the current connection hotspot. The set method has the advantages that when the terminal device and the interactive intelligent tablet are in the same local area network, a hotspot of the interactive intelligent tablet does not need to be switched, and user experience is better. It should be noted that the reason for the connection timeout may be that the network signal of the local area network is weak or unstable.
Example two
Fig. 2 is a flowchart of an apparatus interconnection method provided in the second embodiment of the present invention, where this embodiment is applicable to a case where multiple apparatuses need to be connected to each other for data transmission, and this method may be executed by an apparatus interconnection device provided in the second embodiment of the present invention, and the apparatus may be implemented in a software and/or hardware manner, and is generally integrated in an interactive smart tablet to be used in cooperation with a terminal apparatus. Referring to fig. 2, the method may specifically include the following steps:
s210, sending the network information corresponding to the current access network to a server, receiving and displaying the information identification code generated by the server according to the network information.
Specifically, the interactive intelligent tablet sends network information corresponding to a current access network to the server, wherein the current access network of the interactive intelligent tablet can be a local area network or a hotspot network sent by a network of the interactive intelligent tablet. Optionally, the network information includes an IP of a local area network currently connected to the interactive smart tablet, a network identifier of a currently connected hotspot, an access password of the currently connected hotspot, the IP of the currently connected hotspot, and a connection port number. If the interactive intelligent tablet does not have the local area network connection currently, the IP of the sent local area network is empty. In a specific example, the physical address of the interactive smart tablet and the network information may also be sent to the server in advance, wherein each device host has a physical address, and each network location has a specific IP address.
In a specific example, after receiving network information sent by the interactive intelligent panel, the server queries whether the information of the physical address exists in the server, and if so, updates the network information corresponding to the interactive intelligent panel and updates an information identification code corresponding to the network information; and if not, generating a unique information identification code associated with the interactive intelligent tablet information. Optionally, in order to ensure that the interactive intelligent tablet can be searched in the interconnection process, the network service function of the interactive intelligent tablet is preferentially started, and in a general case, the network service function is started automatically.
And the interactive intelligent panel receives and displays the information identification code generated by the server according to the network information, and waits for the terminal equipment to be connected. The information identification code is displayed on the interactive intelligent tablet, so that the user can be prompted to generate the information identification code, and can be prompted to input the information identification code into a related input box of the terminal equipment to realize equipment interconnection.
In a specific example, after acquiring the information identification code for the first time, the interactive intelligent tablet stores the information identification code to the local, if no network exists during the next start, the locally stored information identification code is displayed, and if a network connection exists during the next start, the interactive intelligent tablet requests the server to update the information identification code and updates and stores the information identification code to the local. The advantage of this setting is that other terminal equipment can obtain the network information of mutual intelligent tablet from the server through this information identification code.
S220, receiving a connection request initiated by the terminal equipment, wherein the network information of the connection request is obtained by the terminal equipment accessing the server according to the information identification code.
Specifically, the interactive intelligent panel receives a connection request initiated by the terminal device, optionally, the connection request initiated by the terminal device carries network information, the network information is obtained by the terminal device accessing the server according to the information identification code, wherein the server stores the corresponding relationship between the information identification code and the network information, and the network information corresponding to the information identification code can be obtained in the server according to the information identification code.
And S230, establishing connection with the terminal equipment according to the connection request.
Specifically, the interactive intelligent tablet responds to a connection request of the terminal device, establishes connection with the terminal device, and can perform data transmission after the connection is successfully established.
In the embodiment of the invention, the network information corresponding to the current access network is sent to the server, the server is received and displayed to generate the corresponding information identification code according to the network information, the connection request initiated by the terminal equipment is received, the network information of the connection request is obtained by the terminal equipment accessing the server according to the information identification code, and the connection is established with the terminal equipment according to the connection request. The terminal equipment and the interactive intelligent panel are not required to be unified to the same network manually by a user, and interconnection among the equipment can be realized.
On the basis of the above technical solution, before the receiving of the connection request initiated by the terminal device, and the network information of the connection request is obtained by the terminal device accessing the server according to the information identification code, the method further includes: when the network information is detected to be changed, sending an information identification code updating request to the server, and receiving an updated information identification code fed back by the server according to the changed network information; or sending an information identification code updating request to the server at preset intervals to acquire the updated information identification code.
Specifically, before receiving a connection request initiated from a terminal device, the method further includes: and when the interactive intelligent panel detects that the network information changes, sending an information identification code updating request to the server, and distributing a new information identification code to the interactive intelligent panel by the server. When at least one piece of information in the network information changes, which indicates that the network information changes, the network identifier needs to be updated, and the network information may include: the method comprises the steps of interacting the IP of the local area network currently connected with the intelligent tablet, the network identifier of the current connection hotspot, the access password of the current connection hotspot, the IP of the current connection hotspot and the connection port number.
Optionally, after the server allocates a new information identification code to the interactive intelligent tablet, the information identification code is set to an occupied state, and specifically, the information identification code can be realized by adding a set flag bit to the information identification code and the like. The advantage of this arrangement is that after the new information identification code is allocated to the interactive smart tablet, the new information identification code is prevented from being repeatedly allocated in the time difference before the interactive smart tablet uses the information identification code.
In addition, the updated information identification code may be acquired by sending an information identification code update request to the server at every preset time, which may be 5 minutes. The operation of updating the information identification code can lead the information identification code to be in a dynamic change process, thereby avoiding the potential safety hazard caused by the unchanged information identification code to the interconnection of equipment, improving the safety of network connection,
on the basis of the technical scheme, the terminal equipment feeds back the received message to the server after receiving the updated information identification code, so that connection failure caused by the fact that the server updates the information identification code but the terminal equipment does not receive the updated information identification code is avoided.
On the basis of the embodiment of the invention, the information identification code can also be generated by the following coding rule: the device unique identifier is the unique identifier of the interactive intelligent tablet on the server, a physical address can be used as the unique identifier, the unique identifier can also be formed by numbers or letters which are subjected to encoding rules, and the length is assumed to be the combination of 4-digit numbers or capital letters, such as 1A 2B; the 8-bit connection information is information including an IP and a port number of the interactive intelligent tablet, wherein the IP of the interactive intelligent tablet may preferentially select a local area network IP, and if no local area network connection exists, a hotspot IP of the interactive intelligent tablet is selected, and the hotspot IP is composed of numbers or capital letters encoded according to a design rule, such as UA67WW4RA, in this example, the information identification code displayed on the interactive intelligent tablet is 1A2BUA67WW4 RA. When the terminal equipment cannot acquire the network information of the interactive intelligent panel through the server, or the acquired information is wrong, the IP and the port number of the interactive intelligent panel can be analyzed from the information identification code to try to connect, and the terminal equipment and the interactive intelligent panel can be successfully connected as long as the terminal equipment and the interactive intelligent panel are in the same local area network.
In the process of sending an information identification code updating request to the server at preset intervals to acquire the updated information identification code, the unique identification code of the equipment under the coding rule is unchanged, but the 8-bit connection information is recoded according to a certain rule. And when the interactive intelligent panel does not request to update the information identification code after the set time, the interactive intelligent panel is considered to stop the network connection service, the server clears the unique equipment identification of the interactive intelligent panel, and a space is reserved for other interactive intelligent panels to use. The method has the advantages that in the state that the server does not work, the terminal device can still acquire the IP and the port number of the interactive intelligent tablet through the connection information identification code, and the terminal device and the interactive intelligent tablet can be connected with the interactive intelligent tablet only by ensuring that the terminal device and the interactive intelligent tablet are located in the same local area network.
EXAMPLE III
Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a device interconnection system according to a third embodiment of the present invention, and referring to fig. 3, the device interconnection system includes an interactive smart tablet 310 and a terminal device 320, where:
the terminal device 320 sends an information request to the server after receiving the information identification code from the interactive intelligent tablet 310;
the interactive intelligent panel 310 sends network information corresponding to a current access network to a server, receives and displays a corresponding information identification code generated by the server according to the network information;
the terminal device 320 acquires the network information corresponding to the information identification code from the feedback message of the server for the information request;
the terminal device 320 initiates a connection request to the interactive smart tablet 310 according to the network information.
The interactive intelligent panel 310 receives a connection request initiated by the terminal device 320, and the network information of the connection request is obtained by the terminal device 320 accessing the server according to the information identification code;
the interactive smart tablet 310 establishes a connection with the terminal device 320 according to the connection request.
In the embodiment of the invention, the terminal equipment receives the information identification code from the interactive intelligent panel and then sends an information request to the server; the interactive intelligent panel sends network information corresponding to a current access network to a server, receives and displays an information identification code generated by the server according to the network information; the terminal equipment acquires network information corresponding to the information identification code from a feedback message of the server for the information request; and the terminal equipment initiates a connection request to the interactive intelligent panel according to the network information. The interactive intelligent panel receives a connection request initiated by terminal equipment, and network information of the connection request is obtained by the terminal equipment accessing the server according to the information identification code; and the interactive intelligent panel establishes connection with the terminal equipment according to the connection request. The terminal equipment and the interactive intelligent panel are not required to be unified to the same network manually by a user, and interconnection among the equipment can be realized.
On the basis of the above embodiments of the present invention, the terminal device is used as a sending end, the interactive intelligent tablet is used as a receiving end, and the interconnection of the devices is explained by taking the connection process of the receiving end, the sending end and the server as an example.
Firstly, an interactive intelligent panel at a receiving end sends a local area network IP, a hot SSID, a hot password, a port number and a physical address of the interactive intelligent panel which are connected with the interactive intelligent panel to a server; the server stores the network information of the interactive intelligent tablet, generates an information identification code according to the network information of the interactive intelligent tablet, and associates the information identification code with the interactive intelligent tablet, wherein the information identification code is bound with a physical address of the interactive intelligent tablet, namely, one interactive intelligent tablet can be uniquely determined by searching the information identification code or the physical address on the server.
And secondly, the server returns the information identification code to the interactive intelligent panel, the interactive intelligent panel receives and displays the information identification code, and optionally, if the server does not return the information identification code, the server can try to connect by using the locally stored information identification code.
Finally, inputting the information identification code of the interactive intelligent panel on the terminal equipment, and requesting the server for network information corresponding to the information identification code; the server returns corresponding network information according to the information identification code; the terminal equipment is switched to a hotspot of the interactive intelligent panel according to the hotspot SSID and the hotspot password, and then initiates a connection request to the interactive intelligent panel according to the hotspot IP and the port number; and after the interactive intelligent panel is connected with the terminal equipment, starting data transmission. The terminal equipment and the interactive intelligent panel are not required to be unified to the same network manually by a user, and interconnection among the equipment can be realized.
Example four
Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus interconnection device according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention, which is suitable for executing an apparatus interconnection method according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention, and is generally integrated in a terminal device for use with an interactive smart tablet. As shown in fig. 4, the apparatus may specifically include:
the information sending module 410 is used for sending an information request to the server after receiving the information identification code from the interactive intelligent tablet;
a network information obtaining module 420, configured to obtain network information corresponding to the information identifier from a feedback message of the information request from the server;
and the request initiating module 430 initiates a connection request to the interactive smart tablet according to the network information.
Further, the network information includes an IP of a local area network currently connected to the interactive smart tablet, a network identifier of a currently connected hotspot, an access password of the currently connected hotspot, the IP of the currently connected hotspot, and a connection port number.
Further, the method also comprises the following steps:
the first network connection module is used for connecting to the hotspot of the interactive intelligent tablet according to the network identifier of the current connection hotspot of the interactive intelligent tablet and the access password of the current connection hotspot when the IP of the currently connected local area network is empty;
and the first equipment connection module is used for establishing connection with the interactive intelligent panel according to the IP and the connection port number of the current connection hotspot.
Further, the method also comprises the following steps:
the second device connection module is used for connecting the interactive intelligent tablet according to the IP and the port number of the local area network currently connected with the interactive intelligent tablet when the IP of the local area network currently connected with the interactive intelligent tablet is not empty;
the second network connection module is used for connecting to the hotspot of the interactive intelligent tablet according to the network identifier of the current hotspot connected with the interactive intelligent tablet and the access password of the current hotspot connected with the interactive intelligent tablet when the connection fails within a set time;
and the third equipment connection module is used for establishing connection with the interactive intelligent panel according to the IP and the connection port number of the current connection hotspot.
The device interconnection device provided by the embodiment of the invention can execute the device interconnection method provided by any embodiment of the invention, and has corresponding functional modules and beneficial effects of the execution method.
EXAMPLE five
Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a device interconnection apparatus according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention, which is adapted to execute a device interconnection method according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention, and is generally integrated in an interactive smart tablet to cooperate with a terminal device. As shown in fig. 5, the apparatus may specifically include:
the information receiving module 510 is configured to send network information corresponding to a current access network to a server, receive and display a corresponding information identifier generated by the server according to the network information;
a request receiving module 520, configured to receive a connection request initiated by a terminal device, where network information of the connection request is obtained by the terminal device accessing the server according to the information identifier;
a connection module 530, configured to establish a connection with the terminal device according to the connection request.
Further, the method also comprises the following steps:
the updating module is used for sending an information identification code updating request to the server when detecting that the network information changes before receiving a connection request initiated by terminal equipment, wherein the network information of the connection request is obtained by the terminal equipment accessing the server according to the information identification code, and receiving an updated information identification code fed back by the server according to the changed network information; or the like, or, alternatively,
and sending an information identification code updating request to the server at preset intervals to acquire the updated information identification code.
The device interconnection device provided by the embodiment of the invention can execute the device interconnection method provided by any embodiment of the invention, and has corresponding functional modules and beneficial effects of the execution method.
EXAMPLE six
Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a computer device according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 illustrates a block diagram of an exemplary computer device 12 suitable for use in implementing embodiments of the present invention. The computer device 12 shown in FIG. 6 is only an example and should not bring any limitations to the functionality or scope of use of embodiments of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 6, computer device 12 is in the form of a general purpose computing device. The components of computer device 12 may include, but are not limited to: one or more processors or processing units 16, a system memory 28, and a bus 18 that couples various system components including the system memory 28 and the processing unit 16.
Bus 18 represents one or more of any of several types of bus structures, including a memory bus or memory controller, a peripheral bus, an accelerated graphics port number, a processor, or a local bus using any of a variety of bus architectures. By way of example, such architectures include, but are not limited to, Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) bus, micro-channel architecture (MAC) bus, enhanced ISA bus, Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) local bus, and Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus.
Computer device 12 typically includes a variety of computer system readable media. Such media may be any available media that is accessible by computer device 12 and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media.
The system memory 28 may include computer system readable media in the form of volatile memory, such as Random Access Memory (RAM)30 and/or cache memory 32. Computer device 12 may further include other removable/non-removable, volatile/nonvolatile computer system storage media. By way of example only, storage system 34 may be used to read from and write to non-removable, nonvolatile magnetic media (not shown in FIG. 6, and commonly referred to as a "hard drive"). Although not shown in FIG. 6, a magnetic disk drive for reading from and writing to a removable, nonvolatile magnetic disk (e.g., a "floppy disk") and an optical disk drive for reading from or writing to a removable, nonvolatile optical disk (e.g., a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, or other optical media) may be provided. In these cases, each drive may be connected to bus 18 by one or more data media interfaces. System memory 28 may include at least one program product having a set (e.g., at least one) of program modules that are configured to carry out the functions of embodiments of the invention.
A program/utility 40 having a set (at least one) of program modules 42 may be stored, for example, in system memory 28, such program modules 42 including, but not limited to, an operating system, one or more application programs, other program modules, and program data, each of which examples or some combination thereof may comprise an implementation of a network environment. Program modules 42 generally carry out the functions and/or methodologies of the described embodiments of the invention.
Computer device 12 may also communicate with one or more external devices 14 (e.g., keyboard, pointing device, display 24, etc.), with one or more devices that enable a user to interact with computer device 12, and/or with any devices (e.g., network card, modem, etc.) that enable computer device 12 to communicate with one or more other computing devices. Such communication may be through an input/output (I/O) interface 22. Also, computer device 12 may communicate with one or more networks (e.g., a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wide Area Network (WAN), and/or a public network such as the Internet) via network adapter 20. As shown, network adapter 20 communicates with the other modules of computer device 12 via bus 18. It should be appreciated that although not shown in FIG. 6, other hardware and/or software modules may be used in conjunction with computer device 12, including but not limited to: microcode, device drivers, redundant processing units, external disk drive arrays, RAID systems, tape drives, and data backup storage systems, among others.
The processing unit 16 executes various functional applications and data processing by executing programs stored in the system memory 28, for example, implementing the device interconnection method applied to the terminal device provided by the embodiment of the present invention:
that is, the processing unit implements, when executing the program: sending an information request to a server after receiving an information identification code from the interactive intelligent tablet; acquiring network information corresponding to the information identification code from a feedback message of the server for the information request; and initiating a connection request to the interactive intelligent panel according to the network information.
The device interconnection method applied to the interactive intelligent tablet provided by the embodiment of the invention can also be realized as follows:
that is, the processing unit implements, when executing the program: sending network information corresponding to a current access network to a server, receiving and displaying a corresponding information identification code generated by the server according to the network information; receiving a connection request initiated by terminal equipment, wherein network information of the connection request is obtained by the terminal equipment accessing the server according to the information identification code; and establishing connection with the terminal equipment according to the connection request.
EXAMPLE seven
The seventh embodiment of the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, where the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the device interconnection method applied to a terminal device, provided by the embodiment of the present invention:
that is, the processing unit implements, when executing the program: sending an information request to a server after receiving an information identification code from the interactive intelligent tablet; acquiring network information corresponding to the information identification code from a feedback message of the server for the information request; and initiating a connection request to the interactive intelligent panel according to the network information.
The device interconnection method applied to the interactive intelligent tablet provided by the embodiment of the invention can also be realized as follows:
that is, the processing unit implements, when executing the program: sending network information corresponding to a current access network to a server, receiving and displaying a corresponding information identification code generated by the server according to the network information; receiving a connection request initiated by terminal equipment, wherein network information of the connection request is obtained by the terminal equipment accessing the server according to the information identification code; and establishing connection with the terminal equipment according to the connection request.
Any combination of one or more computer-readable media may be employed. The computer readable medium may be a computer readable signal medium or a computer readable storage medium. A computer readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any combination of the foregoing. More specific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of the computer readable storage medium would include the following: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. In the context of this document, a computer readable storage medium may be any tangible medium that can contain, or store a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.
A computer readable signal medium may include a propagated data signal with computer readable program code embodied therein, for example, in baseband or as part of a carrier wave. Such a propagated data signal may take any of a variety of forms, including, but not limited to, electro-magnetic, optical, or any suitable combination thereof. A computer readable signal medium may also be any computer readable medium that is not a computer readable storage medium and that can communicate, propagate, or transport a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.
Program code embodied on a computer readable medium may be transmitted using any appropriate medium, including but not limited to wireless, wireline, optical fiber cable, RF, etc., or any suitable combination of the foregoing.
Computer program code for carrying out operations for aspects of the present invention may be written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including an object oriented programming language such as Java, Smalltalk, C + + or the like and conventional procedural programming languages, such as the "C" programming language or similar programming languages. The program code may execute entirely on the user's computer, partly on the user's computer, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computer and partly on a remote computer or entirely on the remote computer or server. In the case of a remote computer, the remote computer may be connected to the user's computer through any type of network, including a Local Area Network (LAN) or a Wide Area Network (WAN), or the connection may be made to an external computer (for example, through the Internet using an Internet service provider).
It is to be noted that the foregoing is only illustrative of the preferred embodiments of the present invention and the technical principles employed. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the particular embodiments described herein, but is capable of various obvious changes, rearrangements and substitutions as will now become apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention. Therefore, although the present invention has been described in greater detail by the above embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and may include other equivalent embodiments without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is determined by the scope of the appended claims.