CN111556161B

CN111556161B - Terminal control method for advertisement and communication server

Info

Publication number: CN111556161B
Application number: CN202010396210.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘方宇; 胡宇琪; 邹雪皎
Original assignee: Qingdao Hisense Medical Equipment Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Hisense Medical Equipment Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-05-12
Filing date: 2020-05-12
Publication date: 2023-05-16
Anticipated expiration: 2040-05-12
Also published as: CN111556161A

Abstract

The application discloses a terminal control method and a communication server for advertisement, which are used for solving the problem that interfaces which are required to be developed and maintained are increased along with the increase of the types and the quantity of equipment, wherein the interfaces are adapted to interfaces provided by different terminal equipment manufacturers at a service layer by manufacturers of a service system in the prior art. The method comprises the following steps: responding to a control instruction of a target terminal, and analyzing an operation instruction and terminal description information from the control instruction; acquiring terminal groups corresponding to the terminal description information from a plurality of terminal groups divided in advance; inquiring a control mode of a function corresponding to the operation instruction from a function set supported by the terminal group; and controlling the target terminal to execute the function corresponding to the operation instruction by adopting the control mode.

Description

Terminal control method for advertisement and communication server

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of terminal control technologies, and in particular, to a terminal control method and a communication server for advertising.

Background

Corresponding propaganda equipment can be arranged in hospitals, hotel lobbies, corridors, other places such as large-scale public place information propaganda and advertisement setting propaganda and the like. This part of the equipment may be installed on the wall of a hospital corridor and placed in a hotel lobby, restaurant or the like. The manager does not need to control each piece of equipment separately, but performs unified equipment control management and setting (such as playing multi-style advertisements, pictures and videos, checking equipment states, controlling equipment on/off, volume, checking equipment playing content and the like) through service background, namely service system management software.

In the prior art, most service system manufacturers and terminal equipment manufacturers are separated, so that the probability of matching the service system and the terminal equipment is very small. Therefore, the manufacturer of the service system adapts the interfaces provided by different terminal equipment manufacturers to the interfaces made by the service layer. As such, interfaces that need to be developed and maintained increase with the number and variety of devices. Therefore, a new method is urgently needed to solve the above problems.

Disclosure of Invention

The purpose of the application is to provide a terminal control method and a communication server for advertisement, so as to solve the problem that interfaces which need to be developed and maintained are increased along with the increase of the types and the quantity of equipment because the interfaces are respectively adapted to the differences of different system versions of the equipment in a service system in the prior art.

According to an aspect of exemplary embodiments, there is provided a terminal control method for advertisement, the method including:

responding to a control instruction of a target terminal, and analyzing an operation instruction and terminal description information from the control instruction;

acquiring terminal groups corresponding to the terminal description information from a plurality of terminal groups divided in advance;

Inquiring a control mode of a function corresponding to the operation instruction from a function set supported by the terminal group;

and controlling the target terminal to execute the function corresponding to the operation instruction by adopting the control mode.

The beneficial effects that this embodiment produced: according to the method, the terminal group corresponding to the terminal description information is obtained from a plurality of terminal groups divided in advance according to the terminal description information in the control instruction, the function control mode corresponding to the operation instruction is inquired in the function set supported by the terminal group, the target terminal is controlled to execute the function corresponding to the operation instruction by adopting the control mode, and the whole process does not need to adapt to the difference of different system versions, so that the problems that codes are complex and codes for realizing the same function are various and even possibly redundant in the prior art are solved.

In some exemplary embodiments, the control instructions are forwarded by the business system layer.

The beneficial effects that this embodiment produced: the embodiment forwards the control instruction through the service system layer, and does not need to do a large amount of interface adaptation work on the service system layer, thereby solving the problem of complex code of the service system layer in the prior art.

In some exemplary embodiments, the set of functions includes at least one of the following categories of functions: basic function category, advanced function category, and custom function category; wherein:

the functions of the corresponding application programming interfaces exist in the terminal and belong to the basic function category;

the functions of the corresponding system kernel interfaces exist in the terminal and belong to the advanced function class;

the functions of the corresponding application programming interface and the system kernel interface do not exist in the terminal and belong to the custom function category.

The beneficial effects that this embodiment produced: each function category included in the function set is determined by judging the interface category existing in the terminal.

In some exemplary embodiments, if the operation indicates that the corresponding function belongs to the basic function class; the control mode is a calling mode of an application programming interface corresponding to the function;

the controlling the target terminal to execute the function corresponding to the operation instruction by adopting the control mode comprises the following steps:

and calling an application programming interface corresponding to the function in a calling mode to instruct the target terminal to execute the function corresponding to the operation instruction.

The beneficial effects that this embodiment produced: when the function corresponding to the operation instruction is determined to belong to the basic function category, the control mode corresponding to the basic function category is adopted to control the target terminal to execute the function corresponding to the operation instruction, so that the target terminal can be accurately controlled to execute the function corresponding to the operation instruction.

In some exemplary embodiments, if the operation indicates that the corresponding function belongs to a high-level function class; the control mode is a calling mode of a system kernel interface corresponding to the function;

and calling a system kernel interface corresponding to the function in a calling mode to instruct the target terminal to execute the function corresponding to the operation instruction.

The beneficial effects that this embodiment produced: when the function corresponding to the operation instruction is determined to belong to the advanced function category, the control mode corresponding to the advanced function category is adopted to control the target terminal to execute the function corresponding to the operation instruction, so that the target terminal can be accurately controlled to execute the function corresponding to the operation instruction.

In some exemplary embodiments, if the operation indicates that the corresponding function belongs to a custom function class; the control mode is a calling mode for forwarding the control instruction to the target terminal;

and forwarding the control instruction to the target terminal in a calling mode to instruct the target terminal to execute the function corresponding to the operation instruction.

The beneficial effects that this embodiment produced: when the function corresponding to the operation instruction is determined to belong to the self-defined function category, the control mode corresponding to the self-defined function category is adopted to control the target terminal to execute the function corresponding to the operation instruction, so that the target terminal can be accurately controlled to execute the function corresponding to the operation instruction.

In some exemplary embodiments, in response to an add instruction for a newly added terminal, acquiring terminal description information of the newly added terminal;

and establishing an association relationship between the terminal description information of the newly-added terminal and the corresponding terminal group.

The beneficial effects that this embodiment produced: when a terminal is newly added, an association relation is established between the terminal description information of the newly added terminal and the corresponding group, so that the problems that a large amount of adaptation work is required and codes in a service system are required to be frequently modified when equipment is newly added in the prior art are solved.

According to another aspect in an exemplary embodiment, there is provided a communication server including:

an input-output unit configured to receive an advertisement image to be displayed and output the advertisement image to be displayed;

and a processor, respectively connected with the input and output units, configured to:

the processor is further configured to execute, when the target terminal is controlled to execute the function corresponding to the operation instruction by adopting the control manner, the method further includes:

the processor is further configured to execute when the control manner is adopted to control the target terminal to execute the function corresponding to the operation instruction:

In some exemplary embodiments, the processor is further configured to:

responding to an increasing instruction for a newly-increased terminal, and acquiring terminal description information of the newly-increased terminal;

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings that are needed in the embodiments of the present invention will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present invention, and other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication server according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a prior art principle according to one embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a terminal control method for advertisement according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic view of a scenario of a terminal control method for advertisement according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is one of the flow diagrams of a terminal control method for advertising according to one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a second flow chart of a terminal control method for advertising according to one embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of a communication device according to one embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention more clear, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Wherein the described embodiments are some, but not all, of the embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments, which can be made by one of ordinary skill in the art without undue burden from the present disclosure, are within the scope of the present disclosure.

Also, in the description of the embodiments of the present application, unless otherwise indicated, "/" means or, for example, a/B may represent a or B; the text "and/or" is merely an association relation describing the associated object, meaning that there may be three relations, e.g., a and/or B, may represent: the three cases where a exists alone, a and B exist together, and B exists alone, and in addition, in the description of the embodiments of the present application, "plural" means two or more than two.

Hereinafter, the terms "first", "second", "third", "fourth" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as implying or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defining "first", "second", "third", and "fourth" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more such features, and in the description of embodiments of the present application, unless otherwise indicated, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more.

Fig. 1 shows a schematic configuration diagram of a communication terminal 100.

The embodiment will be specifically described below taking the communication terminal 100 as an example. It should be understood that the communication terminal 100 shown in fig. 1 is only an example, and it should be noted that the communication terminal in the embodiment of the present application is used for displaying advertisements and promoting information. As such, the communication terminal 100 may have more or fewer components than shown in fig. 1, may combine two or more components, or may have a different component configuration. The various components shown in the figures may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination of hardware and software, including one or more signal processing and/or application specific integrated circuits.

A hardware configuration block diagram of the communication terminal 100 in accordance with an exemplary embodiment is exemplarily shown in fig. 1.

As shown in fig. 1, the communication terminal 100 may include, for example: RF (radio frequency) circuitry 110, memory 120, display unit 130, camera 140, sensor 150, audio circuitry 160, wireless fidelity (Wireless Fidelity, wi-Fi) module 170, processor 180, bluetooth module 181, and power supply 190. In this embodiment, the input/output unit may be at least one of the audio circuit 160, the bluetooth module 181, the Wi-Fi module 170 and the camera 140.

The RF circuit 110 may be used for receiving and transmitting signals during the process of receiving and transmitting information or communication, and may receive downlink data of the base station and then transmit the downlink data to the processor 180 for processing; uplink data may be sent to the base station. Typically, RF circuitry includes, but is not limited to, antennas, at least one amplifier, transceivers, couplers, low noise amplifiers, diplexers, and the like.

Memory 120 may be used to store software programs and data. The processor 180 performs various functions of the communication terminal 100 and data processing by running software programs or data stored in the memory 120. Memory 120 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. The memory 120 stores an operating system that enables the communication terminal 100 to operate. The memory 120 in the present application may store an operating system and various application programs, and may also store codes for executing the terminal control method for advertisement according to the embodiment of the present application.

The display unit 130 may be used, for example, to display inputted numerical or character or image information and generate signal inputs related to user settings and function control of the communication terminal 100, and specifically, the display unit 130 may include, for example, a touch screen 131 provided on the front surface of the communication terminal 100, and may collect touch operations on or near the user, such as clicking buttons, dragging scroll boxes, and the like.

The display unit 130 may also be used, for example, to display a display interface of the terminal-controlled application program for advertisement. Specifically, the display unit 130 may include a display 132 provided on the front surface of the communication terminal 100. The display 132 may be configured, for example, in the form of a liquid crystal display, a light emitting diode, or the like. The display unit 130 may be used to display advertisement images.

The touch screen 131 may cover the display screen 132, or the touch screen 131 and the display screen 132 may be integrated to implement the input and output functions of the communication terminal 100, and the integrated touch screen may be simply referred to as a touch display screen. The display unit 130 may display an application program and corresponding operation steps.

As an input-output device, the camera 140 may be used, for example, to capture still images or video. The object generates an optical image through the lens and projects the optical image onto the photosensitive element. The photosensitive element may be a charge coupled device (charge coupled device, CCD) or a Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) phototransistor. The photosensitive element converts the optical signal into an electrical signal, which is then transferred to the processor 180 for conversion into a digital image signal. Audio circuit 160, bluetooth module 181, wi-Fi module 170, etc., for example, may interact with other devices (e.g., other components of a communication terminal) to receive or output data to the other devices.

The communication terminal 100 may further include at least one sensor 150 such as an acceleration sensor 151, a distance sensor 152, a fingerprint sensor 153, a temperature sensor 154. The communication terminal 100 may be further configured with other sensors such as gyroscopes, barometers, hygrometers, thermometers, infrared sensors, light sensors, motion sensors, and the like.

The audio circuit 160, speaker 161, microphone 162 can provide an audio interface between a user and the communication terminal 100. The audio circuit 160 may transmit the received electrical signal converted from audio data to the speaker 161, and the speaker 161 converts the electrical signal into a sound signal and outputs the sound signal. The communication terminal 100 may also be configured with a volume button for adjusting the volume of the sound signal. On the other hand, the microphone 162 converts the collected sound signal into an electrical signal, which is received by the audio circuit 160 and converted into audio data, which is output to the RF circuit 110 for transmission to, for example, another terminal, or to the memory 120 for further processing. Microphone 162 may capture the voice of the user in this application.

Wi-Fi belongs to a short-range wireless transmission technology, and the communication terminal 100 can help a user to send and receive e-mail, browse web pages, access streaming media and the like through the Wi-Fi module 170, so that wireless broadband internet access is provided for the user.

The processor 180 is a control center of the communication terminal 100, connects various parts of the entire terminal using various interfaces and lines, and performs various functions of the communication terminal 100 and processes data by running or executing software programs stored in the memory 120 and calling data stored in the memory 120.

In some embodiments, the processor 180 may include one or more processing units; the processor 180 may also integrate an application processor that primarily handles operating systems, user interfaces, applications, etc., and a baseband processor that primarily handles wireless communications. It will be appreciated that the baseband processor described above may not be integrated into the processor 180. The processor 180 may run an operating system, an application program, a user interface display, a touch response, and a terminal control method for advertisement according to the embodiments of the present application. In addition, the processor 180 is coupled with the input/output unit and the display unit.

The bluetooth module 181 is configured to perform information interaction with other bluetooth devices having a bluetooth module through a bluetooth protocol. For example, the communication terminal 100 may establish a bluetooth connection with a device also provided with a bluetooth module through the bluetooth module 181, thereby performing data exchange.

The communication terminal 100 also includes a power supply 190 (e.g., a battery) that provides power to the various components. The power supply may be logically connected to the processor 180 through a power management system, so that functions of managing charge, discharge, power consumption, etc. are implemented through the power management system. The communication terminal 100 may also be configured with a power button for power on and off, screen locking, etc. functions of the terminal.

As illustrated in fig. 2, an example of a communication server 200 is provided in an embodiment of the present application. Fig. 2 is presented in the form of a general communication server. The components of the communication server 200 may include, but are not limited to: the at least one processing unit 201, the at least one memory unit 202, a bus 203 connecting the different system components, including the memory unit 202 and the processing unit 201.

Bus 203 represents one or more of several types of bus structures, including a memory bus or memory controller, a peripheral bus, a processor, and a local bus using any of a variety of bus architectures.

The storage unit 202 may include readable media in the form of volatile memory, such as Random Access Memory (RAM) 221 and/or cache memory unit 222, and may further include Read Only Memory (ROM) 223.

The storage unit 202 may also include a program/utility 225 having a set (at least one) of program modules 224, such program modules 224 including, but not limited to: an operating system, one or more application programs, other program modules, and program data, each or some combination of which may include an implementation of a network environment.

The communication server 200 may also communicate with one or more external devices 204 (e.g., keyboard, pointing device, etc.), one or more devices that enable a user to interact with the communication server 200, and/or any device (e.g., router, modem, etc.) that enables the communication server 200 to communicate with one or more other communication servers. Such communication may occur through an input/output (I/O) interface 205. Also, the communication server 200 may communicate with one or more networks such as a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wide Area Network (WAN) and/or a public network, such as the Internet, through a network adapter 206. As shown, network adapter 206 communicates with other modules for communications server 200 over bus 203. It should be appreciated that although not shown, other hardware and/or software modules may be used in connection with the communication server 200, including but not limited to: microcode, device drivers, redundant processors, external disk drive arrays, RAID systems, tape drives, data backup storage systems, and the like.

The inventor researches and discovers that most service system manufacturers and equipment manufacturers are separated, and the probability of matching the service and the equipment is very small. Therefore, the manufacturer of the service system adapts to interfaces made at the service layer by interfaces provided by different equipment manufacturers. As such, interfaces that need to be developed and maintained increase with the number and variety of devices. Interfaces of different device classes all have corresponding logic codes. Resulting in complex code at the business system layer and even possible redundancy of code that implements unified functionality.

As shown in fig. 3, in the prior art, a corresponding software development kit (Software Development Kit, SDK) needs to be adapted for interfaces of different device types, where the terminal device 306, the terminal device 307, the terminal device 308, and the terminal device 309 are respectively different types of terminal devices. The SDK302 corresponds to the interface 310 of the terminal device 306, the SDK303 corresponds to the interface 311 of the terminal device 307, the SDK304 corresponds to the interface 312 of the terminal device 308, and the SDK305 corresponds to the interface 313 of the terminal device 309. If the service system layer 301 wants to control the terminal device 306 to implement the shutdown function, the service system layer 301 executes the corresponding logic code in the SDK202 and invokes the shutdown function in the interface 310 of the terminal device 306. Therefore, the interfaces of different kinds of equipment in the service system layer are provided with corresponding logic codes, so that the codes of the service system layer are complex, and the codes for realizing the same function are various and even possibly redundant. Also, interfaces that need to be developed and maintained increase with the number and variety of devices.

In view of this, the present application provides a terminal control method for advertisement, which is used to solve the problems that in the prior art, interfaces of devices for different system versions in a service system layer all have corresponding logic codes, resulting in complex codes of the service system layer and multiple or possibly redundant codes for implementing the same function. And solves the problems that in the related art, when new equipment is replaced or added, logic codes of a service system layer need to be changed, but after each time of code modification, engineering codes of the whole service system need to be compiled again, so that the service system layer has unpredictable problems. Therefore, the platform SDK layer is newly added in the present disclosure, so that the service system layer only needs to be in butt joint with the platform SDK layer, and is not affected by the terminal equipment.

In addition, in the present disclosure, the original service system layer is divided into a service system layer and a platform SDK layer, and the two layers are divided by different functions. The service system layer mainly realizes service processing logic and forwards control instructions to the platform SDK layer. The platform SDK layer calls the functions of the terminal equipment according to the control instructions.

The method comprises the steps of dividing a plurality of terminal groups in advance through a platform SDK layer, carrying out unified interface compatibility on each terminal group, determining a corresponding terminal group according to terminal description information analyzed from a control instruction when the control instruction of a target terminal forwarded by a service system layer is received, inquiring a control mode corresponding to the operation instruction in the corresponding terminal group, and then controlling the target terminal to execute corresponding functions by adopting the control mode. The whole process is realized through a platform SDK layer, and no adaptation work is needed for interfaces of different device types. The problem that interfaces which need to be developed and maintained in the prior art are increased along with the increase of the types and the quantity of the devices is solved. In addition, when equipment is added or replaced, the logic code of the service system layer does not need to be changed, so that the problem that engineering codes of the whole service system layer need to be compiled again due to the fact that the logic code of the service system layer needs to be modified in the prior art is solved.

Thus, the application proposes a terminal control method and a communication server for advertising. The present application will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Before describing the scheme of the present application, a process of unified interface compatibility in the present application is described:

for example, as shown in fig. 4, the service system layer 401, the platform SDK layer 402, the platform SDK interface 403, the terminal device 404, the terminal device 405, the terminal device 406, and the terminal device 407 are included in the figure. The service system layer 401 first transmits terminal description information of the terminal device 404, the terminal device 405, the terminal device 406, and the terminal device 407 to the platform SDK layer 402. The terminal description information may be a device identifier, operating system information, a terminal fingerprint, and the like. The terminal fingerprint is a characteristic of an enterprise network access control product and is used for discovering, classifying and monitoring the connection equipment.

The platform SDK layer 402 performs terminal grouping according to terminal description information of each terminal using the platform SDK interface 403. For example, the grouping may be performed according to a version of the system operation information, and, taking an android operating system as an example, a system version of which the system version is android4.4 or less is defined as the first terminal grouping. The version of the system version android5.0-android7.0 is defined as the second terminal packet. The version of the system version android8.0 and above is defined as the third terminal group. The classification of devices of other operating systems is also based on differences in system versions and is not limited herein. The function of the interface present in the terminal is then determined for each terminal group, whereby the class of function in the terminal group is determined.

As shown in fig. 5, fig. 5 is a schematic view of a terminal control method for advertisement according to the present application. The scene diagram includes a terminal device 510, a terminal device 520, a terminal device 530, and a server 540, and in fig. 5, three terminal devices are taken as an example, and the number of terminal devices is not limited in practice. Communication between each terminal device and the server 540 may be performed through a communication network. Wherein each terminal device can be an electronic display screen. The server 540 may be implemented by a single server or by a plurality of servers. The server 540 may be implemented by a physical server or may be implemented by a virtual server.

In one possible application scenario, terminal device 510 and terminal device 520 play advertising video. If the server 540 is to turn down the volume of the terminal 510, the terminal 520, and the terminal 530, the server 540 responds to the control command for the terminal 510, 520, and 530, and parses the volume down indication and the terminal description information from the control command, and then the server 540 obtains terminal packets corresponding to the terminal description information of the terminal 510, 520, and 530, respectively, among the plurality of terminal packets divided in advance. And inquires about the control method corresponding to the volume reduction from the function set supported by each terminal group (if the

terminal devices

510, 520 and 530 belong to the same terminal group, the control methods are the same). The

terminal devices

510, 520, and 530 are controlled to perform the volume down function in a corresponding control manner, respectively.

Next, a detailed description will be given of the method in the present application, as shown in fig. 6, and fig. 6 is a schematic flow chart of a terminal control method for advertisement in the present application, which may include the following steps:

step 601: responding to a control instruction of a target terminal, and analyzing an operation instruction and terminal description information from the control instruction;

step 602: acquiring terminal groups corresponding to the terminal description information from a plurality of terminal groups divided in advance;

step 603: inquiring a control mode of a function corresponding to the operation instruction from a function set supported by the terminal group;

step 604: and controlling the target terminal to execute the function corresponding to the operation instruction by adopting the control mode.

Therefore, the terminal group corresponding to the terminal description information is obtained from a plurality of terminal groups divided in advance according to the terminal description information in the control instruction, the function control mode corresponding to the operation instruction is inquired in the function set supported by the terminal group, the target terminal is controlled to execute the function corresponding to the operation instruction by adopting the control mode, and the whole process does not need to adapt to the difference of different system versions, so that the problem that interfaces which need to be developed and maintained in the prior art are increased along with the increase of the types and the number of the devices is solved.

In this embodiment of the present application, the control instruction is forwarded by the service system layer. Therefore, the service system layer only needs to forward the control instruction and does not need to do a large amount of interface adaptation work on the service system layer, so that the problem of complex code of the service system layer in the prior art is solved.

In this embodiment, the foregoing function set includes at least one of the following function categories:

1) Basic function category: there are functions of the corresponding application programming interface in the terminal.

The application programming interface is a function defined in advance, or refers to a contract that different components of the software system are connected.

2) Advanced functional category: there is a function of the corresponding system kernel interface in the terminal.

The system kernel interface contains all the implemented and usable system calls in the kernel.

3) Custom function category: there is no function of the corresponding application programming interface and system kernel interface in the terminal.

For example, if the on-off function has a corresponding application programming interface in a terminal above 8.0 of the android system, the class of the on-off function in the terminal is determined to be the basic function class. And if the on-off function has a corresponding system kernel interface in a terminal below 4.4 of the android system, determining that the class of the on-off function in the equipment is an advanced function class. And if the brightness adjusting function does not have the functions of the corresponding application programming interface and the system kernel interface in the equipment of the embedded system, determining that the category of the brightness adjusting function in the embedded equipment is a custom function category.

It should be noted that, of course, the function types of the functions in the terminal in the embodiment of the present application are only used to illustrate the embodiment of the present application, and are not intended to limit the embodiment of the present application.

Thus, the function category in the function set can be determined according to the method.

In this embodiment of the present application, different control manners corresponding to different function types may be used to control the target terminal to execute the function corresponding to the operation instruction by using the control manners, where the control manners include the following three manners:

mode one: when the function corresponding to the operation instruction belongs to the basic function class; the control mode is a calling mode of an application programming interface corresponding to the function; when the control of the target terminal is realized, the application programming interface can be called by adopting a calling mode of the application programming interface so as to instruct the target terminal to execute the function corresponding to the operation instruction.

Mode two: when the function corresponding to the operation instruction belongs to the advanced function class; the control mode is a calling mode of a system kernel interface corresponding to the function; therefore, when the control of the target terminal is realized, the system kernel interface can be called by adopting a calling mode of the system kernel interface to instruct the target terminal to execute the function corresponding to the operation instruction.

Mode three: when the function corresponding to the operation instruction belongs to the custom function class; the control mode is a calling mode for forwarding the control instruction to the target terminal; when the control of the target terminal is realized, the mode of forwarding the control instruction to the target terminal can be adopted to instruct the target terminal to execute the function corresponding to the operation instruction.

Therefore, the target terminal can be controlled to execute the function corresponding to the operation instruction according to the control modes corresponding to different function types. So that the target terminal can be controlled to execute the function corresponding to the operation instruction more accurately.

If a terminal needs to be newly added and an association relationship needs to be established between the terminal and a corresponding terminal group, in the embodiment of the present application, the implementation method under different situations includes:

case one: if the newly added equipment has corresponding terminal grouping, responding to an adding instruction for the newly added terminal, and acquiring terminal description information of the newly added terminal; and establishing an association relationship between the terminal description information of the newly-added terminal and the corresponding terminal group.

For example, if the terminal a is newly added, the terminal description information of the terminal a is acquired in response to an addition instruction of the newly added terminal a, an association relationship between the description information of the terminal a and the corresponding terminal group is established, and if the terminal group corresponding to the terminal a is the first terminal group, the association relationship is established between the terminal a and the first terminal group.

And a second case: if the newly added equipment does not have the corresponding terminal group, adding the terminal group corresponding to the newly added equipment and establishing an association relation. I.e. modifying the corresponding code of the platform SDK layer. Namely, the codes of the association relation of the terminal groups corresponding to the newly added equipment are added, and other codes do not need to be changed. For example, if the newly added device B does not have a corresponding terminal group, the terminal group corresponding to the device B is added and an association relationship is established.

Therefore, when the equipment is added, the corresponding terminal group exists, the code does not need to be changed, and if the equipment is not added, the corresponding code is modified at the platform SDK layer. The written code of the business system layer does not need to be modified. Therefore, the problems that in the prior art, if equipment is newly added, codes of a service system layer need to be modified, and after the codes in the service system layer are modified, the whole engineering codes in the service system layer need to be compiled again, so that some unpredictable problems are caused are solved.

For further understanding of the technical solution provided in the present application, the following detailed description with reference to fig. 7 may include the following steps:

Step 701: responding to a control instruction of a target terminal, and analyzing an operation instruction and terminal description information from the control instruction;

step 702: acquiring terminal groups corresponding to the terminal description information from a plurality of terminal groups divided in advance;

step 703: inquiring a control mode of a function corresponding to the operation instruction from a function set supported by the terminal group;

it should be noted that: the function set comprises at least one of the following function categories: basic function category, advanced function category, and custom function category; wherein:

the functions of the corresponding application programming interface and the system kernel interface do not exist in the terminal and belong to the self-defined function class;

step 704: if the function corresponding to the operation instruction belongs to the basic function class; calling an application programming interface corresponding to a function to instruct the target terminal to execute the function corresponding to the operation instruction;

step 705: if the function corresponding to the operation instruction belongs to the advanced function class; and calling a system kernel interface corresponding to the function to instruct the target terminal to execute the function corresponding to the operation instruction.

Step 706: if the function corresponding to the operation instruction belongs to the custom function class; and forwarding the control instruction to the target terminal to instruct the target terminal to execute the function corresponding to the operation instruction.

For example, as shown in fig. 4, the service system layer 402 forwards a control instruction to the device 405, where the control instruction includes an operation instruction and terminal description information, the platform SDK layer obtains a terminal packet corresponding to the terminal description information from a pre-divided pair of terminal packets, queries a control mode corresponding to the operation instruction from a function set supported by the terminal packet, and if the function corresponding to the operation instruction belongs to a basic function class, the control mode is a calling mode of an application programming interface corresponding to the function, and calls the application programming interface corresponding to the function by adopting the calling mode to instruct the terminal device 405 to execute the function corresponding to the operation instruction.

Based on the same concept, as shown in fig. 8, the present application also provides a communication server 800, which includes:

an input-output unit 810 configured to receive an advertisement image to be displayed and output the advertisement image to be displayed;

Processor 820, respectively connected to the input-output units, is configured to:

Optionally, the control instruction is forwarded by a service system layer.

Optionally, the function set includes at least one of the following function categories: basic function category, advanced function category, and custom function category; wherein:

Optionally, if the function corresponding to the operation instruction belongs to the basic function class; the control mode is a calling mode of an application programming interface corresponding to the function;

The processor 820 is further configured to perform, when controlling the target terminal to perform the function corresponding to the operation instruction in the control manner, the following steps:

Optionally, if the function corresponding to the operation instruction belongs to a high-level function class; the control mode is a calling mode of a system kernel interface corresponding to the function;

the processor 820 is further configured to perform, when controlling the target terminal to perform the function corresponding to the operation instruction in the control manner:

Optionally, if the function corresponding to the operation instruction belongs to the custom function class; the control mode is a calling mode for forwarding the control instruction to the target terminal;

Optionally, the processor 820 is further configured to:

Details of the communication server and its functional implementation may be found in the above related descriptions of fig. 1-7, and are not repeated here.

In some possible implementations, various aspects of the methods provided by the embodiments of the present application may also be implemented in the form of a program product comprising program code for causing a computer device to carry out the steps of the terminal control method for advertising according to the various exemplary embodiments of the present application as described in the present specification, when the program code is run on the computer device.

The program product may employ any combination of one or more readable media. The readable medium may be a readable signal medium or a readable storage medium. The readable storage medium can be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or a combination of any of the foregoing. More specific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of the readable storage medium would include the following: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable disk, a hard disk, random Access Memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), optical fiber, portable compact disk read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing.

A program product for performing terminal control for advertising according to embodiments of the present application may employ a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM) and include program code, and may run on a server device. However, the program product of the present application is not limited thereto, and in this document, a readable storage medium may be any tangible medium that can contain, or store a program for use by or in connection with an information transmission, apparatus, or device.

The readable signal medium may include a data signal propagated in baseband or as part of a carrier wave with readable program code embodied therein. 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 of the foregoing. The readable signal medium may also be any readable medium that is not a readable storage medium and that can communicate, propagate, or transport a program for use by or in connection with a periodic network action system, apparatus, or device.

Program code embodied on a 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.

Program code for carrying out operations of the present application may be written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including an object oriented programming language such as Java, 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 computing device, partly on the user's device, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computing device, partly on a remote computing device, or entirely on the remote computing device or server. In the case of remote computing devices, the remote computing device may be connected to the user computing device through any kind of network, including a Local Area Network (LAN) or a Wide Area Network (WAN), or may be connected to an external computing device.

The embodiment of the application also provides a computer readable storage medium, namely, the content is not lost after power failure. The storage medium has stored therein a software program comprising program code which, when executed on a computing device, when read and executed by one or more processors, implements any of the aspects of the embodiments of the application described above for broad terminal control.

The present application is described above with reference to block diagrams and/or flowchart illustrations of methods, apparatus (systems) and/or computer program products according to embodiments of the application. It will be understood that one block of the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, and/or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer and/or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions/acts specified in the block diagrams and/or flowchart block or blocks.

Accordingly, the present application may also be embodied in hardware and/or in software (including firmware, resident software, micro-code, etc.). Still further, the present application may take the form of a computer program product on a computer-usable or computer-readable storage medium having computer-usable or computer-readable program code embodied in the medium for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system. In the context of this application, a computer-usable or computer-readable medium may be any medium that can contain, store, communicate, propagate, or transport the program for use by or in connection with the instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.

Although the present application has been described in connection with specific features and embodiments thereof, it will be apparent that various modifications and combinations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the application. Accordingly, the specification and drawings are merely exemplary illustrations of the present application as defined in the appended claims and are considered to cover any and all modifications, variations, combinations, or equivalents that fall within the scope of the present application.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present application without departing from the scope of the application. Thus, if such modifications and variations of the present application fall within the scope of the claims and the equivalents thereof, the present application is intended to include such modifications and variations as well.

Claims

1. A terminal control method for advertising, the method comprising:

analyzing an operation instruction and terminal description information from a control instruction forwarded by a service system layer in response to the control instruction of a target terminal through a platform SDK layer, wherein the terminal description information comprises a device identifier, operating system information and a terminal fingerprint;

acquiring terminal groups corresponding to the terminal description information from a plurality of terminal groups divided in advance through a platform SDK layer;

Inquiring a control mode of a function corresponding to the operation instruction from a function set supported by the terminal group through a platform SDK layer;

the target terminal is controlled to execute the function corresponding to the operation instruction by adopting the control mode through a platform SDK layer;

responding to an increasing instruction for a newly-increased terminal through a platform SDK layer, and acquiring terminal description information of the newly-increased terminal if the newly-increased terminal has a corresponding terminal group; establishing an association relationship between the terminal description information of the newly added terminal and the corresponding terminal group; or if the newly added terminal does not have the corresponding terminal group, adding the terminal group corresponding to the newly added terminal and establishing an association relation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of functions includes at least one of the following categories of functions: basic function category, advanced function category, and custom function category; wherein:

3. The method of claim 2, wherein if the operation indicates that the corresponding function belongs to a basic function class; the control mode is a calling mode of an application programming interface corresponding to the function;

4. The method of claim 2, wherein if the operation indicates that the corresponding function belongs to a high-level function class; the control mode is a calling mode of a system kernel interface corresponding to the function;

5. The method of claim 2, wherein if the operation indicates that the corresponding function belongs to a custom function class; the control mode is a calling mode for forwarding the control instruction to the target terminal;

6. A communication server, comprising:

7. The communication server of claim 6, wherein the set of functions includes at least one of the following categories of functions: basic function category, advanced function category, and custom function category; wherein:

8. The communication server of claim 7, wherein if the operation indicates that the corresponding function belongs to a basic function class; the control mode is a calling mode of an application programming interface corresponding to the function;

9. The communication server of claim 7, wherein if the operation indicates that the corresponding function belongs to a high-level function class; the control mode is a calling mode of a system kernel interface corresponding to the function;

10. The communication server of claim 7, wherein if the function corresponding to the operation instruction belongs to a custom function class; the control mode is a calling mode for forwarding the control instruction to the target terminal;