CN113676451A

CN113676451A - Method, device, equipment and storage medium for communication between equipment

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Publication number: CN113676451A
Application number: CN202110799491.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 唐念行; 郭鹏; 王晔; 黄橙
Original assignee: Huazhong University of Science and Technology; Qingdao Haier Smart Technology R&D Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huazhong University of Science and Technology; Qingdao Haier Smart Technology R&D Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-07-15
Filing date: 2021-07-15
Publication date: 2021-11-19

Abstract

The application relates to a method, a device, equipment and a storage medium for communication between equipment. The method comprises the steps that a server searches a called device from a target device list associated with a first family account according to the name of a first family account and a called object by receiving a calling request which is sent by calling devices under the first family account and carries the name of the first family account and the name of the called object, and sends the calling request to the called device after the corresponding called device is found so as to establish call connection between the calling device and the called device; the target device list comprises a first device set under a first family account and a second device set under a second family account, and the first family account is associated with the second family account; in this embodiment, the server may establish a call connection between the calling device of the first home account and the called device of the second home account, so as to implement a call function between the internet appliance devices of different home accounts, and improve call efficiency between the internet appliance devices.

Description

Method, device, equipment and storage medium for communication between equipment

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of internet of things technology, and in particular, to a method, an apparatus, a device, and a storage medium for communication between devices.

Background

With the development of the internet of things technology, more and more home network device devices appear in the field of smart homes, and the more and more home network device devices have the voice call function; for example: the intelligent sound box in the family can be called through the mobile phone to carry out voice communication.

In the conventional technology, for in-home internet appliance devices, management can be performed on an application (APP for short) through an internet of things account, where the internet of things account corresponds to a home account; under the account of the internet of things, all internet appliance devices in a family can be bound. When voice call is carried out, a user can log in the Internet of things account on a mobile phone and make voice call to a plurality of internet access devices in a family through the mobile phone; or the voice call can be dialed to other network equipment in the family through the network equipment in the family, such as a sound box.

However, in the current communication method, the voice communication function of multiple internet appliance devices cannot be realized among multiple home accounts, which results in low communication efficiency among the internet appliance devices and poor user experience.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the foregoing, it is desirable to provide a method, an apparatus, a device and a storage medium for inter-device communication, which can improve communication efficiency between network devices and improve user experience.

In a first aspect, a method for a call between devices is provided, where the method includes:

receiving a call request sent by a calling device under a first family account; the calling request carries a first family account and the name of a called object; wherein the called object comprises a called device or a called account;

according to the first family account and the name of the called object, searching the called device from a target device list associated with the first family account; the target device list comprises a first device set under a first family account and a second device set under a second family account, and the first family account is associated with the second family account;

and under the condition that the calling device is found, sending a calling request to the called device so as to establish a call connection between the calling device and the called device.

In one embodiment, in a case that the call request carries names of a first home account and a called account, searching for a called device from a target device list associated with the first home account according to the names of the first home account and a called object, includes:

determining a target device list associated with the first family account from a preset database according to the first family account; wherein, the database comprises a plurality of equipment lists;

determining whether the called account is the same as the second family account based on the target device list;

and in the case that the called account is the same as the second family account, searching the called device from the target device list.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

and in the case that the called account is different from the second family account, sending a response message of call failure to the calling device.

In one embodiment, the searching the called device from the target device list includes:

screening out the devices in the online state in the second device set according to the states of all the devices in the second device set in the target device list, and taking the devices in the online state as a candidate device set;

and according to the priority of each device in the candidate device set, taking the device with the highest priority as the called device.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

sending a call request to the called device;

and under the condition that the called device is not answered after the preset response time, taking the device with the highest priority as a new called device, and sending a call request to the new called device.

and taking each device in the candidate device set as a called device.

judging whether a user exists in the space corresponding to each device in the candidate device set;

when the user exists in the device corresponding space, the device corresponding to the space where the user exists is used as the called device.

In one embodiment, the determining whether a user exists in the space corresponding to each device in the candidate device set includes:

receiving monitoring information sent by user monitoring equipment under the second family account, wherein the monitoring information is used for representing user activity states in different spaces in a family corresponding to the second family account;

and judging whether a user exists in the space corresponding to each device in the candidate device set or not according to the user monitoring information.

In one embodiment, in a case that the name of the first home account and the name of the called device are carried in the call request, searching for the called device from a target device list associated with the first home account according to the name of the first home account and the name of the called object includes:

determining a target device list associated with the first family account from a preset database according to the first family account; the database comprises a plurality of equipment lists, and the target equipment list comprises the corresponding relation between the names of different equipment and equipment identifications;

and determining a target device identification corresponding to the name of the called device from the target device list, and determining the device corresponding to the target device identification as the called device.

In one embodiment, the called object further comprises an emergency alert center including at least one of 120, 119, 110; the method further comprises the following steps:

and sending a call request to an emergency alert center.

In a second aspect, an apparatus for communication between devices is provided, the apparatus comprising:

the receiving module is used for receiving a call request sent by a calling device under a first family account; the calling request carries a first family account and the name of a called object; wherein the called object comprises a called device or a called account;

the searching module is used for searching the called device from a target device list associated with the first family account according to the first family account and the name of the called object; the target device list comprises a first device set under a first family account and a second device set under a second family account, and the first family account is associated with the second family account;

and the calling module is used for sending a calling request to the called equipment under the condition of finding so as to establish the call connection between the calling equipment and the called equipment.

In a third aspect, there is provided an apparatus comprising a memory and a processor, the memory storing a computer program, the processor implementing the following steps when executing the computer program:

In a fourth aspect, there is provided a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which when executed by a processor performs the steps of:

According to the method, the device, the equipment and the storage medium for communication between the equipment, the server searches the called equipment from the target equipment list associated with the first family account by receiving the call request which is sent by the calling equipment under the first family account and carries the names of the first family account and the called object according to the names of the first family account and the called object, and after the server finds the corresponding called equipment, the server sends the call request to the called equipment so as to establish communication connection between the calling equipment and the called equipment; the target device list comprises a first device set under a first family account and a second device set under a second family account, and the first family account is associated with the second family account; that is to say, in this embodiment, the server may receive a call request initiated by the calling device of the first home account to the second home account or the device under the second home account, and establish a call connection between the calling device of the first home account and the called device of the second home account, so as to implement a call function between the internet appliance devices under different home accounts, thereby greatly improving call efficiency between the internet appliance devices, and at the same time, providing a call convenience for the user and improving user experience.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a diagram of an exemplary application environment for a method for communicating between devices;

FIG. 2 is a flow diagram illustrating a method for inter-device communication in one embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a flow chart illustrating a method for communicating between devices in another embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for communicating between devices according to another embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for communicating between devices according to another embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method for communicating between devices according to another embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for communicating between devices according to another embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of an apparatus for communication between devices in one embodiment;

fig. 9 is an internal structural diagram of the apparatus in one embodiment.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present application more apparent, the present application is described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the present application and are not intended to limit the present application.

The inter-device communication method provided by the application can be applied to the application environment shown in fig. 1. A terminal 101 and a terminal 103 are in a call, wherein both the terminal 101 and the terminal 103 are in communication with a server 102 through a network to establish a call connection between the terminal 101 and the terminal 103; the terminal 101 and the terminal 103 can be used as calling devices or called devices, and the terminal 101 and the terminal 103 can be network device devices with voice communication functions in the same family or network device devices with voice communication functions in different families; the internet appliance device with the voice call function may be, but is not limited to, a smart audio, a smart television, a smart refrigerator, a smart phone, a personal computer, a notebook computer, a tablet computer, a portable wearable device, and the like, and the server 102 may be implemented by an independent server or a server cluster formed by a plurality of servers.

In an embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, a method for a call between devices is provided, which is described by taking the method as an example applied to the server in fig. 1, and includes the following steps:

step 201, receiving a call request sent by a calling device under a first home account; the calling request carries a first family account and the name of a called object; wherein the called object comprises a called device or a called account.

With the development of smart homes, more and more network device devices are in the home, and in order to facilitate management and control, a user usually binds each network device with an APP on a mobile phone, and maintains information of each network device associated under the first home account on a corresponding server, including information such as a name, a unique ID, an online state, and the like of the network device; optionally, names of the internet appliance devices associated under the first home account are different from each other; then, the user can realize the control of each internet appliance device in the family through the mobile phone; with sound voice call functions of the internet appliance devices, a user can also call other internet appliance devices in the first family through a mobile phone or the internet appliance devices in the first family; at this time, the server receives a call request sent by a call device under the first home account, where the call device may be any device with a voice call function associated under the first home account, for example: the calling equipment can be a user mobile phone, an intelligent sound box, an intelligent television and the like; the call request can be a voice call request or a video call request; the called object may be a device other than the calling device associated under the first home account.

In addition, the user can add other home accounts through the mobile phone APP to realize the association between the first home account of the user and the second home accounts of other users, and the second home accounts of the other users can also associate a plurality of internet appliance devices in the home corresponding to the other users; correspondingly, the server maintains the association relationship between the first family account and the second family account, and the information of each internet appliance device associated under the first family account and the information of each internet appliance device associated under the second family account; optionally, the networker devices associated under the second family account may be visible to the first family account, for example: a user can check each associated internet appliance device under a second family account through the smart phone under the first family account; the internet appliance devices associated with the second home account may also be invisible to the first home account, that is, the second home account may select to hide each internet appliance device associated with the own home account, but not visible to other associated home accounts, for example: the user can only view the associated second family account through the smart phone under the first family account, but cannot view each associated internet appliance device under the second family account; the internet appliance equipment associated under the second home account can also be partially visible to the outside and partially invisible to the outside, that is, the user under the second home account can optionally select the internet appliance equipment visible to the outside; in addition, the user under the second home account can also arbitrarily select the home account with the internet appliance device visible to the outside, for example: visible to the first family account, invisible to the third family account, etc. The user can make a call to the second family account through the internet appliance equipment under the first family account; optionally, under the condition that the internet appliance device associated with the second home account is invisible to the first home account, the user under the first home account can make a call to the second home account, and correspondingly, the server receives a call request carrying the names of the first home account and the called account; under the condition that the associated internet appliance equipment under the second family account is visible to the first family account, the user under the first family account can also make a call to the internet appliance equipment under the second family account, and correspondingly, the server receives a call request carrying the names of the first family account and the called equipment; the call request may be a voice call request or a video call request.

Optionally, the called object may include a plurality of objects, such as: the calling device under the first home account can simultaneously send a call request to a plurality of called objects and establish call connection with the plurality of called devices.

Step 202, searching a called device from a target device list associated with a first family account according to the first family account and the name of the called object; the target device list comprises a first device set under a first family account and a second device set under a second family account, and the first family account is associated with the second family account.

In this embodiment, the second family account is only an example of one of the family accounts associated with the first family account, that is, the first family account may be associated with a plurality of different family accounts.

After receiving a call request sent by a calling device under a first family account, a server can search a called device from a target device list associated with the first family account according to the first family account and the name of a called object carried in the call request; optionally, when the called object is the called device, the called device can be found from the target device list associated with the first family account; when the called object is opposite to the called account, a candidate device list associated with the called account can be found out from the target device list associated with the first family account, and the called device is determined from the candidate device list; optionally, any device in the candidate device list may be determined to be the called device.

And 203, sending a call request to the called device under the condition of finding so as to establish a call connection between the calling device and the called device.

Specifically, after finding the called device from the target device list associated with the first home account according to the first home account and the name of the called object, the server may send a call request to the called device to establish a call connection between the calling device and the called device; optionally, the server may return a call failure response to the calling device in a case where the called device corresponding to the name of the called object is not found from the target device list associated with the first home account; for example: when a user initiates a call request to a smart television B under a second home account through a smart audio a under a first home account, the name of the smart television B is misread as a smart television C, and no device corresponding to the smart television C exists in a target device list associated with the first home account, that is, a called device corresponding to the smart television C is not found in the target device list associated with the first home account, in this case, a server may return a call failure request to the smart audio a to inform the user of a call failure.

In the method for communication between devices, a server receives a call request which is sent by a calling device under a first home account and carries names of the first home account and a called object, searches a called device from a target device list associated with the first home account according to the names of the first home account and the called object, and sends the call request to the called device after the server finds the corresponding called device so as to establish communication connection between the calling device and the called device; the target device list comprises a first device set under a first family account and a second device set under a second family account, and the first family account is associated with the second family account; that is to say, in this embodiment, the server may receive a call request initiated by the calling device of the first home account to the second home account or the device under the second home account, and establish a call connection between the calling device of the first home account and the called device of the second home account, so as to implement a call function between the internet appliance devices under different home accounts, thereby greatly improving call efficiency between the internet appliance devices, and at the same time, providing a call convenience for the user and improving user experience.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for communication between devices according to another embodiment. The embodiment relates to an optional implementation process of searching for a called device from a target device list associated with a first family account according to names of the first family account and a called object when a server carries the names of the first family account and the called account in a received call request. On the basis of the above embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, the step 202 includes:

step 301, according to the first home account, determining a target device list associated with the first home account from a preset database.

The database comprises a plurality of equipment lists, and each equipment list comprises equipment sets which are respectively associated under the family accounts with the association relationship; for example: in this embodiment, the first family account and the second family account are associated, and the corresponding device list includes a first device set under the first family account and a second device set under the second family account.

Specifically, when the received call request carries the name of the first home account and the name of the called account, the server may determine, according to the first home account, a target device list associated with the first home account from a plurality of device lists in a preset database.

Step 302, determining whether the called account is the same as the second home account based on the target device list.

Specifically, after determining the target device list associated with the first home account, the server determines, based on the target device list, whether the called account is the same as the second home account according to the name of the called account, that is, determines whether the name of the called account carried in the call request is the same as the name of the second home account in the target device list, and in a case that the name of the called account is determined to be the same as the name of the second home account, may determine that the called account is the same as the second home account.

Step 303, if the two devices are the same, the called device is searched from the target device list.

Specifically, in the case that the called account is determined to be the same as the second family account, the called device can be searched from the target device list; searching the called device from the second device set associated with the second family account in the target device list; optionally, in a case that the called account is different from the second home account, that is, the account called by the user (called account) has no association with the first home account to which the calling device belongs, a response message of call failure may be sent to the calling device.

In this embodiment, when the call request carries a first home account and a name of a called account, the server determines, according to the first home account, a target device list associated with the first home account from a plurality of device lists in a preset database, determines, based on the target device list, whether a called account is the same as the second home account, and searches for a called device from the target device list when it is determined that the called account is the same as the second home account; in the embodiment, whether the called account is the account associated with the first family account or not can be judged, so that the call request of the user to other family accounts without the association relationship can be effectively avoided, further, the telephone harassment to other family accounts is avoided, and the efficiency of the device call between the family accounts with the association relationship is improved.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for communication between devices according to another embodiment. The embodiment relates to an optional implementation process of searching the called device from the target device list by the server under the condition that the called account is determined to be the same as the second family account. On the basis of the above embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, the step 303 includes:

step 401, according to the status of each device in the second device set in the target device list, screening out a device in an online status in the second device set as a candidate device set.

Specifically, the server may filter out, according to the states of the devices in the second device set in the target device list, a device in an online state in the second device set as a candidate device set when it is determined that the called account is the same as the second home account; optionally, the server may determine the online status of each device according to the status word of each device stored in the current database; or respectively sending verification information to each device, and determining the online state of each device according to the response information returned by each device; in this embodiment, a method for determining the online status of each device in the second device set is not limited.

Step 401, according to the priority of each device in the candidate device set, the device with the highest priority is taken as the called device.

Specifically, after determining the devices in the online state in the second device set, the server may use the device with the highest priority as the called device according to the priority of each device in the online state; optionally, the user may set a priority of each device through the APP, where the priority is used for a response sequence of each device when receiving the call request of the second home account, and the priority may also characterize a probability that each device is answered, for example: the probability that the net device in the living room is answered is generally greater than that of the net device in the bedroom; optionally, the user may set the priority of the associated mobile phone to be the highest, that is, when calling the second home account, the corresponding mobile phone associated with the second home account preferentially responds to the call request; optionally, when multiple mobile phones are associated under the second home account, different priorities may be set for each mobile phone, or the priorities of the multiple mobile phones may be set to be the same priority, in which case, the multiple mobile phones with the same priority simultaneously respond to the call request; in this embodiment, the setting of the priority of each device under the home account is not limited.

In this embodiment, the server screens out, according to the states of the devices in the second device set in the target device list, the devices in the online state in the second device set as a candidate device set, and according to the priority of each device in the candidate device set, uses the device with the highest priority as a called device; that is to say, in this embodiment, the server first screens out the devices in the online state from the target device list, and then selects the device with the highest priority as the called device from the devices in the online state according to the priority of the device, so as to avoid a call failure phenomenon caused when the server sends a call request to the device that is not online, and also enable the server to selectively call the internet appliance devices under the second home account, thereby improving the answering probability of the called account, and further improving the communication efficiency between the internet appliance devices.

In an optional embodiment of the present application, after determining the called device according to the priority of each device, the server sends a call request to the called device; optionally, in a case that the called device is not answered after the preset response time, the server may regard a device with a highest priority in the candidate device set as a new called device, and send a call request to the new called device. Optionally, in the case that the new called device is not answered after the preset response duration, the server may continue to select a next called device according to the priority, and send a call request to the next called device; the server may also return a response message to the calling device that the call failed.

In this embodiment, after determining the called device according to the priority of each device from the candidate device set belonging to the online state under the second home account, the server sends a call request to the called device, and when the called device is not answered after the preset response time, the device with the second highest priority is used as a new called device and sends the call request to the new called device, so that the server can continue to initiate a call request to the called account, thereby greatly improving the call efficiency between network device devices.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for communication between devices according to another embodiment. The embodiment relates to another alternative implementation process of the server searching the called device from the target device list under the condition that the called account is determined to be the same as the second family account. On the basis of the above embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, the step 303 includes:

step 501, according to the states of each device in the second device set in the target device list, screening out devices in an online state in the second device set as a candidate device set.

Step 502, each device in the candidate device set is taken as a called device.

Specifically, the server may use each online device in the candidate device set as a called device, that is, when the user makes a call to a called account (a second home account) through a calling device under the first home account, each online device under the second home account may respond, and the user under the second home account may answer through each online device, that is, multiple devices may respond simultaneously; optionally, when multiple devices under the second home account respond simultaneously, the multiple devices may listen at the same time, or after one of the devices listens, the other devices terminate responding.

In this embodiment, the server screens out, according to the states of the devices in the second device set in the target device list, devices in an online state in the second device set as a candidate device set, and uses each device in the candidate device set as a called device; that is to say, in this embodiment, the server first screens out the devices in the online state from the target device list, and then, all the devices in the online state are taken as the called devices, so that a phenomenon of call failure caused when the server sends a call request to the devices that are not online is avoided, and by sending answer responses simultaneously through all the online devices, the answer probability of the called account is greatly improved, and the conversation efficiency of the devices among different home accounts is improved.

Fig. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method for communication between devices according to another embodiment. The embodiment relates to another alternative implementation process of the server searching the called device from the target device list under the condition that the called account is determined to be the same as the second family account. On the basis of the above embodiment, as shown in fig. 6, the step 303 includes:

step 601, screening out devices in an online state in the second device set according to the states of the devices in the second device set in the target device list, and using the devices in the online state as a candidate device set.

Step 602, determining whether there is a user in the space corresponding to each device in the candidate device set.

Specifically, after determining the candidate device set of all online devices under the second home account, the server may further determine whether a user exists in the space corresponding to each device in the candidate device set, that is, screen out the device corresponding to the space where the user exists from the candidate device set; optionally, the server may receive monitoring information sent by the user monitoring device under the second home account, where the monitoring information is used to represent user activity states in different spaces in the home corresponding to the second home account; optionally, the user monitoring device may include a network device with a user monitoring and identifying function, and may also include a monitoring device installed in a home for monitoring a specific location of a user, where the monitoring device can accurately identify a space where the user is located, for example: a user is present in the first space (living room), a user is present in the second space (bedroom a), and the like; then, the server can judge whether a user exists in the space corresponding to each device in the candidate device set according to the user monitoring information; optionally, whether a user exists in the space corresponding to each device may be determined according to the spatial information corresponding to each device in the candidate device set and the user monitoring information; for example: the device 1 in the candidate device set is located in the first space, and the user in the first space (living room) can be obtained according to the user monitoring information, so that the user in the space corresponding to the device 1 can be determined to be present.

Step 603, if yes, the device corresponding to the space where the user exists is taken as the called device.

Specifically, the server may use, when it is determined that the user exists in the space corresponding to the device in the candidate device set, the device corresponding to the space where the user exists as the called device; optionally, when there are multiple spaces where users exist, the device corresponding to each space where users exist may be regarded as a called device, or one of the devices corresponding to one space where users exist may be regarded as a called device; based on the above example, the device 1 corresponding to the first space (living room) where the user exists may be taken as the called device. Optionally, in the candidate device set, when there are multiple devices corresponding to one of the spaces of the user, one of the multiple devices may be selected as the called device; for example: in the candidate device set, the device 1 and the device 3 are both in the first space, and the user exists in the first space, then the device 1 or the device 3 may be regarded as the called device.

In this embodiment, the server screens out, according to the states of the devices in the second device set in the target device list, devices in an online state in the second device set as a candidate device set, then determines whether a user exists in a space corresponding to each device in the candidate device set, and if a user exists in a space corresponding to a device in the candidate device set, takes a device corresponding to the space where the user exists as a called device; in the embodiment, the server takes the device of the user which is online and in the space where the device is located under the second family account as the called device, so that when the calling request is sent to the called device, the probability of answering the called device is greatly increased, and the conversation efficiency among the network equipment can be greatly improved; further, invalid response of the equipment in a space where no user exists can be avoided, and the working efficiency of each networker equipment is improved.

Fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for communication between devices according to another embodiment. The embodiment relates to an optional implementation process of searching for a called device from a target device list associated with a first home account according to names of the first home account and a called object when a server carries the first home account and the name of the called device in a received call request. On the basis of the above embodiment, as shown in fig. 7, the step 202 includes:

step 701, according to the first family account, determining a target device list associated with the first family account from a preset database.

The database comprises a plurality of device lists, the target device list comprises all devices associated with the first family account, and the target device list comprises corresponding relations between names and device identifications of different devices; alternatively, the names of the devices in the target device list are different from each other, and the device identifier may be a unique ID of the device.

Step 702, determine the target device identifier corresponding to the name of the called device from the target device list, and determine the device corresponding to the target device identifier as the called device.

Specifically, after obtaining the name of the called device and the target device list, the server may determine, from the target device list, a target device identifier corresponding to the name of the called device, and determine a device corresponding to the target device identifier as the called device; for example: the ID of the corresponding target device can be determined according to the name of the called device, the device corresponding to the ID is determined as the called device, and then the call request is sent to the called device corresponding to the ID.

In this embodiment, the server determines, according to a first home account, a target device list associated with the first home account from a preset database, further determines, from the target device list, a target device identifier corresponding to the name of the called device, and determines a device corresponding to the target device identifier as the called device; based on the uniqueness of the target equipment identifier, after the called equipment is determined according to the target equipment identifier, when a calling request is sent to the called equipment corresponding to the target equipment identifier, the accuracy of equipment calling can be improved.

In an alternative embodiment of the present application, the called object further includes an emergency alert center including at least one of 120, 119, and 110; the server can send a call request to the emergency alarm center under the condition that a called object in the received call request is determined to be the emergency alarm center; optionally, the server may directly call the operator from the network side to make an emergency call; that is to say, the user can directly make an emergency call through any internet access device with a voice call function at home, so that the user can trigger an alarm in time when the user is in an emergency situation at home, the quick call with the alarm center is realized, and great convenience is provided for the user.

It should be understood that although the various steps in the flow charts of fig. 2-7 are shown in order as indicated by the arrows, the steps are not necessarily performed in order as indicated by the arrows. The steps are not performed in the exact order shown and described, and may be performed in other orders, unless explicitly stated otherwise. Moreover, at least some of the steps in fig. 2-7 may include multiple steps or multiple stages, which are not necessarily performed at the same time, but may be performed at different times, which are not necessarily performed in sequence, but may be performed in turn or alternately with other steps or at least some of the other steps.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 8, there is provided an inter-device communication apparatus, including: a receiving module 801, a searching module 802 and a calling module 803, wherein:

a receiving module 801, configured to receive a call request sent by a calling device under a first home account; the calling request carries a first family account and the name of a called object; wherein the called object comprises a called device or a called account;

a searching module 802, configured to search for a called device from a target device list associated with a first home account according to the first home account and a name of the called object; the target device list comprises a first device set under a first family account and a second device set under a second family account, and the first family account is associated with the second family account;

and the calling module 803 is configured to send a call request to the called device in the case that the call request is found, so as to establish a call connection between the calling device and the called device.

In one embodiment, in a case that the call request carries a name of a first home account and a name of a called account, the searching module 802 is specifically configured to determine, according to the first home account, a target device list associated with the first home account from a preset database; wherein, the database comprises a plurality of equipment lists; determining whether the called account is the same as the second family account based on the target device list; and in the case that the called account is the same as the second family account, searching the called device from the target device list.

In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprises: a sending module; the sending module is configured to send a response message of call failure to the calling device when the called account is different from the second home account.

In one embodiment, the searching module 802 is specifically configured to filter out, according to the state of each device in the second device set in the target device list, a device in an online state in the second device set, as a candidate device set; and according to the priority of each device in the candidate device set, taking the device with the highest priority as the called device.

In one embodiment, the calling module 803 is specifically configured to send a call request to the called device; and under the condition that the called device is not answered after the preset response time, taking the device with the highest priority as a new called device, and sending a call request to the new called device.

In one embodiment, the searching module 802 is specifically configured to filter out, according to the state of each device in the second device set in the target device list, a device in an online state in the second device set, as a candidate device set; and taking each device in the candidate device set as a called device.

In one embodiment, the searching module 802 is specifically configured to filter out, according to the state of each device in the second device set in the target device list, a device in an online state in the second device set, as a candidate device set; judging whether a user exists in the space corresponding to each device in the candidate device set; when the user exists in the device corresponding space, the device corresponding to the space where the user exists is used as the called device.

In one embodiment, the search module 802 is specifically configured to receive monitoring information sent by a user monitoring device under the second home account, where the monitoring information is used to represent user activity states in different spaces in a home corresponding to the second home account; and judging whether a user exists in the space corresponding to each device in the candidate device set or not according to the user monitoring information.

In one embodiment, in a case that the call request carries the name of the first home account and the name of the called device, the search module 802 is specifically configured to determine, according to the first home account, a target device list associated with the first home account from a preset database; the database comprises a plurality of equipment lists, and the target equipment list comprises the corresponding relation between the names of different equipment and equipment identifications; and determining a target device identification corresponding to the name of the called device from the target device list, and determining the device corresponding to the target device identification as the called device.

In one embodiment, the called object further comprises an emergency alert center including at least one of 120, 119, 110; the calling module 803 is further configured to send a call request to the emergency alert center.

For the specific definition of the communication device between the apparatuses, reference may be made to the above definition of the communication method between the apparatuses, and details are not described herein again. All or part of each module in the communication device between the devices can be realized by software, hardware and a combination thereof. The modules can be embedded in a hardware form or independent from a processor in the computer device, and can also be stored in a memory in the computer device in a software form, so that the processor can call and execute operations corresponding to the modules.

In one embodiment, a device is provided, which may be a server, and its internal structure diagram may be as shown in fig. 9. The device includes a processor, a memory, and a network interface connected by a system bus. Wherein the processor of the device is configured to provide computing and control capabilities. The memory of the device comprises a nonvolatile storage medium and an internal memory. The non-volatile storage medium stores an operating system, a computer program, and a database. The internal memory provides an environment for the operation of an operating system and computer programs in the non-volatile storage medium. The database of the device is used for storing a plurality of device list data, each device list data comprises device set data which are respectively associated under the family account with an association relationship, each device set comprises at least one network device and information corresponding to each network device, and the information comprises the name, the unique ID, the online state and the like of the network device. The network interface of the device is used for communicating with an external terminal through a network connection. The computer program is executed by a processor to implement a method of communicating between devices.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the architecture shown in fig. 9 is merely a block diagram of some of the structures associated with the disclosed aspects and is not intended to limit the computing devices to which the disclosed aspects apply, as particular computing devices may include more or less components than those shown, or may combine certain components, or have a different arrangement of components.

In one embodiment, there is provided an apparatus comprising a memory and a processor, the memory having a computer program stored therein, the processor when executing the computer program implementing the steps of:

In one embodiment, the processor, when executing the computer program, further performs the steps of: under the condition that the calling request carries the names of a first family account and a called account, determining a target device list associated with the first family account from a preset database according to the first family account; wherein, the database comprises a plurality of equipment lists; determining whether the called account is the same as the second family account based on the target device list; and in the case that the called account is the same as the second family account, searching the called device from the target device list.

In one embodiment, the processor, when executing the computer program, further performs the steps of: and in the case that the called account is different from the second family account, sending a response message of call failure to the calling device.

In one embodiment, the processor, when executing the computer program, further performs the steps of: screening out the devices in the online state in the second device set according to the states of all the devices in the second device set in the target device list, and taking the devices in the online state as a candidate device set; and according to the priority of each device in the candidate device set, taking the device with the highest priority as the called device.

In one embodiment, the processor, when executing the computer program, further performs the steps of: sending a call request to the called device; and under the condition that the called device is not answered after the preset response time, taking the device with the highest priority as a new called device, and sending a call request to the new called device.

In one embodiment, the processor, when executing the computer program, further performs the steps of: screening out the devices in the online state in the second device set according to the states of all the devices in the second device set in the target device list, and taking the devices in the online state as a candidate device set; and taking each device in the candidate device set as a called device.

In one embodiment, the processor, when executing the computer program, further performs the steps of: screening out the devices in the online state in the second device set according to the states of all the devices in the second device set in the target device list, and taking the devices in the online state as a candidate device set; judging whether a user exists in the space corresponding to each device in the candidate device set; when the user exists in the device corresponding space, the device corresponding to the space where the user exists is used as the called device.

In one embodiment, the processor, when executing the computer program, further performs the steps of: receiving monitoring information sent by user monitoring equipment under the second family account, wherein the monitoring information is used for representing user activity states in different spaces in a family corresponding to the second family account; and judging whether a user exists in the space corresponding to each device in the candidate device set or not according to the user monitoring information.

In one embodiment, the processor, when executing the computer program, further performs the steps of: under the condition that the calling request carries the name of the first family account and the called device, determining a target device list associated with the first family account from a preset database according to the first family account; the database comprises a plurality of equipment lists, and the target equipment list comprises the corresponding relation between the names of different equipment and equipment identifications; and determining a target device identification corresponding to the name of the called device from the target device list, and determining the device corresponding to the target device identification as the called device.

In one embodiment, the processor, when executing the computer program, further performs the steps of: the called object further includes an emergency alert center including at least one of 120, 119, 110; and sending a call request to an emergency alert center.

In one embodiment, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, having a computer program stored thereon, which when executed by a processor, performs the steps of:

In one embodiment, the computer program when executed by the processor further performs the steps of: under the condition that the calling request carries the names of a first family account and a called account, determining a target device list associated with the first family account from a preset database according to the first family account; wherein, the database comprises a plurality of equipment lists; determining whether the called account is the same as the second family account based on the target device list; and in the case that the called account is the same as the second family account, searching the called device from the target device list.

In one embodiment, the computer program when executed by the processor further performs the steps of: and in the case that the called account is different from the second family account, sending a response message of call failure to the calling device.

In one embodiment, the computer program when executed by the processor further performs the steps of: screening out the devices in the online state in the second device set according to the states of all the devices in the second device set in the target device list, and taking the devices in the online state as a candidate device set; and according to the priority of each device in the candidate device set, taking the device with the highest priority as the called device.

In one embodiment, the computer program when executed by the processor further performs the steps of: sending a call request to the called device; and under the condition that the called device is not answered after the preset response time, taking the device with the highest priority as a new called device, and sending a call request to the new called device.

In one embodiment, the computer program when executed by the processor further performs the steps of: screening out the devices in the online state in the second device set according to the states of all the devices in the second device set in the target device list, and taking the devices in the online state as a candidate device set; and taking each device in the candidate device set as a called device.

In one embodiment, the computer program when executed by the processor further performs the steps of: screening out the devices in the online state in the second device set according to the states of all the devices in the second device set in the target device list, and taking the devices in the online state as a candidate device set; judging whether a user exists in the space corresponding to each device in the candidate device set; when the user exists in the device corresponding space, the device corresponding to the space where the user exists is used as the called device.

In one embodiment, the computer program when executed by the processor further performs the steps of: receiving monitoring information sent by user monitoring equipment under the second family account, wherein the monitoring information is used for representing user activity states in different spaces in a family corresponding to the second family account; and judging whether a user exists in the space corresponding to each device in the candidate device set or not according to the user monitoring information.

In one embodiment, the computer program when executed by the processor further performs the steps of: under the condition that the calling request carries the name of the first family account and the called device, determining a target device list associated with the first family account from a preset database according to the first family account; the database comprises a plurality of equipment lists, and the target equipment list comprises the corresponding relation between the names of different equipment and equipment identifications; and determining a target device identification corresponding to the name of the called device from the target device list, and determining the device corresponding to the target device identification as the called device.

In one embodiment, the computer program when executed by the processor further performs the steps of: the called object further includes an emergency alert center including at least one of 120, 119, 110; and sending a call request to an emergency alert center.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the processes of the methods of the embodiments described above can be implemented by hardware instructions of a computer program, which can be stored in a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium, and when executed, can include the processes of the embodiments of the methods described above. Any reference to memory, storage, database or other medium used in the embodiments provided herein can include at least one of non-volatile and volatile memory. Non-volatile Memory may include Read-Only Memory (ROM), magnetic tape, floppy disk, flash Memory, optical storage, or the like. Volatile Memory can include Random Access Memory (RAM) or external cache Memory. By way of illustration and not limitation, RAM can take many forms, such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) or Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), among others.

The technical features of the above embodiments can be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the above embodiments are not described, but should be considered as the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

The above-mentioned embodiments only express several embodiments of the present application, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the scope of the invention. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the concept of the present application, which falls within the scope of protection of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present patent shall be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. A method for communicating between devices, the method comprising:

receiving a call request sent by a calling device under a first family account; the calling request carries the name of the first family account and the called object; wherein the called object comprises a called device or a called account;

according to the first family account and the name of the called object, searching the called device from a target device list associated with the first family account; wherein the target device list comprises a first set of devices under the first home account and a second set of devices under a second home account, the first home account being associated with the second home account;

and if the calling request is found, sending the calling request to the called equipment so as to establish the communication connection between the calling equipment and the called equipment.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein if the calling request carries names of the first home account and the called account, the searching for the called device from the target device list associated with the first home account according to the names of the first home account and the called object comprises:

determining a target device list associated with the first family account from a preset database according to the first family account; wherein the database comprises a plurality of device lists;

determining whether the called account is the same as the second home account based on the target device list;

and if the target equipment list is the same as the target equipment list, searching the called equipment from the target equipment list.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

and if the called account is different from the second family account, sending a response message of call failure to the calling equipment.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein said searching for the called device from the target device list comprises:

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

sending the call request to the called device;

and if the called device is not answered after the preset response time, taking the device with the highest priority as a new called device, and sending the call request to the new called device.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein said searching for the called device from the target device list comprises:

and taking each device in the candidate device set as the called device.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein said searching for the called device from the target device list comprises:

judging whether a user exists in a space corresponding to each device in the candidate device set;

if yes, the equipment corresponding to the space where the user exists is used as the called equipment.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the determining whether the user exists in the space corresponding to each device in the candidate device set comprises:

receiving monitoring information sent by user monitoring equipment under the second home account, wherein the monitoring information is used for representing user activity states in different spaces in a home corresponding to the second home account;

9. The method according to claim 2, wherein if the name of the first home account and the name of the called device are carried in the call request, the searching for the called device from the target device list associated with the first home account according to the name of the first home account and the name of the called object comprises:

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the called object further comprises an emergency alert center including at least one of 120, 119, 110; the method further comprises the following steps:

and sending the call request to the emergency alarm center.

11. An apparatus for communicating between devices, the apparatus comprising:

the receiving module is used for receiving a call request sent by a calling device under a first family account; the calling request carries the name of the first family account and the called object; wherein the called object comprises a called device or a called account;

the searching module is used for searching the called device from a target device list associated with the first family account according to the first family account and the name of the called object; wherein the target device list comprises a first set of devices under the first home account and a second set of devices under a second home account, the first home account being associated with the second home account;

and the calling module is used for sending the calling request to the called equipment if the calling request is found so as to establish the call connection between the calling equipment and the called equipment.

12. An apparatus comprising a memory and a processor, the memory storing a computer program, characterized in that the processor implements the steps of the method of any one of claims 1 to 10 when executing the computer program.

13. A computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the method of any one of claims 1 to 10.