CN118055469A

CN118055469A - Communication method, communication system and electronic equipment

Info

Publication number: CN118055469A
Application number: CN202211400944.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈才龙; 杜天宇
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-11-09
Filing date: 2022-11-09
Publication date: 2024-05-17
Also published as: WO2024099170A1

Abstract

A communication method, a communication system and electronic equipment are provided, and relate to the technical field of communication. The first device and the second device may enable operation of the devices in coordination based on the hotspot connection. When the hotspot connection is disconnected, the first device and the second device can continue to realize the cooperative operation of the devices based on the WiFi point-to-point connection, that is, the closing of the hotspot does not affect the cooperative operation between the devices. Or the first device and the second device can realize the cooperative operation of the devices based on the WiFi point-to-point connection, when the first device or the second device opens the hot spot, the WiFi point-to-point connection is disconnected, the hot spot connection can be established between the first device and the second device, and the cooperative operation of the devices can be continuously realized based on the hot spot connection, namely, the opening of the hot spot does not influence the cooperative operation between the devices. Therefore, the on or off of the hot spot can not influence the cooperative operation among the devices, and meanwhile, the use experience of the user on the cooperative function of the devices is improved.

Description

Communication method, communication system and electronic equipment

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a communications method, a communications system, and an electronic device.

Background

Electronic devices such as mobile phones and the like can share a network with other devices through a hot spot function, or corresponding function windows on the mobile phones are displayed on the other devices through a cooperative function, so that cooperative operation between the devices and the mobile phones is completed.

In some current schemes, when other devices connect to a hotspot of a mobile phone, the mobile phone and other devices may cooperate based on the current hotspot connection, however, closing the hotspot of the mobile phone may affect the current cooperation. Or in other schemes, when the mobile phone and other devices are already cooperated, the current cooperative operation of the mobile phone and other devices is also affected by the opening of the mobile phone hot spot. In either case, the user's experience of using the collaborative functionality of the device is affected.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a communication method, a communication system and electronic equipment, wherein the electronic equipment can be operated cooperatively based on hot spot connection under the condition that hot spot connection is established, and after the hot spot connection is disconnected, the electronic equipment can be operated cooperatively based on wireless fidelity (WIRELESS FIDELITY, wiFi) point-to-point connection continuously, and the closing of the hot spot of the electronic equipment does not influence the use of cooperative functions. Or the electronic devices can cooperate based on WiFi point-to-point connection, after any one of the electronic devices opens the hot spot, the electronic devices can cooperate based on the hot spot connection, and the opening of the hot spot of the electronic devices does not affect the cooperation between the devices.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the embodiment of the present application adopts the following technical scheme:

In a first aspect, a communication method is provided, the communication method being applied to a first device in a communication system, the communication system comprising the first device and a second device. In the communication method, a first device establishes a hot spot connection with a second device, and then the first device sends a collaboration request to the second device based on the hot spot connection and performs collaboration with the second device. After the hotspot connection is disconnected, the first device resends the collaboration request to the second device based on the WiFi point-to-point connection and continues to interoperate with the second device.

The situation that the first device and the second device establish the hot spot connection may be that the first device opens the hot spot, and the second device connects the hot spot of the first device, that is, the situation that the first device is taken as the hot spot; the second device may also turn on the hotspot, where the first device is connected to the hotspot of the second device, that is, the situation that the second device is used as the hotspot. Moreover, the first device closes the hot spot, which may cause disconnection of the hot spot connection; or the second device shuts down the hotspot, also resulting in disconnection of the hotspot connection.

In the communication method, the first device and the second device can realize the cooperative operation of the devices based on the hot spot connection, the hot spot function and the cooperative function can coexist, and after the hot spot connection is disconnected, the first device and the second device can continue to perform the cooperative operation based on the WiFi point-to-point connection. It can be seen that disconnection of the hotspot connection or closure of the hotspot does not affect the co-operation between the devices.

In an implementation manner of the first aspect, if the connection relationship between the first device and the second device satisfies the local area network condition, the first device may send a collaboration request to the second device based on the hotspot connection. The local area network condition comprises that a hot spot connection exists between the first equipment and the second equipment. In this implementation, different manners of collaboration between the first device and the second device may be determined according to whether the current connection relationship between the first device and the second device satisfies the lan condition. So that the cooperative function is applied in more connection relations between the first device and the second device.

In another implementation manner of the first aspect, the hotspot connection existing between the first device and the second device in the lan condition is a connection using the first device as a hotspot. That is, the first device turns on the hotspot, and the second device connects to the hotspot of the first device.

In an implementation manner of the first aspect, if the connection relationship between the first device and the second device does not meet the local area network condition, the first device sends the collaboration request to the second device based on the WiFi point-to-point connection. The connection relationship between the first device and the second device does not meet the local area network condition, and may include failure in establishment of hot spot connection between the first device and the second device, disconnection of hot spot connection, or hot spot closing of the first device or the second device. It can be seen that, in this implementation manner, different manners of collaboration between the first device and the second device may also be determined according to whether the current connection relationship between the first device and the second device satisfies the local area network condition. So that the cooperative function is applied in more connection relations between the first device and the second device.

In an implementation manner of the first aspect, the first device may establish a local area network channel with the second device based on the hotspot connection. The first device then sends a collaboration request to the second device based on the local area network channel. It can be seen that in this implementation, different manners of collaboration between the first device and the second device may be determined according to the local area network environments in which the first device and the second device are currently located. So that the synergic functions are applied to more local area network environments.

In one implementation manner of the first aspect, after the hotspot connection is disconnected, the first device may establish a WiFi point-to-point connection with the second device. The first device then sends a collaboration request to the second device based on the WiFi point-to-point connection. Wherein the hotspot connection disconnection may be the first device closing the hotspot. Therefore, even if the first equipment and the second equipment are not connected by a hot point, the hot point can be continuously cooperated based on other connection modes, so that the closing of the hot point does not influence the cooperative operation of the first equipment and the second equipment, and the use experience of a user on cooperative functions is ensured.

In an implementation manner of the first aspect, after the hotspot connection is disconnected, the first device may send a notification message of the cooperative suspension to the second device based on the bluetooth connection, and the second device is configured to display a prompt message according to the notification message. The prompt information is used for reminding a user to wait for the recovery of the collaborative operation. In this implementation manner, the second device may display a prompt message for waiting for the collaboration restoration, so as to remind the user that the collaboration operation may continue, please the user to wait for the collaboration operation, and if the collaboration operation may be performed again, the collaboration experience of the user may be ensured.

In an implementation manner of the first aspect, the collaboration request is a screen-casting request. When the first device and the second device cooperate, the second device can display the content currently displayed on the first device according to the cooperation request. It can be seen that the co-operation may be a screen-casting operation, the disconnection of the hot spot connection not affecting the screen-casting operation between the first device and the second device.

In an implementation manner of the first aspect, after the first device sends the collaboration request to the second device, the collaboration data may also be sent to the second device. The collaboration data may include file data, picture data, video stream data, control instructions, operation instructions, and the like. The second device may perform one or more of resource sharing and function sharing between the devices according to the collaborative data. It can be seen that the collaborative operation may be an operation such as resource sharing, function sharing, etc., and disconnection of the hot spot connection does not affect the operation such as resource sharing, function sharing, etc. between the first device and the second device.

In an implementation manner of the first aspect, the communication system may further include a third device. When the first device starts the hot spot, the third device may establish a hot spot connection with the first device and use the network of the first device when the second device performs a cooperative operation with the first device according to the cooperative request. It can be seen that in case a hot spot connection is established between the first device and the second device, the co-operation between the first device and the second device does not affect the hot spot connection between the other devices and the first device.

In an implementation manner of the first aspect, if the first device does not close the hotspot, and the hotspot connection between the first device and the second device is disconnected, the third device maintains the hotspot connection with the first device. In this way, in the case that there is no hotspot connection between the first device and the second device, the first device and the second device may still cooperate in other ways, but the cooperation does not affect the hotspot connection between the other devices and the first device.

In a second aspect, another communication method is provided that is applied to a first device in a communication system that includes the first device and a second device. In the communication method, a first device sends a cooperative request to a second device based on WiFi point-to-point connection, performs cooperative operation with the second device, and then establishes hot spot connection with the second device, wherein the WiFi point-to-point connection is disconnected after the first device or the second device opens the hot spot. Finally, the first device re-sends the collaboration request to the second device based on the hot spot connection, and continues to collaborate with the second device.

The situation that the first device and the second device establish the hotspot connection may be that the first device opens a hotspot, and the second device connects the hotspot of the first device; the second device may also turn on the hotspot, and the first device connects to the hotspot of the second device.

In the communication method, the hot spot of the first device or the second device is opened, so that the cooperative operation between the first device and the second device is not influenced, and the use experience of a user on the cooperative function of the device is improved.

In a third aspect, a communication system is provided. The communication system includes a first device and a second device. The first device is used for establishing hot spot connection with the second device, and sending a collaboration request to the second device based on the hot spot connection. The second device is configured to receive the collaboration request and to interoperate with the first device. The first device is further configured to resend the collaboration request to the second device based on the WiFi point-to-point connection after the hotspot connection is disconnected. The second device is configured to receive the collaboration request again and to continue to interoperate with the first device.

In an implementation manner of the third aspect, the first device is further configured to send a notification message to the second device based on the bluetooth connection after the hotspot connection is disconnected. The second device is further configured to receive a notification message, and display a prompt message according to the notification message, where the prompt message is configured to prompt a user to wait for recovery of the collaborative operation.

In one implementation manner of the third aspect, the collaboration request is a screen-casting request. And when the second device cooperates with the first device, the second device is used for displaying the content currently displayed on the first device according to the cooperation request.

In a fourth aspect, another communication system is provided. The communication system includes a first device and a second device. The first device is to send a collaboration request to the second device based on the WiFi point-to-point connection. The second device is configured to receive the collaboration request and to interoperate with the first device. The first device is further configured to establish a hotspot connection with the second device, and resend a collaboration request to the second device based on the hotspot connection; the WiFi point-to-point connection is disconnected after the first device or the second device turns on the hotspot. The second device is also configured to receive the collaboration request and to continue to interoperate with the first device.

In a fifth aspect, an electronic device is provided, the electronic device comprising a memory, one or more processors; the memory is coupled with the processor; wherein the memory has stored therein computer program code comprising computer instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to perform a communication method as in any of the implementations of the first or second aspects.

In a sixth aspect, there is provided a computer readable storage medium comprising computer instructions which, when run on an electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform a communication method as in any of the implementations of the first or second aspects.

In a seventh aspect, a computer program product is provided which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the communication method as in any of the implementations of the first or second aspects.

It will be appreciated that the electronic device according to the fifth aspect, the computer readable storage medium according to the sixth aspect, and the computer program product according to the seventh aspect may refer to the advantages of the first aspect, the second aspect, and any one of the possible designs thereof, which are not described herein.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a mobile phone prompt content according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 4 is a schematic software structure of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of communication between devices according to an embodiment of the application;

FIG. 6 is a flow chart of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a flow chart of yet another communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of communication between yet another device, shown in accordance with an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a device collaboration in accordance with an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating yet another device collaboration in accordance with an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of yet another communication between devices, shown in accordance with an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of communication between yet another device, shown in accordance with an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of communication between yet another device, shown in accordance with an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 14 is a flow chart of yet another communication method according to an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of still another electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Wherein, in the description of the present application, "/" means that the related objects are in a "or" relationship, unless otherwise specified, for example, a/B may mean a or B; the "and/or" in the present application is merely an association relationship describing the association object, and indicates that three relationships may exist, for example, a and/or B may indicate: there are three cases, a alone, a and B together, and B alone, wherein a, B may be singular or plural. Also, in the description of the present application, unless otherwise indicated, "a plurality" means two or more than two. "at least one of" or the like means any combination of these items, including any combination of single item(s) or plural items(s). For example, at least one (one) of a, b, or c may represent: a, b, c, a-b, a-c, b-c, or a-b-c, wherein a, b, c may be single or plural. In addition, in order to facilitate the clear description of the technical solution of the embodiments of the present application, in the embodiments of the present application, the words "first", "second", etc. are used to distinguish the same item or similar items having substantially the same function and effect. It will be appreciated by those of skill in the art that the words "first," "second," and the like do not limit the amount and order of execution, and that the words "first," "second," and the like do not necessarily differ. Meanwhile, in the embodiments of the present application, words such as "exemplary" or "such as" are used to mean serving as examples, illustrations or explanations. Any embodiment or design described herein as "exemplary" or "e.g." in an embodiment should not be taken as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, the use of words such as "exemplary" or "such as" is intended to present related concepts in a concrete fashion that may be readily understood.

In addition, the service scenario described in the embodiment of the present application is for more clearly describing the technical solution of the embodiment of the present application, and does not constitute a limitation on the technical solution provided in the embodiment of the present application, and as a person of ordinary skill in the art can know that, with the appearance of a new service scenario, the technical solution provided in the embodiment of the present application is also applicable to similar technical problems.

At present, electronic devices such as mobile phones and the like can realize multiple functions, for example, a network is shared to other devices through a hot spot function, so that the other devices can use the network provided by the mobile phones to surf the internet; or the corresponding function window on the mobile phone is displayed on other equipment through the cooperative function, so that a user using other equipment can control the mobile phone on the other equipment or watch the content on the mobile phone and the like, thereby completing the cooperative operation between the equipment and the mobile phone.

In some schemes, if the mobile phone and the notebook computer cooperate first, and then the mobile phone opens a hotspot, the mobile phone prompts that a network sharing channel is occupied, and the hotspot function can only be used if the cooperation function is closed first, wherein the prompting content can be shown in fig. 1. Or after the mobile phone opens the hot spot, the current cooperative operation between the mobile phone and the notebook computer can be ended. And then or when the network sharing is carried out between the mobile phone and the notebook computer, the collaboration between the mobile phone and the notebook computer is realized, namely, the collaboration is carried out based on the hot spot connection between the mobile phone and the notebook computer, but once the hot spot function of the mobile phone is closed, the collaboration between the mobile phone and the notebook computer is also ended.

As can be seen from the above, in these conventional solutions, the problem that the hotspot function affects the cooperative function occurs, that is, the cooperative operation between devices based on the hotspot connection is stopped after the hotspot connection between the devices is disconnected, or the cooperative operation between devices based on other connection modes is stopped after a certain device opens the hotspot. It can be seen that the on or off of the device hotspot affects the current cooperative operation between devices, and also affects the use experience of the user on the cooperative function of the devices.

Based on the foregoing, the embodiment of the present application provides a communication method, where after a first device establishes a hotspot connection with a second device, the first device and the second device may implement a device cooperative operation based on the hotspot connection. When the hot spot connection between the first device and the second device is disconnected, the first device and the second device can continue to realize the cooperative operation of the devices based on the WiFi point-to-point connection, that is, the closing of the hot spot does not affect the cooperative operation between the devices.

Or the first device and the second device can realize the cooperative operation of the devices based on the WiFi point-to-point connection, when the first device or the second device opens the hot spot, the WiFi point-to-point connection is disconnected, the hot spot connection can be established between the first device and the second device, and the cooperative operation of the devices can be continuously realized based on the hot spot connection, namely, the opening of the hot spot does not influence the cooperative operation between the devices.

In the communication method provided by the embodiment of the application, the hot spot can not be opened or closed to influence the cooperative operation between the devices, and the use experience of the user on the cooperative function of the devices is improved.

The communication method provided by the embodiment of the application can be applied to a communication system. Illustratively, as shown in (a) of fig. 2, the communication system may include a first device a, a second device b, a third device c, and the like. After the first device a starts the hotspot function, the second device b and the third device c may respectively establish hotspot connection with the first device a, and use the network of the first device a. Before the first device a and the second device b start to operate cooperatively, the first device a may establish a local area network channel with the second device b based on the hot spot connection between the first device a and the second device b, and send a cooperation request to the second device b through the local area network channel. After receiving the collaboration request, the second device b performs collaboration with the first device a, for example, displays a function page of the first device a, displays different collaboration content, and the like. The third device c may still continue to use the network of the first device a during the co-operation of the first device a with the second device b, i.e. the co-operation between the first device a and the second device b does not affect the hot spot connection and the network sharing between the first device a and the third device c. Wherein the network of the first device a may be a cellular network.

In some embodiments, the first device a may also determine, after establishing the hotspot connection with the second device b, whether the connection relationship with the second device b satisfies the local area network condition. The local area network condition may include, among other things, the presence of a hot spot connection between the first device and the second device. In the case where the connection relationship between the first device a and the second device b satisfies the local area network condition (for example, there is a hot spot connection between the first device a and the second device b), the first device a may operate in cooperation with the second device b based on the hot spot connection. The connection relationship between the first device a and the second device b satisfies the above-described lan condition, and may be regarded as the first device a and the second device b being in the same lan.

In some embodiments, after the first device a establishes the hotspot connection with the second device b, if it is determined that the connection relationship with the second device b does not satisfy the lan condition, for example, there is no hotspot connection between the first device a and the second device b, or the hotspot connection between the first device a and the second device b fails to be established, the first device a may operate with the second device b based on WiFi peer-to-peer (WiFi P2P).

After the hotspot function of the first device a is turned off, as shown in (b) in fig. 2, both the second device b and the third device may disconnect from the hotspot of the first device a, and the network of the first device a may not be used any more, and the lan channel between the second device b and the first device a may also disconnect. The second device b and the first device a cannot continue to cooperate through the lan channel any more, at this time, the first device a and the second device b may establish a WiFi P2P connection (or referred to as a wireless point-to-point connection), and send a cooperation request to the second device b through the WiFi P2P connection. After receiving the collaboration request, the second device b performs collaboration with the first device a, for example, displays a function page of the first device a, displays different collaboration content, and the like. It can be seen that the network sharing between the first device a and the second device b, and the third device c does not affect the co-operation between the first device a and the second device b, and the co-operation between the first device a and the second device b can be continued even if the hotspot function of the first device a is turned off or the network sharing fails.

In some embodiments, the connection relationship between the first device a and the second device b does not meet the lan condition, which may also include that the first device a does not turn on a hotspot or that the first device a and the second device are not in the same lan. In this case, the first device a and the first device b may first establish a WiFi P2P connection, and then implement a cooperative operation between the devices based on the WiFi P2P connection. When the first device a or the second device b turns on the hot spot, the WiFi P2P connection is disconnected, and the cooperative operation between the devices is stopped. If the first device a establishes a hotspot connection with the second device b, the first device a may re-cooperate with the second device b based on the hotspot connection.

In the above communication system, taking a hot spot opened by the first device a and a hot spot connected to the first device a by the second device b as an example, a hot spot connection or connection relationship established between the first device a and the second device b will be described. In other embodiments, the second device b may turn on the hotspot, and the first device a connects to the hotspot of the second device b, so as to establish a hotspot connection between the first device a and the second device b, that is, the second device b provides a network, and the first device a uses the network. In this case the first device a may still co-operate with the second device b in the manner described above.

In the communication system, the first device providing the network can perform device cooperation with the second device using the network, so that the aim of coexistence of the hot spot function and the cooperation function is fulfilled. In addition, the hotspot function and the cooperative function are not mutually influenced, that is, network sharing can be realized without cooperative operation between the devices, for example, the third device can only use the network of the first device; or no network sharing is adopted between the devices, for example, the first device and the second device perform device cooperation based on WiFi P2P connection; and after a certain device starts the hot spot, even if the cooperative operation is stopped, the cooperative operation can be continued based on the hot spot connection. And the use experience of the user on the network sharing function or the device cooperation function is improved.

In the above communication system, the first device for providing a network may be an electronic device such as a mobile phone, a personal computer (personal computer, PC), a tablet PC, etc., where the personal computer may include a desktop computer, a notebook computer, etc. The second device and the third device using the network may also be electronic devices such as a mobile phone, a PC, a tablet computer, a television, and the like. For example, the first device is a cell phone, the second device is a notebook computer, and the third device is a cell phone; for another example, the first device is a notebook computer, the second device is a television, and the third device is a tablet computer. And when the first device and the second device perform device cooperation based on the hotspot connection, there may be a network of the fourth device, the fifth device, and the like using the first device, which is not particularly limited in the embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 3 shows a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of the electronic device. As shown in fig. 3, the electronic device 100 may include a processor 110, an external memory interface 120, an internal memory 121, a universal serial bus (universal serial bus, USB) interface 130, a charge management module 140, a power management module 141, a battery 142, an antenna 1, an antenna 2, a mobile communication module 150, a wireless communication module 160, an audio module 170, a sensor module 180, keys 190, a motor 191, an indicator 192, a camera 193, a display 194, and a subscriber identity module (subscriber identification module, SIM) card interface 195, etc.

It should be understood that the illustrated structure of the embodiment of the present application does not constitute a specific limitation on the electronic device 100. In other embodiments of the application, electronic device 100 may include more or fewer components than shown, or certain components may be combined, or certain components may be split, or different arrangements of components. The illustrated components may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination of software and hardware.

The processor 110 may include one or more processing units, such as: the processor 110 may include an application processor (application processor, AP), a modem processor, a graphics processor (graphics processing unit, GPU), an image signal processor (IMAGE SIGNAL processor, ISP), a controller, a memory, a video codec, a digital signal processor (DIGITAL SIGNAL processor, DSP), a baseband processor, and/or a neural Network Processor (NPU), etc. Wherein the different processing units may be separate devices or may be integrated in one or more processors. The controller may be a neural hub and a command center of the electronic device 100, among others. The controller can generate operation control signals according to the instruction operation codes and the time sequence signals to finish the control of instruction fetching and instruction execution.

A memory may also be provided in the processor 110 for storing instructions and data.

In some embodiments, the processor 110 may include one or more interfaces. The interfaces may include an integrated circuit (inter-INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, I2C) interface, an integrated circuit built-in audio (inter-INTEGRATED CIRCUIT SOUND, I2S) interface, a pulse code modulation (pulse code modulation, PCM) interface, a universal asynchronous receiver transmitter (universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter, UART) interface, a mobile industry processor interface (mobile industry processor interface, MIPI), a general-purpose input/output (GPIO) interface, a subscriber identity module (subscriber identity module, SIM) interface, and/or a universal serial bus (universal serial bus, USB) interface, among others.

The USB interface 130 is an interface conforming to the USB standard, and may specifically be a Mini USB interface, a Micro USB interface, a USB Type C interface, or the like.

It should be understood that the interfacing relationship between the modules illustrated in the embodiments of the present application is only illustrative, and is not meant to limit the structure of the electronic device 100. In other embodiments of the present application, the electronic device 100 may also employ different interfacing manners in the above embodiments, or a combination of multiple interfacing manners.

The charge management module 140 is configured to receive a charge input from a charger. The charger can be a wireless charger or a wired charger. The power management module 141 is used for connecting the battery 142, and the charge management module 140 and the processor 110. The power management module 141 receives input from the battery 142 and/or the charge management module 140 and provides power to the processor 110, the internal memory 121, the external memory, the display 194, the camera 193, the wireless communication module 160, and the like.

The wireless communication function of the electronic device 100 may be implemented by the antenna 1, the antenna 2, the mobile communication module 150, the wireless communication module 160, a modem processor, a baseband processor, and the like.

The antennas 1 and 2 are used for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic wave signals. Each antenna in the electronic device 100 may be used to cover a single or multiple communication bands. Different antennas may also be multiplexed to improve the utilization of the antennas.

The mobile communication module 150 may provide a solution for wireless communication including 2G/3G/4G/5G, etc., applied to the electronic device 100. The mobile communication module 150 may receive electromagnetic waves from the antenna 1, perform processes such as filtering, amplifying, and the like on the received electromagnetic waves, and transmit the processed electromagnetic waves to the modem processor for demodulation. The mobile communication module 150 can amplify the signal modulated by the modem processor, and convert the signal into electromagnetic waves through the antenna 1 to radiate.

The wireless communication module 160 may provide solutions for wireless communication including wireless local area network (wireless local area networks, WLAN) (e.g., wireless fidelity (WIRELESS FIDELITY, wi-Fi) network), bluetooth (BT), global navigation satellite system (global navigation SATELLITE SYSTEM, GNSS), frequency modulation (frequency modulation, FM), near field communication (NEAR FIELD communication, NFC), infrared (IR), etc., applied to the electronic device 100. The wireless communication module 160 receives electromagnetic waves via the antenna 2, modulates the electromagnetic wave signals, filters the electromagnetic wave signals, and transmits the processed signals to the processor 110. The wireless communication module 160 may also receive a signal to be transmitted from the processor 110, frequency modulate it, amplify it, and convert it to electromagnetic waves for radiation via the antenna 2.

In some embodiments, antenna 1 and mobile communication module 150 of electronic device 100 are coupled, and antenna 2 and wireless communication module 160 are coupled, such that electronic device 100 may communicate with a network and other devices through wireless communication techniques.

For example, when the electronic device 100 is the first device in the foregoing embodiment, the first device may implement sharing of the network through the wireless communication module 160 after turning on the hotspot, and other electronic devices (e.g., the second device, the third device, etc. in the foregoing embodiment) may also use the network of the first device through the respective wireless communication module 160. And, the first device and the other electronic devices may also perform cooperative operation between the devices through the wireless communication module 160, respectively.

The electronic device 100 implements display functions through a GPU, a display screen 194, an application processor, and the like. The GPU is a microprocessor for image processing, and is connected to the display 194 and the application processor. The GPU is used to perform mathematical and geometric calculations for graphics rendering.

The display screen 194 is used to display images, videos, and the like. The display 194 includes a display panel. In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 may include 1 or N display screens 194, N being a positive integer greater than 1.

In some embodiments, when the electronic device 100 is the second device in the foregoing embodiments, after the first device performs device collaboration with the second device, the second device may display a function page corresponding to the first device, or the second device may receive data sent by the first device.

The electronic device 100 may implement photographing functions through an ISP, a camera 193, a video codec, a GPU, a display screen 194, an application processor, and the like.

The camera 193 is used 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 converts the optical signal into an electrical signal, which is then transferred to the ISP to be converted into a digital image signal. The ISP outputs the digital image signal to the DSP for processing. The DSP converts the digital image signal into an image signal in a standard RGB, YUV, or the like format. In some embodiments, electronic device 100 may include 1 or N cameras 193, N being a positive integer greater than 1.

The external memory interface 120 may be used to connect an external memory card, such as a Micro SD card, to enable expansion of the memory capabilities of the electronic device 100. The external memory card communicates with the processor 110 through an external memory interface 120 to implement data storage functions. The internal memory 121 may be used to store computer executable program code including instructions.

The processor 110 executes various functional applications of the electronic device 100 and data processing by executing instructions stored in the internal memory 121. The internal memory 121 may include a storage program area and a storage data area. The storage program area may store an application program (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.) required for at least one function of the operating system, etc. The storage data area may store data created during use of the electronic device 100 (e.g., audio data, phonebook, etc.), and so on. In addition, the internal memory 121 may include a high-speed random access memory, and may further include a nonvolatile memory such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, a flash memory device, a universal flash memory (universal flash storage, UFS), and the like.

In some embodiments, when the electronic device 100 is the first device in the foregoing embodiments, the processor 110 of the first device may receive the network sharing request sent by the other electronic device by executing the instruction stored in the internal memory 121 when the hotspot is turned on, and establish a hotspot connection with the other electronic device, so that the other electronic device may use the network of the first device.

And, the processor 110 of the first device sends a collaboration request to the other electronic device by executing the instructions stored in the internal memory 121, and performs device collaboration with the other electronic device. When the connection relationship between the first device and the other electronic devices meets the local area network condition (for example, hot spot connection exists between the first device and the other electronic devices), a local area network channel between the first device and the other electronic devices is established first, and then collaborative operation is performed based on the local area network channel. When the connection relationship between the first device and other electronic devices does not meet the local area network condition (for example, the hot spot is closed or the hot spot connection fails), the WiFi P2P connection between the first device and the other electronic devices can be established first, the cooperative operation is performed based on the WiFi P2P connection, and then, if the hot spot is opened, the cooperative operation can be performed based on the hot spot connection.

In other embodiments, when the electronic device 100 is the second device in the foregoing embodiments, the processor 110 of the second device sends a network sharing request to the other electronic device by executing the instructions stored in the internal memory 121, and establishes a hotspot connection with the other electronic device, thereby using the network of the other electronic device.

And the processor 110 of the second device receives the collaboration request sent by the other electronic device by executing the instruction stored in the internal memory 121, and performs device collaboration with the other electronic device. When the connection relationship between the second device and the other electronic devices meets the local area network condition (for example, hot spot connection exists between the second device and the other electronic devices), a local area network channel between the second device and the other electronic devices is established first, and then collaborative operation is performed based on the local area network channel. When the connection relationship between the second device and other electronic devices does not meet the local area network condition (for example, the hotspot is closed or the hotspot connection fails), a WiFi P2P connection between the second device and other electronic devices can be established first, the cooperative operation is performed based on the WiFi P2P connection, and then, if the hotspot is opened, the cooperative operation can be performed based on the hotspot connection.

The electronic device 100 may implement audio functions through an audio module, speaker, receiver, microphone, headphone interface, application processor, and the like. Such as music playing, recording, etc.

The audio module 170 is used to convert digital audio information into an analog audio signal output and also to convert an analog audio input into a digital audio signal. The audio module 170 may also be used to encode and decode audio signals. In some embodiments, the audio module 170 may be disposed in the processor 110, or a portion of the functional modules of the audio module 170 may be disposed in the processor 110.

The keys 190 include a power-on key, a volume key, etc. The keys 190 may be mechanical keys. Or may be a touch key. The motor 191 may generate a vibration cue. The motor 191 may be used for incoming call vibration alerting as well as for touch vibration feedback. The indicator 192 may be an indicator light, may be used to indicate a state of charge, a change in charge, a message indicating a missed call, a notification, etc. The SIM card interface 195 is used to connect a SIM card.

When the communication method in the embodiment of the application is implemented based on the electronic device shown in fig. 3, the first device and the second device establish a hot spot connection, so as to implement network sharing between the devices. And, the first device may interoperate with the second device based on the current hotspot connection. When the hotspot of the first device is closed or network sharing fails, the first device may resume the co-operation with the second device based on the WiFi P2P connection again.

Or the first device may first interoperate with the second device based on a WiFi P2P connection. When the first device starts the hot spot or the second device starts the hot spot, the WiFi P2P connection is disconnected, and at this time, the first device may establish the hot spot connection with the second device, and resume the cooperative operation with the second device based on the hot spot connection again.

The electronic devices can cooperate with each other based on the hot spot connection, the hot spot function and the cooperation function can coexist, and the cooperation operation is continued based on the WiFi P2P connection after the hot spot connection is disconnected; or co-operating based on the WiFi P2P connection, and continuing to co-operate based on the hotspot connection after the hotspot connection is established. Therefore, the starting or closing of the hot spot of the electronic equipment does not affect the cooperative operation, and meanwhile, the use experience of the user on the cooperative function of the equipment is improved.

The software system of the electronic device 100 may employ a layered architecture, an event driven architecture, a microkernel architecture, a microservice architecture, or a cloud architecture. In the embodiment of the application, taking an Android system with a layered architecture as an example, a software structure of the electronic device 100 is illustrated.

Fig. 4 shows a software configuration diagram of the electronic device 100. As shown in fig. 4, the layered architecture divides the software into several layers, each with a clear role and division of work. The layers communicate with each other through a software interface. In some embodiments, the Android system is divided into four layers, from top to bottom, an application layer, an application framework layer, an Zhuoyun rows (Android runtime) and system libraries, and a kernel layer, respectively.

The application layer may include a series of application packages.

As shown in fig. 4, the application package may include applications for cameras, gallery, calendar, phone calls, maps, WLAN, bluetooth, music, video, short messages, etc.

In some embodiments, when the electronic device 100 is the first device in the foregoing embodiments, an application program for providing a network sharing function and a device collaboration function between the first device and other electronic devices may be further included in an application program layer of the first device, for example, when the first device performs network sharing and device collaboration with the PC, the application program may be a PC assistant; or the application may be a tablet assistant or the like when network sharing and device coordination are performed between the first device and the tablet computer. Taking the example that the first device is a mobile phone, the application is typically a system level application preset in the mobile phone.

In other embodiments, when the electronic device 100 is the second device in the foregoing embodiments, an application program for providing a network sharing function and a device collaboration function between the second device and other electronic devices may be further included in the application program layer of the second device, for example, when the second device is a PC, the application program may be a PC manager; or the second device may be a tablet computer, the application may be a tablet manager, etc. Taking the example that the second device is a PC or a tablet PC, the application program may be a preset system-level application program, or an application program downloaded by a user in a use process according to a requirement, which is not particularly limited in the embodiment of the present application.

The application framework layer provides an application programming interface (application programming interface, API) and programming framework for the application of the application layer. The application framework layer includes a number of predefined functions.

As shown in fig. 4, the application framework layer may include a window manager, a content provider, a view system, a telephony manager, a resource manager, a notification manager, and the like.

The view system comprises visual controls, such as a control for displaying characters, a control for displaying pictures and the like. The view system may be used to build applications. The display interface may be composed of one or more views. For example, a display interface including a text message notification icon may include a view displaying text and a view displaying a picture.

In some embodiments, when the electronic device 100 is the second device in the foregoing embodiments, after the second device performs device collaboration with other electronic devices, a display interface of the second device may display a collaboration window, in which a corresponding function page of the other electronic devices may be displayed, or different collaboration content may be displayed.

In some embodiments, the application framework layer may also provide a communication framework for network sharing and device collaboration for the electronic device 100. When the electronic device 100 is the first device in the foregoing embodiment, the first device implements operations of providing a network to other electronic devices, establishing a local area network channel, establishing a wireless point-to-point connection, transmitting a collaboration request, and the like based on a communication framework. When the electronic device 100 is the second device in the foregoing embodiment, the second device specifically performs operations of sending a network request to other electronic devices, receiving a lan networking request, establishing a lan channel, receiving a collaboration request, receiving a wireless peer-to-peer networking request, establishing a wireless peer-to-peer connection, and the like based on a communication architecture.

Android run time includes a core library and virtual machines. Android run is responsible for scheduling and management of the Android system.

The core library consists of two parts: one part is a function which needs to be called by java language, and the other part is a core library of android.

The system library may include a plurality of functional modules. For example: surface manager (surface manager), media Libraries (Media Libraries), three-dimensional graphics processing Libraries (e.g., openGL ES), 2D graphics engines (e.g., SGL), etc.

The kernel layer is a layer between hardware and software. The inner core layer at least comprises a display driver, a camera driver, an audio driver and a sensor driver.

In some embodiments, the software structure of the electronic device 100 may further include a system program layer, or the application program layer may further include a system program layer. The system program layer may include a system package of the electronic device.

Based on this, referring to fig. 5, the first device implements a hotspot function based on the system program layer and provides a network to the second device. The second device implements a network sharing function with the first device at a system program layer. The first device then implements a collaboration function based on the system program layer and cooperates with the second device based on the hotspot connection. The second device performs a collaboration with the first device based on the system program layer, displays a collaboration window on the system program layer, and the like. And after the hot spot function of the first equipment is closed or network sharing fails, the second equipment continuously realizes cooperative operation based on the WiFi P2P connection between the system program layer and the first equipment, and a cooperative window and the like are displayed on the system program layer.

Or the first device may first implement co-operation with the first device based on the WiFi P2P connection based on the system program layer. When the first device starts a hot spot or the second device starts the hot spot, the WiFi P2P connection is disconnected, the first device and the second device can realize the function of network sharing based on a system program layer, and the cooperative operation among the devices can be continuously realized based on the hot spot connection.

In addition, the first device and the second device can also communicate based on the application framework layer, and the request, the data, the hot spot connection, the local area network channel, the WiFi P2P connection and the like are sent.

The communication method in the embodiment of the present application will be described below by taking the example that the first device is a mobile phone and the second device is a PC. As shown in fig. 6, the communication method in the embodiment of the present application includes the following steps S601 to S605.

S601, starting a hot spot by the mobile phone, and establishing hot spot connection between the PC and the mobile phone.

In general, when the PC is not connected to a network or has no network that can be used, the user can start a hotspot of the mobile phone, and control the PC to connect to the hotspot of the mobile phone, so as to realize the hotspot connection between the PC and the mobile phone, and enable the PC to use the network of the mobile phone.

In some embodiments, after the mobile phone turns on the hotspot, if the PC wants to connect to the hotspot of the mobile phone, a connection request needs to be sent to the mobile phone, for example, a network connection request or a hotspot connection request. After receiving the connection request, the mobile phone can establish hot spot connection with the PC. In other embodiments, after receiving the connection request sent by the PC, the mobile phone verifies the connection request, and if the verification is successful, the mobile phone successfully establishes a hotspot connection with the PC. The authentication of the mobile phone to the connection request can be password authentication, identity authentication of the PC, and the like.

For example, referring to fig. 7, after the mobile phone opens a hotspot, the user may search for a network provided by the mobile phone at the PC end and display a plurality of searched network options. The user selects the corresponding network option and inputs the corresponding password, etc., so that the PC can send a connection request carrying the password to the mobile phone. After the mobile phone receives the connection request, under the condition that the password is correct, the PC and the mobile phone are allowed to establish hot spot connection, so that the function of network sharing of the mobile phone end is realized, and the PC can use the network of the mobile phone.

S602, the mobile phone sends a collaboration request to the PC based on the hot spot connection.

In some embodiments, the handset may establish a communication channel with the PC and send a collaboration request to the PC based on the communication channel if a hotspot connection is successfully established with the PC. Wherein the communication channel may be a local area network channel. In the embodiment of the application, after the mobile phone and the PC are connected in a hot spot, the mobile phone and the PC are in the same local area network, or the mobile phone and the PC are in the same local area network environment. At this time, if the mobile phone and the PC perform device cooperation, a local area network channel between the mobile phone and the PC needs to be established based on the current local area network environment, and then the mobile phone sends a cooperation request to the PC based on the local area network channel. Therefore, the communication method in the embodiment of the application can determine different modes of collaboration between the mobile phone and the PC according to the local area network environment where the current mobile phone and the PC are located. So that the synergic functions are applied to more local area network environments.

In some embodiments, after the mobile phone establishes a hotspot connection with the PC, the mobile phone may further determine whether a connection relationship between the mobile phone and the PC satisfies a local area network condition, and if the connection relationship satisfies the local area network condition, the mobile phone sends a collaboration request to the PC based on the hotspot connection. Among other things, the local area network conditions may include: there is a hot spot connection between the handset and the PC. The hot spot connection exists between the mobile phone and the PC, which can indicate that the mobile phone and the PC are in the same local area network or the mobile phone and the PC are in the same local area network environment.

In the embodiment of the application, taking the connection relationship between the mobile phone and the PC as a hot spot connection as an example, the connection relationship between the mobile phone and the PC is described as meeting the condition of the local area network, and in other embodiments, the connection relationship between the mobile phone and the PC can be other connection modes which enable the mobile phone and the PC to be in the same local area network (or in the same local area network environment).

The situation that the connection relationship between the mobile phone and the PC does not meet the condition of the local area network comprises the following steps: there is no hot spot connection, hot spot connection failure, hot spot connection disconnection, or mobile phone hot spot closing between the mobile phone and the PC. Under the condition that the connection relation between the mobile phone and the PC does not meet the local area network condition, the mobile phone can directly establish WiFi P2P connection with the PC, and give the WiFi P2P connection to send a cooperation request to the PC.

Based on the above, the communication method in the embodiment of the present application can determine different manners of collaboration between the mobile phone and the PC according to whether the current connection relationship between the mobile phone and the PC satisfies the lan condition. Thus, the cooperative function is applied to more connection relations between the mobile phone and the PC.

In some embodiments, after the PC is connected to the network of the mobile phone, the user may implement device coordination between the mobile phone and the PC in a variety of manners, for example, selecting a coordination device on the mobile phone, controlling the mobile phone to scan a two-dimensional code of the coordination device, controlling the mobile phone to approach the coordination device, and so on.

Illustratively, the user may turn on the collaboration function on the handset and select the device (i.e., PC) that wants to be collaborated. As shown in fig. 8, the mobile phone initiates a lan networking request to the PC in response to a selection operation of the user, and establishes a lan channel with the PC. After receiving the LAN networking request sent by the mobile phone, the PC performs LAN networking with the mobile phone and establishes a LAN channel with the mobile phone. After the LAN channel is established, the mobile phone sends a collaboration request to the PC based on the LAN channel.

Illustratively, the user opens the collaboration function of the mobile phone and controls the mobile phone to scan the two-dimensional code on the PC, etc., so that the mobile phone determines the device that wants to perform collaboration. And the mobile phone responds to the code scanning operation, initiates a local area network networking request to the PC, and establishes a local area network channel with the PC. After receiving the LAN networking request sent by the mobile phone, the PC performs LAN networking with the mobile phone and establishes a LAN channel with the mobile phone. After the LAN channel is established, the mobile phone sends a collaboration request to the PC based on the LAN channel.

Further exemplary, the user turns on the collaboration function of the handset and controls the handset to approach the PC so that the handset determines the device that wants to perform the collaboration. And the mobile phone responds to the operation sent by the PC, and initiates a local area network networking request to the PC, and a local area network channel is established between the request and the PC. After receiving the LAN networking request sent by the mobile phone, the PC performs LAN networking with the mobile phone and establishes a LAN channel with the mobile phone. After the LAN channel is established, the mobile phone sends a collaboration request to the PC based on the LAN channel.

In other embodiments, after receiving the collaboration request sent by the mobile phone, the PC determines a current device state of the PC, and if the PC is currently in a state where device collaboration is possible, the PC continues to perform device collaboration operation according to the collaboration data. The device states of the PC may include a cooperable device state and a non-cooperable device state, among others. And, the cooperable device state means that the PC is not currently cooperable with other devices or is not in communication with other devices affecting the cooperable operation, or the like; while the non-cooperable device state indicates that the PC is currently co-operating with other devices or is in communication with other devices that affects co-operation, etc.

In other embodiments, after responding to the selection operation of the user on the cooperative function and/or the cooperative device (i.e. the PC), the mobile phone may initiate a lan networking request to the PC, where the connection relationship with the PC meets the lan condition, to request to establish a lan channel with the PC; and when the connection relation between the mobile phone and the PC does not meet the local area network condition, the mobile phone does not send a local area network networking request to the PC.

S603, after receiving the collaboration request sent by the mobile phone, the PC performs collaboration operation with the mobile phone.

In some embodiments, the interoperation includes one or more of a screen-cast operation, resource sharing, function sharing. The screen operation may include displaying, by the PC, content, an interface, a picture, a video, and the like currently displayed by the mobile phone terminal. The resource sharing may include the PC receiving or the PC displaying the resource content of the file, picture, video, etc. sent by the mobile phone. The function sharing may include the function of the PC using the mobile phone, for example, accessing an address book of the mobile phone at the PC side, answering a phone call at the mobile phone side, and the like.

When the collaboration is a screen-cast operation, the collaboration request may be a screen-cast request or screen-cast signaling. In this case, after receiving the collaboration request, the PC may synchronously display the content currently displayed on the mobile phone side.

For example, referring to fig. 9, when the mobile phone cooperates with the PC, the mobile phone can screen the display page to the PC for display, and the operation process and content of the user on the mobile phone can be synchronously displayed on the PC.

In some embodiments, the user may also operate the mobile phone at the PC, for example, the user clicks an application icon of the mobile phone displayed on the PC through a mouse, so as to control the mobile phone to open a corresponding application program, and so on, thereby implementing operations such as function sharing.

In other embodiments, when the PC performs a screen-casting operation with the mobile phone, the content displayed by the PC may be displayed based on a display page of an application program such as a PC manager on the PC, or may be displayed separately.

When the collaboration is other operations such as resource sharing and function sharing, the mobile phone can also send collaboration data to the PC after sending the collaboration request to the PC, and the PC performs collaboration according to the collaboration data. The collaboration data comprises file data, picture data, video stream data, control instructions, operation instructions and the like.

For example, referring to fig. 10, when the mobile phone cooperates with the PC, the mobile phone may send a file to the PC, and after the PC receives the file, an icon or a control corresponding to the file may be displayed on the display page.

In addition, the user can also operate the mobile phone and the files, data, application programs and the like on the mobile phone at the PC end, for example, mobile phone short messages are received or sent from the PC end, and mobile phone voice calls, mobile phone calls and the like are dialed or received from the PC end. Therefore, when the mobile phone is cooperated with the PC, the purposes of data intercommunication, data sharing and the like between the devices can be achieved.

In the embodiment of the application, when the mobile phone is cooperated with the PC, the cooperated content displayed on the PC can be displayed at any position on the display page of the PC, and the size of the cooperated window for displaying the cooperated content can be adjusted.

In some embodiments, after receiving the collaboration request sent by the mobile phone, the PC may send a response signal or the like to the mobile phone in a case where collaboration with the mobile phone is possible, so as to notify the mobile phone to continue sending collaboration data to the PC.

In the embodiment of the application, when the mobile phone is cooperated with the PC, other devices can also use the network provided by the mobile phone through the hot spot function. For example, referring to fig. 11 (a), after a hotspot connection is established between the mobile phone and the PC, the mobile phone and the PC may implement a device collaboration operation through a lan channel. Meanwhile, the tablet personal computer can also establish hot spot connection with the mobile phone, and a network of the mobile phone is used. It can be seen that in case of establishing a hotspot connection between the mobile phone and the PC, the cooperation between the mobile phone and the PC does not affect the hotspot connection between other devices and the mobile phone.

And, referring to fig. 11 (b), when the lan channel between the mobile phone and the PC is disconnected, since the hotspot function of the mobile phone itself is still in an on state, the PC and the tablet computer can still establish a hotspot connection with the mobile phone.

S604, after the hot spot of the mobile phone is closed, the mobile phone sends a collaboration request to the PC again based on the WiFi P2P connection.

After the mobile phone closes the hot spot, the hot spot connection between the mobile phone and the PC is disconnected, and then the mobile phone and the PC are not located in the same local area network any more, and the cooperative operation between the mobile phone and the PC is stopped. The mobile phone and the PC can not cooperate based on the hot spot connection. In order to enable the handset to continue to operate cooperatively with the PC, or to enable the handset to be turned off without affecting the use of the cooperative function, as shown in fig. 12, in some embodiments, the handset may establish a WiFi P2P connection with the PC and resend a cooperative request to the PC based on the WiFi P2P connection in the event that the hotspot connection is disconnected.

Wi-Fi P2P connection is a connection or communication channel established based on Wi-Fi P2P technology, which supports multiple devices to connect directly to each other without a wireless access point (WIRELESS ACCESS point, AP). When the devices are directly connected based on the Wi-Fi P2P technology, the devices are not required to be in the same local area network, and only the Wi-Fi function is required to be started.

In some embodiments, after the hotspot connection is established, the mobile phone and the PC both ends respectively store information of the corresponding cooperative device, so after the hotspot connection is disconnected, the mobile phone and the PC can automatically establish Wi-Fi P2P connection based on the information of the cooperative device stored respectively.

Or in other embodiments, after the hotspot connection between the handset and the PC is broken, communication between the handset and the PC may be based on a bluetooth connection. That is, the mobile phone can automatically resend a WiFi P2P connection request or a WiFi P2P networking request to the PC based on the bluetooth connection, and after receiving the request, the PC sends a response signal to the mobile phone, so that a WiFi P2P connection is established between the mobile phone and the PC.

Thus, even if communication between the mobile phone and the PC cannot be performed through a hot spot connection or a local area network channel, communication can be performed through a Wi-Fi P2P connection. And the communication modes corresponding to the cooperative operation are automatically switched, so that the smoothness of the cooperative operation can be ensured, and the use experience of a user is ensured.

In addition, after the mobile phone closes the hotspot function, other devices cannot continuously establish hotspot connection with the mobile phone, and the network of the mobile phone is continuously used.

In other embodiments, if the hotspot of the handset is not closed, but the hotspot connection between the PC and the handset is disconnected due to network failure, equipment failure, etc., the handset and the PC are not in the same lan, and the co-operation between the handset and the PC is stopped. Similarly, in order to enable the mobile phone and the PC to continue to perform the cooperative operation, or in order to enable the closing of the hotspot of the mobile phone not to affect the use of the cooperative function, in the embodiment of the present application, the mobile phone may also establish a WiFi P2P connection with the PC when the hotspot connection with the PC is disconnected, and send a cooperative request to the PC again based on the WiFi P2P connection. While other devices may still connect to the hotspot of the handset, using the network of the handset.

For example, referring to fig. 13, if the hotspot of the handset is not closed, the tablet may still continue to use the network of the handset. And because the hot spot connection between the PC and the mobile phone is disconnected, the mobile phone and the PC reestablish the WiFi P2P connection, and the collaborative operation is continued based on the WiFi P2P connection.

According to the embodiment, the closing of the mobile phone hotspot does not affect the cooperative function between the mobile phone and the PC, and even if the hotspot connection cannot be established between the mobile phone and the PC, the WiFi P2P connection can be continuously established, and the cooperative operation can be continuously performed based on the WiFi P2P connection.

And S605, after the PC receives the collaboration request sent by the mobile phone again based on the WiFi P2P connection, the PC continues to perform collaboration with the mobile phone.

In some embodiments, after the mobile phone hotspot is closed, the collaboration between the mobile phone and the PC is stopped, for example, stopping file transfer, stopping screen dropping, etc., due to the disconnection of the lan channel. At this time, the PC may display a prompt message for waiting for the collaboration restoration, so as to remind the user that the collaboration operation may continue, please the user to wait for the collaboration operation, and if the collaboration operation may be performed again, the collaboration experience of the user may be ensured. After receiving the collaboration request again, the PC and the mobile phone can continue to perform collaboration operation, such as video continuous playing and file continuous receiving; or the PC and the mobile phone can also perform screen projection operation again.

In some embodiments, after the hotspot connection between the handset and the PC is broken, the handset may send a notification message to the PC that the co-operation is suspended based on the bluetooth connection. After receiving the notification message, the PC may display a prompt message for reminding the user to wait for the recovery of the collaborative operation. In other embodiments, the mobile phone and the PC may be bluetooth paired, i.e., the bluetooth connection between the mobile phone and the PC is established prior to sending the message based on the bluetooth connection. It can be seen that even if there is no hotspot connection between the handset and the PC, communication can be performed in other ways and a new connection mode is established.

According to the communication method in the embodiment of the application, the mobile phone and the PC can be cooperated based on the hot spot connection under the condition of establishing the hot spot connection, the hot spot function and the cooperated function can coexist, or the WiFi P2P connection can be established after the hot spot connection is disconnected and the cooperated operation can be continued based on the WiFi P2P connection. Therefore, even if the hot spot of the mobile phone is closed, the cooperative operation between the mobile phone and the PC is not affected, so that the use experience of a user on the cooperative function of the equipment is improved.

In addition, when the mobile phone and the PC cooperate, other devices can also use the network of the mobile phone. Therefore, under the condition of network sharing and equipment collaborative coexistence between the mobile phone and the PC, the hot spot of other equipment connected with the mobile phone is not influenced, namely, the starting of the collaborative function can not influence the use of the hot spot function of the mobile phone, and meanwhile, the use experience of a user on the hot spot function can be improved.

In the above embodiment, the application scenario of the communication method is that hot spot connection is established between devices, and then cooperative operation is performed. In other embodiments, the above communication method may also be applied to an application scenario in which the devices cooperate with each other and then a hotspot connection is established.

Still taking the example that the first device is a mobile phone and the second device is a PC, the mobile phone may first send a collaboration request to the PC based on WiFi P2P connection, and the PC performs collaboration with the mobile phone after receiving the collaboration request. And then, starting a hot spot by the mobile phone, disconnecting the WiFi P2P connection, and stopping the cooperative operation between the mobile phone and the PC. After the PC successfully establishes the hot spot connection with the mobile phone, the mobile phone sends a collaboration request to the PC again based on the hot spot connection, and the PC continues to perform collaborative operation with the mobile phone after receiving the collaboration request.

Or the mobile phone can firstly send a collaboration request to the PC based on the WiFi P2P connection, and the PC performs collaboration operation with the mobile phone after receiving the collaboration request. And then the PC starts a hot spot, the WiFi P2P connection is disconnected, and the cooperative operation between the mobile phone and the PC is stopped. After the mobile phone successfully establishes the hot spot connection with the PC, the mobile phone re-sends a collaboration request to the PC based on the hot spot connection, and the PC continues to perform collaborative operation with the mobile phone after receiving the collaboration request.

In some embodiments, before sending the collaboration request to the PC, the mobile phone may also determine whether the connection relationship between the mobile phone and the PC satisfies the lan condition. For example, if the hot spot connection between the mobile phone and the PC is not established successfully, the local condition is not satisfied. In this case, then, as shown in fig. 14, a WiFi P2P connection may be established between the handset and the PC, so as to operate cooperatively based on the WiFi P2P connection.

When the mobile phone starts a hot spot and continues to operate cooperatively with the PC based on the hot spot connection, other devices can also establish the hot spot connection with the mobile phone and use the network of the mobile phone. In addition, the other contents in the application scenario may refer to the contents in the foregoing embodiments, which are not described herein.

In the communication method in the application scene, the mobile phone and the PC can be cooperatively operated based on WiFi P2P connection, and after the mobile phone starts a hot spot, even if the cooperative operation is stopped, the mobile phone and the PC can be continuously cooperatively operated based on the hot spot connection. Therefore, even if the hot spot of the mobile phone or the PC is opened, the cooperative operation between the mobile phone and the PC is not affected, so that the use experience of a user on the cooperative function of the equipment is improved.

In addition, when the mobile phone and the PC continue to operate cooperatively based on the hot spot connection, other devices can also be connected with the hot spot of the mobile phone. Therefore, under the condition of network sharing and equipment collaborative coexistence between the mobile phone and the PC, the network of the mobile phone used by other equipment is not influenced, namely, the starting of the collaborative function can not influence the use of the mobile phone hot spot function, and meanwhile, the use experience of a user on the hot spot function can be improved.

Or in some embodiments, after step S605 in the foregoing embodiments, if the handset turns on the hotspot again, the current WiFi P2P connection between the handset and the PC will also be disconnected, and the co-operation will also stop again. And then, after the PC successfully establishes the hot spot connection with the mobile phone again, the mobile phone and the PC can continue to operate cooperatively based on the hot spot connection again.

In the above embodiments of the present application, the communication method is described using the example that the first device in the communication system is a mobile phone and the second device is a PC. In other embodiments, the first device and the second device may be other electronic devices, and when the first device and the second device are other electronic devices, the above communication method may be implemented as well, which is not described herein.

In the above embodiments of the present application, the method of communication is described by taking the example that the first device in the communication system opens a hot spot and the second device connects the hot spot of the first device. In other embodiments, the second device may start a hotspot, and the first device is connected to the second device hotspot, so that the above communication method may also be implemented, which is not described in detail in the embodiments of the present application.

Taking communication between a mobile phone and a notebook computer as an example, in some current schemes, the mobile phone and the notebook computer are cooperated, and then the notebook computer can use a network provided by the mobile phone. However, in this solution, the hot spot function and the collaboration function are bound, and only the devices being collaborated can realize network sharing, for example, when the mobile phone and the notebook computer are collaborated, only the notebook computer can use the network of the mobile phone, and other devices such as the tablet computer cannot use the network of the mobile phone. It can be seen that in the current scheme, there is a problem that devices not participating in the collaboration cannot use the network of the cooperating devices. In contrast to this scheme, the communication method in the embodiment of the present application is different in that: when the collaboration between the mobile phone and the PC based on the hot spot connection is finished, the hot spot connection between the PC and the mobile phone still exists because the hot spot of the mobile phone is not closed, and the PC can still continue to use the network of the mobile phone. That is, in the communication method of the embodiment of the present application, the cooperative function does not affect the hotspot function.

It will be appreciated that, in order to achieve the above-described functionality, the electronic device described above comprises corresponding hardware and/or software modules that perform the respective functionality. The present application can be implemented in hardware or a combination of hardware and computer software, in conjunction with the example algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein. Whether a function is implemented as hardware or computer software driven hardware depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the solution. Those skilled in the art may implement the described functionality using different approaches for each particular application in conjunction with the embodiments, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present application.

The present embodiment may divide the functional modules of the electronic device according to the above method example, for example, each functional module may be divided corresponding to each function, or two or more functions may be integrated into one processing module. The integrated modules described above may be implemented in hardware. It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the division of the modules is schematic, only one logic function is divided, and another division manner may be implemented in actual implementation.

Embodiments of the present application also provide an electronic device, as shown in fig. 15, which may include one or more processors 1001, memory 1002, and a communication interface 1003.

Wherein a memory 1002, a communication interface 1003, and a processor 1001 are coupled. For example, the memory 1002, the communication interface 1003, and the processor 1001 may be coupled together by a bus 1004.

Wherein the communication interface 1003 is used for data transmission with other devices. The memory 1002 has stored therein computer program code. The computer program code comprises computer instructions which, when executed by the processor 1001, cause the electronic device to perform the communication method in an embodiment of the application.

The Processor 1001 may be a Processor or a controller, for example, a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), a general purpose Processor, a digital signal Processor (DIGITAL SIGNAL Processor, DSP), an Application-specific integrated Circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (Field Programmable GATE ARRAY, FPGA) or other programmable logic device, a transistor logic device, a hardware component, or any combination thereof. Which may implement or perform the various exemplary logic blocks, modules, and circuits described in connection with this disclosure. The processor may also be a combination that performs the function of a computation, e.g., a combination comprising one or more microprocessors, a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, and the like.

The bus 1004 may be a peripheral component interconnect standard (PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT, PCI) bus, or an extended industry standard architecture (Extended Industry Standard Architecture, EISA) bus, among others. The bus 1004 may be classified into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, and the like. For ease of illustration, only one thick line is shown in fig. 15, but not only one bus or one type of bus.

The embodiment of the application also provides a computer readable storage medium, in which a computer program code is stored, which when executed by the above-mentioned processor, causes the electronic device to perform the relevant method steps in the above-mentioned method embodiments.

The present application also provides a computer program product which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the relevant method steps of the method embodiments described above.

The electronic device, the computer storage medium or the computer program product provided by the present application are used to execute the corresponding method provided above, and therefore, the advantages achieved by the present application may refer to the advantages in the corresponding method provided above, and will not be described herein.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art from this description that, for convenience and brevity of description, only the above-described division of the functional modules is illustrated, and in practical application, the above-described functional allocation may be performed by different functional modules according to needs, i.e. the internal structure of the apparatus is divided into different functional modules to perform all or part of the functions described above.

In the several embodiments provided by the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and method may be implemented in other manners. For example, the apparatus embodiments described above are merely illustrative, e.g., the division of the modules or units is merely a logical functional division, and there may be additional divisions when actually implemented, e.g., multiple units or components may be combined or integrated into another apparatus, or some features may be omitted, or not performed. Alternatively, the coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed with each other may be an indirect coupling or communication connection via some interfaces, devices or units, which may be in electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and the parts displayed as units may be one physical unit or a plurality of physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed in a plurality of different places. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.

In addition, each functional unit in the embodiments of the present application may be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units may be integrated in one unit. The integrated units may be implemented in hardware or in software functional units.

The integrated units, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as stand-alone products, may be stored in a readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the embodiments of the present application, or a contributing part or all or part of the technical solution, may be embodied in the form of a software product, where the software product is stored in a storage medium, and includes several instructions for causing a device (may be a single-chip microcomputer, a chip or the like) or a processor (processor) to execute all or part of the steps of the methods described in the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a Read Only Memory (ROM), a random access memory (random access memory, RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, or other various media capable of storing program codes.

The foregoing is merely illustrative of specific embodiments of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application should be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A communication method, characterized by being applied to a first device in a communication system comprising the first device and a second device; the method comprises the following steps:

establishing a hot spot connection with the second device;

sending a collaboration request to the second device based on the hotspot connection, and performing collaborative operation with the second device;

And after the hot spot connection is disconnected, re-sending a cooperative request to the second device based on the wireless fidelity WiFi point-to-point connection, and continuing to cooperate with the second device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the hotspot connection is a connection established by the second device through a hotspot connected to the first device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the sending a collaboration request to the second device based on the hotspot connection comprises:

if the connection relation with the second equipment meets the local area network condition, sending a collaboration request to the second equipment based on the hot spot connection; the local area network condition includes a hot spot connection between the first device and the second device.

4.A method according to claim 3, wherein the hotspot connection existing between the first device and the second device in the lan condition is a connection in which the first device is a hotspot.

5. The method according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that the method further comprises:

And if the connection relation with the second equipment does not meet the local area network condition, sending a collaboration request to the second equipment based on the WiFi point-to-point connection.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the sending a collaboration request to the second device based on the hotspot connection comprises:

establishing a local area network channel with the second equipment based on the hot spot connection;

And sending the collaboration request to the second device based on the local area network channel.

7. The method of any of claims 1-6, wherein after the hotspot connection is broken, the method further comprises: and establishing the WiFi point-to-point connection with the second device.

8. The method of any of claims 1-7, wherein after the hotspot connection is broken, the method further comprises:

Transmitting a notification message of a co-operation suspension to the second device based on a bluetooth connection; the second device is used for displaying prompt information according to the notification message, and the prompt information is used for reminding a user to wait for the recovery of the collaborative operation.

9. The method of any of claims 1-8, wherein the collaboration request is a screen-cast request; and when the first device and the second device are in cooperative operation, the second device is used for displaying the content currently displayed on the first device according to the cooperative request.

10. A communication method, characterized in that the method is applied to a first device in a communication system comprising the first device and a second device; the method comprises the following steps:

Sending a collaboration request to the second device based on a WiFi point-to-point connection, and performing collaborative operation with the second device;

establishing a hot spot connection with the second device; the WiFi point-to-point connection is disconnected after the first device or the second device starts a hot spot;

And re-sending a collaboration request to the second device based on the hot spot connection, and continuing to perform collaboration with the second device.

11. A communication system comprising a first device and a second device;

the first device is used for establishing a hot spot connection with the second device, and sending a collaboration request to the second device based on the hot spot connection;

the second device is configured to receive the collaboration request and perform a collaboration operation with the first device;

The first device is further configured to resend a collaboration request to the second device based on a WiFi point-to-point connection after the hotspot connection is disconnected;

The second device is configured to receive the collaboration request again, and continue to perform collaboration with the first device.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the system further comprises a controller configured to control the controller,

The first device is further configured to send a notification message to the second device based on a bluetooth connection after the hotspot connection is disconnected;

the second device is further configured to receive the notification message, and display a prompt message according to the notification message, where the prompt message is used to remind a user to wait for recovery of the collaborative operation.

13. The system of claim 11 or 12, wherein the collaboration request is a screen-cast request; and when the second device cooperates with the first device, the second device is used for displaying the content currently displayed on the first device according to the cooperation request.

14. A communication system comprising a first device and a second device;

The first device is configured to send a collaboration request to the second device based on a WiFi point-to-point connection;

The first device is further configured to establish a hotspot connection with the second device, and resend a collaboration request to the second device based on the hotspot connection; the WiFi point-to-point connection is disconnected after the first device or the second device starts a hot spot;

The second device is further configured to receive the collaboration request and continue to perform collaboration with the first device.

15. An electronic device comprising a memory, one or more processors; the memory is coupled with the processor; wherein the memory has stored therein computer program code comprising computer instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to perform the communication method as in any of claims 1-9 or to perform the communication method as in claim 10.

16. A computer readable storage medium comprising computer instructions which, when run on an electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform the communication method as claimed in any one of claims 1-9 or to perform the communication method as claimed in claim 10.