EP4364011A1 - Procede de gestion distante d'un dispositif electronique - Google Patents
Procede de gestion distante d'un dispositif electroniqueInfo
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to a method for managing an electronic device, such as a gateway making it possible to connect two communication networks.
- It also relates to a server or equipment implementing the management method and an electronic device implementing a method for activating the management application.
- the invention applies to any electronic device whose functionalities can be managed via a management application installed in another electronic device.
- the invention applies to the management of a gateway, domestic or used in a professional environment, via a management application installed on a user terminal.
- Many electronic devices can be controlled by an application installed on a user terminal separate from the electronic device and able to communicate with the electronic device.
- This application allows easy management of the electronic device, in particular when the latter has a man-machine interface of reduced size, without a screen or with a small screen.
- the application can offer many additional functionalities compared to those offered by the human-machine interface of the electronic device.
- An access point device to a communication network such as a gateway, domestic or used in a professional environment, (or "Box" in English terminology) between a private network and a public network such as the Internet is an example of an electronic device generally having a man-machine interface of reduced size.
- the gateways being more and more miniaturized and their design being more and more refined, they are very frequently managed by an application installed on a user terminal able to communicate with the gateway.
- These activation means can comprise a button with which a user can interact to activate the application on his communication terminal. For example, the user can press a push button or position a conductive element (for example his finger) on a touch button, this action resulting in the generation and transmission of a request intended to activate the application on the user terminal.
- the application Upon receipt of the request on the user terminal, the application can be activated.
- the gateway further comprises means for detecting or identifying the terminal of the user having interacted with the gateway. It is considered that the terminal of the user having interacted with the gateway corresponds to the user terminal on which the gateway management application is installed and that the user wishes to use to manage functionalities of the gateway.
- the electronic device may comprise near field communication means, for example of the NFC (Near Field Communication) type intended for the identification of the user terminal located at a short distance, typically at a distance of a few centimeters.
- NFC Near Field Communication
- the user before or after performing an action on the electronic device aimed at activating the application, brings his communication terminal closer to the electronic device so that it is identified by the electronic device.
- the presence of means for detecting or identifying the user terminal adds complexity and makes the manufacture of the electronic device more expensive, which is, as indicated above, contrary to the current trend of simplifying certain electronic devices, such as gateways .
- the user terminal is also equipped with near-field communication means of the same type, whether they are activated on the user terminal, and that the user of the terminal positions the terminal so that it can be identified by the electronic device.
- the aim of the invention is to improve this situation and proposes a method for managing an electronic device allowing the activation of an application on a user's terminal, improving the user's experience.
- the invention relates, according to a first aspect, to a method for managing an electronic device configured to communicate with at least one user terminal and at least one server.
- the management method is implemented by the server and comprises:
- the identification of the terminal being implemented by a server external to the electronic device, the addition of specific modules intended for the identification of the user terminal to which the notification request must be transmitted, is not necessary.
- the identification of the communication terminal is implemented without the user of the terminal having to perform any action dedicated to the identification or detection of his communication terminal.
- the user experience (known as "customer experience") when using the electronic device is significantly improved.
- the server in response to receiving an identification request from at least one user terminal on which to activate the electronic device management application, it sends a notification request to said at least one identified user terminal , this notification request allowing the activation of the management application on said at least one identified user terminal.
- the notification request is configured to activate or to allow the activation of the management application on said at least one identified user terminal. The user can then manage the operation of the management device from his user terminal via the management application.
- the receipt of the identification request is implemented in response to an interaction on the electronic device of a user.
- the activation of the management application on the terminal is implemented following a request from the user of a terminal, this request taking the form of an interaction with the electronic device.
- This interaction can be the performance of an action on a button of the electronic device. It follows that the user with his terminal is close to the electronic device.
- the management method further comprises receiving from the electronic device a list of user terminals connected to the electronic device, said at least one user terminal being identified from the list of terminals received.
- the server identifies at least one user terminal to which the application identification request must be transmitted, among the user terminals connected to the electronic device, these user terminals being listed in the list of terminals received.
- the identification request received by the server includes said list of terminals.
- the list of user terminals is received in a different message from the identification request.
- the list of terminals can be requested by the server upon receipt of the identification request.
- the list of user terminals is generated by said electronic device from a preliminary list comprising identifiers of the user terminals connected to the electronic device, each terminal identifier having associated information representative of the level of a signal received by the electronic device from said user terminal.
- the preliminary list lists the user terminals connected to the electronic device.
- the preliminary list comprises a pair formed by the identifier of the user terminal and information representative of the level of a signal received by the electronic device from the terminal.
- the number of pairs of this preliminary list corresponds to the number of user terminals connected to the electronic device.
- the information representative of the level of a signal received by the electronic device from the user terminal gives information relating to the distance between the electronic device and the user terminal. It should be noted that for similar signal emission levels, the more the information represents a high signal level, the closer the user terminal is to the electronic device.
- the list of user terminals received comprises a subset of terminals from the preliminary list, the list of terminals comprising, for each user terminal, the identifier of the user terminal and the information representative of the signal level received by the device from the user terminal.
- the server thus receives a list of user terminals, each user terminal having associated a value of a parameter representative of the distance between the user terminal and the electronic device.
- the identification comprises the determination of at least one user terminal associated with the minimum value among the values represented by the information representative of the received signal level.
- the determination of the minimum value from among the values associated respectively with the user terminals of the list of terminals makes it possible to identify the user terminal located closest to the device among the terminals connected to the electronic device.
- the management method makes it possible to identify the terminal of the user having interacted with the device electronic device (user terminal located closest to the electronic device) and to address the notification request to the user terminal located closest, instead of addressing it to all the user terminals connected to the device electronic.
- the identification comprises the determination of several user terminals having respectively associated the minimum information values representing the received signal level.
- several user terminals will receive the notification allowing the activation of the application, for example the two terminals are closest to the electronic device.
- the identification may comprise the determination of the user terminals having associated information representative of the signal level with a value lower than a threshold value.
- the list of terminals received comprises a subset of terminals from the preliminary list, the identifiers of the terminals being ordered according to a decreasing order of the value represented by said information.
- the list of terminals is generated from the preliminary list, by extracting the identifiers of the terminals and by ordering them according to the value of the parameter (representative of the signal level) associated so as to obtain a list identifiers in descending order of values, that is to say whose first identifier in the list corresponds to the highest value and the last identifier corresponds to the lowest value in the list of terminals.
- the identification comprises the selection of the first terminal from the list of terminals received.
- the number of entries in the preliminary list may be identical to the number of entries in the list of user terminals. In this embodiment, all connected terminals are taken into account for the generation of the list of user terminals addressed to the server. According to another embodiment, as indicated above, the number of entries of the list of terminals can be lower than that of the list of preliminary terminals. In this embodiment, when generating the list of terminals, a subset of identifiers is selected, this subset of identifiers corresponding to the terminals for which the values represented by the associated information are the highest.
- this information may be absent from the list of terminals received.
- the list of terminals received by the server only contains the identifiers of user terminals.
- the transmission of the notification request is preceded by verification of the authorization of said at least one identified user terminal to manage the operation of the electronic device.
- the verification of the authorization includes the interrogation of a data table, from an identifier of said at least one identified user terminal to verify the presence of the identifier in said data table.
- This data table lists user terminals on which the activation of the electronic device management application is authorized.
- This characteristic increases the security of the system implementing the invention since only the user terminals pre-registered as being authorized to manage the gateway can receive a request allowing the activation of the management application.
- the characteristics of the management method presented above can be taken in isolation or in combination with each other.
- the present invention relates, according to a second aspect, to a method for activating an application for managing an electronic device, the management application being installed on at least one user terminal.
- This activation method comprises the transmission to a server of a request for identification of at least one user terminal, the transmission of the request identification being implemented in response to a user's interaction with the electronic device.
- the interaction of the user of a terminal with the electronic device triggers the implementation of the proposed management method. Indeed, following the interaction of the user with the terminal, the electronic device transmits to the server a request for identification of at least one user terminal on which to activate the application for managing the electronic device.
- the activation method further comprises the detection of the user terminals connected to the electronic device, the generation of a list of user terminals comprising terminals connected to the electronic device and the transmission to the server of said list of terminals.
- the method for activating an application for managing an electronic device is implemented by an electronic device, such as an access gateway to a communication network.
- the present invention relates, according to a third aspect, to a server configured to communicate with at least one electronic device and at least one user terminal comprising:
- reception module configured to receive from said electronic device, an identification request from at least one user terminal
- the server comprises an identification module configured to identify said at least one user terminal.
- the present invention relates, according to a fourth aspect, to an electronic device configured to communicate with a server and with at least one user terminal comprising an application for managing said electronic device, said electronic device comprising:
- a transmission module configured to transmit to a server, a request for identification of at least one user terminal; - A module for interaction with a user configured to receive an action from the user, said action having as response the transmission of the request for identification of said at least one user terminal.
- the present invention relates, according to a fifth aspect, to an access gateway allowing access of at least one user terminal to a communication network, said gateway comprising an electronic device according to the invention.
- the present invention relates, according to a sixth aspect, to a user terminal comprising an application for managing an electronic device according to the invention.
- the user terminal comprises an application for managing at least one electronic device and is configured to receive from a server a notification request allowing the activation of said management application, said notification request being transmitted by the server after identification of said user terminal in response to receipt from said at least one electronic device, of a request for identification of at least one user terminal.
- the present invention relates, according to a seventh aspect, to a system comprising an electronic device, at least one user terminal comprising an application for managing the electronic device, and a server in accordance with the invention.
- the present invention relates, according to an eighth aspect, to a computer program able to be implemented on a server, the program comprising code instructions for the implementation of the steps of the management method in accordance with the invention, when it is executed by a processor.
- the present invention relates, according to a ninth aspect, to an information medium readable by a processor in a server, on which is recorded a computer program comprising code instructions for the implementation of the steps of the management method in accordance with the invention, when executed by the processor.
- the method for activating a management application, the server, the electronic device, the gateway, the terminal, the system, the computer program and the information medium have characteristics and advantages similar to those previously described in relation to the management process.
- FIG. 2 illustrates steps of the management method and of the activation method of an application in accordance with one embodiment
- - Figure 3a illustrates a hardware architecture of a server that can implement the proposed management method
- - Figure 3b illustrates a functional representation of a server that can implement the proposed management method.
- the invention applies to any equipment or electronic device whose operation can be managed via an application installed on another equipment or electronic device. It applies particularly to an access gateway to a communication network managed via an application installed on a user terminal.
- FIG. 1 illustrates the context in which the invention applies.
- this figure illustrates a system comprising an electronic device 1, a set of user terminals 2 and a server 3.
- the electronic device 1 is an access point or gateway device allowing access to user terminals to an extended communications network 100 or WAN (Wide Area Network) type network, such as the Internet.
- the set of terminals 2 forms with the gateway 1 a local area network 200 or LAN type network (for "Local Area Network”), such as a residential network or a business network.
- LAN Local Area Network
- the set of terminals 2 comprises several mobile telephony terminals and a portable computer.
- the set of terminals and each terminal bear the same reference numeral 2.
- the number and type of user terminals may be different.
- the set of terminals can comprise user terminals of other types, for example a tablet, a television, a games console or the like.
- the terminals 2 and the gateway 1 are configured to communicate with each other according to wireless communication standards such as WiFi, Bluetooth or others. They use for example the IP protocol (for "Internet Protocol”) to communicate with each other and to communicate with the extended communication network 100, in particular with the server 3.
- wireless communication standards such as WiFi, Bluetooth or others. They use for example the IP protocol (for "Internet Protocol") to communicate with each other and to communicate with the extended communication network 100, in particular with the server 3.
- IP protocol for "Internet Protocol”
- the server 3 is configured to exchange messages with the gateway 1 and comprises the modules necessary for the implementation of the method for managing the proposed gateway.
- the server 3 is a notification server (or “Push” server in English terminology). This type of server is responsible for sending notifications relating to applications installed on user terminals.
- the gateway 1 is further configured to allow the user terminals 2 to exchange messages with servers in the extended network 100, for example to access services offered by its servers, such as access to content audio or video, electronic messages or websites.
- At least one communication terminal 2 of the set of terminals includes a management application APP intended for the management of the gateway 1 .
- the management application can be activated by interaction of the user of the user terminal with the gateway.
- the man-machine interface of the gateway 1 is configured to receive an action from the user, this action resulting in the activation of the gateway management application on a user terminal 2.
- terminal, user terminal and communication terminal are used interchangeably in this document and refer to the same equipment.
- the gateway includes a button 10 in the man-machine interface dedicated to activating the application on a communication terminal.
- the button can serve functions other than activating the management application.
- the button can be a push button, the action of the user being a pressure on this button.
- the button can be of the tactile type, the action of the user being the positioning of a conductive element, such as his finger, on the button. “Activation of the application” means the display of the application on the screen of the user terminal.
- the application is displayed on at least part of the screen of the user terminal without any action by the user on his terminal.
- the application can be displayed on a window generated for displaying the application.
- the activation of the application follows an action by the user on his terminal. For example, following the action of the user on button 10 of the gateway, a window is displayed on the screen of the user terminal, of the intruder window type (pop-up window in English terminology) , the user being able to act on the intruder window to display the management application on the screen of his terminal.
- the intruder window type pop-up window in English terminology
- the intruder window may notify that an event has occurred on the gateway. For example, the occurrence of a malfunction or failure, or the deactivation of a feature.
- the user terminal can thus receive a notification making it possible to execute a service which is a function of the event which has occurred on the gateway.
- the notification may contain means of access to the service, such as a URL address making it possible to implement an action on the gateway (for example to resolve a malfunction).
- this notification can be displayed on an intruder window, directly on the application or take the form of an SMS any other notification intended for the user of the terminal 1 (for example an e-mail).
- the intruder window can offer the user a service to perform depending on the event that has occurred.
- the window can include a URL address.
- the management application can be displayed in a section of the application corresponding to a service to be implemented according to the event occurring in the gateway.
- the gateway can be configured to detect an event that has occurred on the gateway.
- a user can press button 10 on the gateway to launch the APP application on his terminal 2 in order to resolve a problem or malfunction that has occurred on the gateway.
- the application can be activated on the screen (for example on an intruder window) on the appropriate item to solve the problem that has occurred on the gateway.
- the application intended to control an electronic device can be installed on several terminals.
- the terminals authorized to drive the electronic device are listed in a data table.
- This data table is stored for example by a server, such as the notification server 2.
- the data table can be stored in another device, for example in a server different from the notification server 2 or in the gateway 1.
- the terminals that can manage the APP application can belong to the same user or to different users.
- FIG. 2 illustrates steps of the method for managing an electronic device 1 according to one embodiment.
- the electronic device 1 is a home gateway, but of course, as indicated above, the invention applies to any other type of electronic device whose operation can be managed via an application installed in another electronic device such as a user terminal or communication terminal 2.
- the management process is initiated by an E00 action by the user on the gateway. This action is, for example, pressing button 10 of gateway 1.
- the gateway In response to the interaction E00 of the user of the communication terminal on the gateway 1, the gateway generates an identification request REQi intended to command the server 3 to identify the communication terminal 2 on which to activate the application of APP management.
- This REQi identification request is addressed to server 3.
- This server 3 can be a notification server. It will be noted that in response to the user's interaction E00, the implementation of the management method is triggered.
- the server is a server different from the notification server. It will be noted that the steps of the management method can be implemented by a server or distributed over several servers.
- the identification request REQi from at least one user terminal 2 includes a list of terminals L connected to the gateway 1.
- this list of terminals L connected to the gateway is generated by the gateway 1.
- a gateway is configured to identify the equipment connected to itself, for example according to the Wi-Fi technology.
- the gateway 1, just like the communication terminals 2 is configured to determine the level (of power) of the signals received from the connected equipment respectively.
- the gateway is configured to generate a list of terminals, called the preliminary list of terminals LO, comprising the identifiers of the communication terminals connected to the gateway.
- the preliminary list LO the level of the signal received by each communication terminal is associated with each communication terminal of the list.
- the preliminary list of terminals LO comprises pairs, each pair associating a terminal identifier and information representative of the level of the signal received by the gateway from this terminal.
- a pair of the preliminary list of terminals LO comprises a terminal identifier and information representing the level of the signal received by the gateway, in particular by the antenna of the gateway.
- the received signal level or received signal power level is known in English terminology as "Received Signal Strength Indication" or RSSI.
- a pair formed by a terminal identifier and a piece of information representative of the level of the signal received by the gateway is called “pair identifier-RSSI” in this document.
- the preliminary list of terminals LO and the list of terminals L take the form of a data table comprising two columns and as many lines as there are terminals (figure 2) in the list.
- the level of the signal received by the gateway 1 from a communication terminal 2 constitutes distance information representative of the distance between the gateway 1 and the communication terminal 2. Indeed, the closer the communication terminal is to the gateway, the higher the level of the signal received.
- the received signal strength or received signal level is higher (this is the maximum allowable level).
- the terminal identifier is a character string uniquely identifying the terminal.
- the identifier of the communication terminal can be the MAC address (for "Media Access control") of the communication terminal.
- Other identifiers may be used such as the IP address of the communication terminal or any other unique identifier.
- the preliminary list of LO terminals is stored in gateway 1 and is continuously updated according to terminals connecting and disconnecting from gateway 1.
- the list of terminals L is generated E01 from the preliminary list of LO terminals.
- the list of terminals L comprises a subset of the “identifier-RSSI” pairs corresponding to the terminals having the highest RSSI among the connected terminals.
- the number of terminals to be selected to form the subset or number of terminals to be selected from among the terminals connected to the gateway (or terminals from the preliminary list LO) is predetermined.
- the number of terminals selected is a parameter saved in the server.
- the gateway selects the predetermined number of terminals and transmits them to the server via the list of terminals L.
- the generation of the list of terminals L includes the selection of a predetermined number of terminals from among the terminals of the preliminary list LO of connected terminals.
- the generation of the list of terminals includes the selection of the terminals connected to the gateway located closest to it.
- the generation of the list of terminals comprises the selection of the terminals from the preliminary list of terminals LO having the highest received signal level.
- the three terminals having the highest reception level among the terminals connected to the gateway are selected and form the list of terminals L.
- the list of terminals contains all the terminals of the preliminary list of terminals.
- the gateway 1 generates a message containing the list of terminals L generated from the preliminary list of terminals LO.
- This message can take the form of a REST type frame (for "Representational State Transfer", such as a POST request.
- a POST request can take the following form:
- ARI “Local_RSSI” could take any other alphanumeric form, that is to say bear a different name. This parameter is intended to inform the server that the request contains a list of signal levels or list of RSSI.
- the message containing the list of terminals L can take other forms.
- it can be a request generated according to the MOTT protocol (for "Message Oueuing Telemetry Transport", according to the TCP protocol (for "Transmission Control Protocol”, or others.
- the generation of the list of terminals also comprises the classification of the “identifier-RSSI” pairs in decreasing order of RSSI value.
- the list of terminals L generated, to be addressed to the gateway comprises terminals (three terminals in this example) connected ordered from the terminal having the highest RSSI value to the terminal having the lowest RSSI value (or otherwise say, from the terminal closest to the gateway to the terminal furthest from the gateway).
- the ranking of the "identifier-RSSI" pairs can be implemented independently of the implementation of the selection of a predetermined number of pairs.
- a POST request comprising the list of terminals in which the terminals have been ordered according to the value of RSSI
- MAC "3F:44:70:06:23:13" ⁇
- ⁇ "RSSI -77
- MAC "7E:33:12: 01:71:16" ⁇
- ⁇ "RSSI -69
- MAC "7E:1E:33:01:5F:10" ⁇
- the terminals are ordered from the terminal having the highest received signal level to the terminal having the lowest received signal level. It can be deduced from this that the terminals are ordered from the terminal being located closest to the gateway to the farthest terminal.
- the identification request REQi of at least one user terminal includes the list of terminals L.
- the request for identification of at least one user terminal is generated REQi, this request comprising a list of terminals L.
- the identification request E01 is sent E02 to a server 3, such as a notification server (or “Push” server in English terminology).
- a server 3 such as a notification server (or “Push” server in English terminology).
- This type of server is responsible for sending notifications relating to the applications installed on the communication terminals.
- the server When the server receives E1 the identification request REQi from at least one user terminal, it implements the identification E2 of the communication terminal 2 in which the management application APP must be activated.
- the communication terminal 2 located closest to the gateway 2 is identified. It is considered that this identified communication terminal 2 is associated with the user who has interacted with the gateway, or in other words, is the communication terminal that the user will use to manage the functionalities of gateway 1.
- the communication terminals located closest to the gateway 2 are identified.
- the identification of the communication terminal 2 to be notified is implemented from the list of terminals L received.
- the list of terminals L can be contained in the identification request REQi of at least one user terminal received at the reception step E1.
- the list of terminals containing the list of terminals is a message received separately from the identification request (before or after the identification request).
- the POST type request containing the list of terminals corresponds to the request for identification of at least one user terminal.
- the notification server receives the request containing the list of terminals, it considers this request as being a request for identification of at least one user terminal, or in other words, it considers the request as being a request from the gateway, to identify the terminal on which to activate the gateway management application and to activate the management application in this identified communication terminal (the communication terminal of the user having interacted with the gateway).
- the gateway implements the identification of the communication terminal 2 to be notified and addresses are identifiers to the server.
- the server 3 receives a list of terminals L containing terminals ordered according to a decreasing order of signal level (as represented in FIG. 2).
- the list of terminals L contains “identifant-RSSI” pairs ordered in decreasing order of signal level received by the gateway.
- the list of terminals could only contain the terminal identifiers ordered in decreasing order of signal level received by the gateway. Indeed, the terminal identifiers being ordered, it is not necessary to address the RSSI.
- the server 3 receives E1 the list of terminals L
- the list of terminals L is extracted and stored in the server 3.
- the identification E2 comprises the selection E21 of the first terminal of the list of terminals received.
- This list of terminals L comprising the terminals ordered in decreasing order of level of the signal received, the selected terminal corresponds to that which is closest to the user.
- the selection includes obtaining the identifier of the first terminal in the list of terminals L.
- the identification further comprises a step of verifying the authorization of the communication terminal 2 selected to manage the operation of the gateway 1.
- This verification step E22 is intended to verify that the communication terminal 2 has permission to manage Gateway 1 features via APP management application.
- the authorization verification includes querying a data table, based on the identifier of the identified communication terminal.
- the data table contains the identifiers of the terminals authorized to act on the operation of the gateway via the management application.
- the data table contains the identifiers of the terminals eligible to receive the notification allowing the activation of the application.
- This data table is recorded in a database which can be integrated in the notification server 3 or in a resource external (not shown) to the notification server 3.
- a communication terminal comprising the gateway management application, located side by side of the gateway, will only receive the notification request if the identifier of the communication terminal is found in the data table containing the identifiers of the terminals authorized to act on the operation of the gateway via the management application.
- the server 3 sends a query to the database comprising the data table.
- This query request includes the identifier of the communication terminal 2 identified and is intended to check whether the identifier of the identified terminal is present in the data table, that is to say whether the identifier of the terminal is among the identifiers of the terminals authorized to act on the gateway via the management application. If the identifier is present in the data table, signifying that the terminal 2 is authorized to manage the gateway 1 via the management application APP, the server generates E30 the notification request REQn and transmits it E3 to the identified terminal.
- the notification request REQn comprises the identifier of the communication terminal 2 to be notified.
- the communication terminal upon receipt E4 of the notification request, renders E51 a notification on the screen of the terminal, this notification allowing the user to activate the application on the terminal. As indicated below, the reception of the notification request can generate an intruder window, containing the management application or a means allowing its opening, such as a link or URL address.
- the application is rendered on the screen of the terminal as soon as the request E4 is received.
- the notification request REQn allows the activation of the management application on the communication terminal receiving the notification.
- the identification of the communication terminal 2 located closest to the gateway 1, allows the notification request to be transmitted only to this terminal (provided that it is authorized to receive this notification request), instead of be transmitted to any terminal connected to the gateway and comprising the management application.
- an identified terminal only receives the notification request if it is authorized to act on the gateway via the management application installed on the terminal.
- the communication terminal of the user registered, or declared (for example in the server), as being the administrator of the network formed by the gateway is notified of a user's interaction with the gateway.
- the terminal of the user registered or declared as being the administrator called terminal of the administrator user
- receives the notification request REQn allowing the activation of the gateway management application on this terminal.
- the administrator user's terminal is notified of another user's attempt to act on the gateway via the management application.
- the management method can comprise a step of classifying the terminals of the list to order them according to decreasing order of signal level .
- the identification, generation and transmission steps described below with reference to Figure 2 are then implemented using the list of terminals received.
- the identification implemented by the server comprises a determination step, to from the list of terminals received, of the communication terminal associated with the minimum value among signal level values received by the gateway.
- the identification can include the verification of the authorization of the terminal. If the terminal is authorized to manage the gateway, the server generates and transmits the notification request as described above.
- the authorization verification step is absent.
- FIG. 3a schematically illustrates a hardware architecture of a server 3 able to implement the proposed management method.
- the server 3 can be a notification server.
- the server 3 comprises a communication bus 300 to which are connected:
- a processing unit 301 named in the figure CPU (for "Central Processing Unit") and may include one or more processors; - a non-volatile memory 202, for example ROM (for "Read Only Memory
- EEPROM for “Electrically Erasable Read Only Memory”
- Flash memory for “Electrically Erasable Read Only Memory”
- Random access memory 303 includes registers suitable for recording variables and parameters created and modified during the execution of a computer program comprising instructions for implementing the management method according to the invention.
- the program instruction codes stored in non-volatile memory 302 are loaded into RAM memory 303 in order to be executed by the processing unit CPU 301.
- the non-volatile memory 302 is for example a rewritable memory of the EEPROM or Flash memory type which can constitute a support within the meaning of the invention, that is to say which can comprise a computer program comprising instructions for the implementation of the proposed management process.
- the rewritable memory may include the list of terminals L and data tables used for the implementation of the invention.
- This program defines, by means of its instructions, functional modules of the server which are implemented and/or control the hardware elements described previously.
- Figure 3b is a functional representation of a server according to one embodiment.
- These modules include in particular: - a reception module 31 configured to receive from the electronic device, an identification request (REQi) of at least one user terminal (2) on which to activate a management application of said electronic device;
- a transmission module 33 configured to transmit to at least one identified user terminal a notification request REQn allowing the activation of said management application APP on said at least one user terminal 2.
- the identification module 32 may include:
- an identification module 32 configured to identify said at least one communication terminal
- a selection module 321 configured to select an identifier from the list of terminals L;
- the selection module 321 can be configured to determine the terminal or terminals having the highest signal level.
- the server may include a module 34 for querying a data table, from an identifier of the communication terminal identified to verify its presence in said data table.
- the aforementioned modules and means are controlled by the processor of the processing unit 301. They can take the form of a program executable by a processor, or a material form (or “hardware”), such as a specialized integrated circuit (known in Anglo-Saxon terminology known as ASIC for “Application-Specific Integrated Circuit”), a system on chip (known in Anglo-Saxon terminology as SoC for “System On Chip”), or an electronic component of the programmable logic circuit type, such than an FPGA type component (for “Field-Programmable Gate Array”).
- a material form or “hardware”
- ASIC Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
- SoC System On Chip
- FPGA type component for “Field-Programmable Gate Array”.
- the electronic device 1 and the user terminals 2 comprise modules similar to those described with reference to FIG. 3a for the server 3.
- they comprise a communication bus to which are connected a processing unit or microprocessor, a non-volatile memory, a random access memory or RAM, and a communication interface adapted in particular to exchanging data with the server and the electronic device.
- the electronic device 1 comprises the modules necessary for the implementation of the method for activating a management application installed in a communication terminal 2. It can thus comprise, according to embodiments:
- a transmission module configured to transmit to a server, a request for identification of at least one user terminal on which to activate the electronic device management application;
- a module for interaction with a user configured to receive an action from the user, said action having as response the transmission of the request for identification of said at least one user terminal;
- a detection module configured to detect the user terminals connected to the electronic device
- - modules configured to generate a list of connected user terminals, called the preliminary list of terminals, to select terminals from among the terminals of the preliminary list in order to form a new list of terminals, and to transmit a list of terminals to a other equipment, for example to a server.
- the electronic device further comprises an input/output interface, for example keys or buttons, a screen, a keyboard, a mouse or another pointing device such as a touch screen or a remote control allowing a user to interact with the electronic device via a graphical interface or man-machine interface.
- the user can for example carry out an action on a button so that the application for managing the electronic device is activated on his terminal.
- the communication terminal 2 it comprises a module for receiving a notification request REQn from the server 3. It further comprises an input/output interface, for example keys or buttons, a screen, a keyboard, a mouse or another pointing device such as a touch screen or a remote control enabling a user to interact with the terminal via a graphic interface or man-machine interface.
- the user can activate the management application by acting on the notification received.
- the terminal of the user having carried out an action on the electronic device is identified, this identification being implemented without having to add specific modules intended for the identification of the terminal.
- the electronic device uses to implement the identification, modules used for communication with the terminals.
- the identification of the communication terminal is implemented without the user of the terminal having to perform any particular action dedicated to the identification or detection of his communication terminal, the experience of the user being very positive.
- this identification is implemented when several terminals are connected to the electronic device and when these terminals have the management application installed. Thanks to the invention, only the terminal of the user having interacted with the electronic device, and therefore being closest to the electronic device, receives a notification intended to activate the application. Other users are not disturbed by a notification allowing the activation of the management application or by an untimely activation of the management application.
- several terminals can be identified as being the terminals to be notified. This is the case, for example, of several terminals located near the electronic device, at a similar distance, or when it has been predefined that several terminals (a predetermined number of terminals) located closest to the electronic device are the terminals to notify.
- the terminal of the administrator user is among the several terminals to be notified, only the terminal of the administrator user is notified, that is to say receives the notification request from the waiter.
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