WO2014114075A1

WO2014114075A1 - Mobile hotspot wakeup processing method and device

Info

Publication number: WO2014114075A1
Application number: PCT/CN2013/081299
Authority: WO
Inventors: 张晓亮; 马权
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2013-01-24
Filing date: 2013-08-12
Publication date: 2014-07-31
Also published as: CN103118420B; CN103118420A

Abstract

Provided are a mobile hotspot wakeup processing method and device. The method comprises: storing a cellular phone number for waking up a mobile hotspot; and waking up the mobile hotspot in a manner of triggering the cellular phone number. The present invention solves the problems existing in relevant technologies on overlong time consumption for using a mobile hotspot and poor user experience under the condition that energy conservation measures are adopted, thereby achieving the effect that under the condition of saving power as much as possible, it not only has simple operation and effectively prevents situations incapable of waking up, but also greatly reduces the time consumption for wakeup and effectively improves the user experience.

Description

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular to a mobile hotspot wakeup processing method and apparatus. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Mobile hotspots are widely welcomed as an Internet access solution for smart terminals. The mobile hotspot converts the 3G/4G network into a WiFi network and shares it to multiple users. The network is smooth and easy to use. 1 is a schematic diagram of the effect of a mobile hotspot in the related art. The mobile hotspot has high-speed data downloading and processing capability, but this advantage also makes the mobile hotspot consumes a lot of power during use, and when the battery has not made a breakthrough, the power saving The function is a very important indicator of mobile hotspots. Most mobile hotspots are battery powered and have limited battery power. Therefore, in order to be able to provide an extremely long standby time, it is necessary to save power as much as possible in use. Considering that the Access Point (AP) of the mobile hotspot device broadcasts its Service Set Identifier (SSID) for the surrounding station discovery in a certain time slot, the WiFi will be compared. Power consumption. Therefore, in order to save power, when the mobile hotspot is not used, or there is no user access, the mobile hotspot will choose to turn off the WiFi to save power consumption caused by the WiFi broadcast SSID. At the same time, the Central Processing Unit (CPU) of the mobile hotspot enters the low power mode, and the 2G or 3G functions are also turned off. That is, in the related art, in order to save power consumption, the mobile hotspot takes more measures to open the mobile hotspot when used, and to close the mobile hotspot when not in use. However, in this case, once the user needs WiFi access to the mobile hotspot, the AP function of the mobile hotspot is disabled and cannot be accessed. At this time, the user needs to manually wake up the mobile hotspot to activate the AP function of the mobile hotspot. User access. Therefore, when the mobile hotspot is completely turned off, it needs to be taken out and turned on every time it is used, which takes too long and the user experience is not good. In addition, when users can't find a mobile hotspot, it is also very troublesome. Therefore, in the related art, there is a problem that the use of the mobile hotspot takes too long and the user experience is poor in the case of adopting the energy saving measure. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a mobile hotspot wake-up processing method and apparatus, so as to at least solve the problem that the use of a mobile hotspot takes too long and the user experience is poor when the energy saving measures are adopted in the related art. According to an aspect of the present invention, a mobile hotspot wakeup processing method is provided, including: storing a mobile phone number for waking up the mobile hotspot; waking up the mobile hotspot by triggering the mobile phone number. Preferably, the manner of triggering the mobile phone number comprises at least one of: sending a call to the mobile hotspot by using the mobile phone number, and sending a short message to the mobile hotspot by using the mobile phone number. Preferably, before the mobile hotspot is awakened by triggering the mobile phone number, the method further includes: detecting a status of the mobile hotspot; detecting that the mobile hotspot has no user access and/or not performing data service In case, the mobile hotspot is triggered to enter a standby state. Preferably, waking up the mobile hotspot by means of the mobile phone number to make a call to the mobile hotspot comprises: acquiring a mobile phone number for calling the mobile hotspot; determining whether the obtained mobile phone number is consistent with the stored mobile phone number If the determination is yes, triggering the wakeup event to wake up the mobile hotspot; and/or; waking up the mobile hotspot by sending the short message to the mobile hotspot by using the mobile phone number comprises: receiving an open command short message; Whether the mobile phone number of the open command short message is consistent with the stored mobile phone number; if the determination result is yes, the wakeup event is triggered to wake up the mobile hotspot. Preferably, before the mobile hotspot is awakened by triggering the mobile phone number, the method further includes: storing a mobile phone number list that refuses to wake up the mobile hotspot, and moving the mobile phone number by triggering the mobile phone number list When the hotspot wakes up, it refuses to wake up. According to another aspect of the present invention, a mobile hotspot wakeup processing apparatus is provided, including: a first storage module configured to store a mobile phone number for waking up the mobile hotspot; and a wakeup module configured to trigger the mobile phone number The way to wake up the mobile hotspot. Preferably, the waking module is further configured to wake up the mobile hotspot by at least one of: triggering the mobile phone number by: calling the mobile hotspot by the mobile phone number, using the mobile phone number to The mobile hotspot sends a text message. Preferably, the device further includes: a detecting module, configured to detect a status of the mobile hotspot; and a triggering module, configured to detect, when the mobile hotspot has no user access and/or no data service , triggering the mobile hotspot to enter a standby state. Preferably, the waking module includes: an obtaining unit, configured to acquire a mobile phone number for calling the mobile hotspot; a first determining unit, configured to determine whether the obtained mobile phone number is consistent with the stored mobile phone number; The waking unit is configured to: when the determination result of the first determining unit is yes, triggering a wakeup event to wake up the mobile hotspot; and/or; the waking module includes: a receiving unit, configured to receive an open command a second determining unit, configured to determine whether the mobile phone number of the open command short message is consistent with the stored mobile phone number; and the second waking unit is configured to be YES when the second determining unit determines A wake-up event is triggered to wake up the mobile hotspot. Preferably, the device further includes: a second storage module, configured to store a list of mobile phone numbers that refuse to wake up the mobile hotspot, and refuse to wake up the mobile hotspot by triggering a mobile phone number in the mobile phone number list wake. According to the present invention, the mobile phone number for waking up the mobile hotspot is stored; the mobile hotspot is awakened by triggering the mobile phone number, and the use of the mobile hotspot in the related art is solved. Too long, the user experience is not good, and thus, in the case of saving power as much as possible, not only the operation is simple, but also the situation that can not wake up is effectively avoided, and the time consumption of wake-up is greatly reduced, and the user experience is effectively improved. effect. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are set to illustrate,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 1 is a schematic diagram of an effect of a mobile hotspot in a related art; FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a mobile hotspot processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3 is a structural block diagram of a mobile hotspot wakeup processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; 4 is a block diagram of a preferred structure of a mobile hotspot wakeup processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a preferred structure of a wakeup module 34 in a mobile hotspot wakeup processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a block diagram showing a preferred structure of a wake-up module 34 in a mobile hotspot wake-up processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a block diagram of a preferred structure of a mobile hotspot wakeup processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a mobile hotspot wakeup method according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 9 is a diagram set on a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. The effect of the "wake up" button. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments in the present application and the features in the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict. In this embodiment, a mobile hotspot processing method is provided. FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a mobile hotspot processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the flow includes the following steps: Step S202, storing for waking up Mobile phone number of the mobile hotspot; Step S204, waking up the mobile hotspot by triggering the mobile phone number. Through the above steps, the mobile hotspot is awakened by triggering the mobile phone number. Compared with the related art, the manual switch on and off switch is required to wake up, which is not only time consuming, but also cannot be awake when the open switch position is not easily found. In the case, the mobile hotspot is awakened by triggering the mobile phone number, which is not only easy to operate, but also avoids the situation that cannot be woken up, and greatly reduces the time consuming of the wakeup, thereby effectively improving the user experience. The mobile hotspot can be awake by means of triggering the mobile phone number. For example, the mobile hotspot can be called by the mobile phone number, that is, the terminal using the mobile phone number makes a call to the mobile hotspot, thereby waking up the mobile hotspot. The method of sending a short message to the mobile hotspot by using the mobile phone number, that is, the terminal using the mobile phone sends a short message to the mobile hotspot, and the short message includes a command to open the mobile hotspot, and wake up the mobile hotspot according to the open command. In order to save the mobile hotspot as much as possible, before the mobile hotspot is awakened by triggering the mobile phone number, the status of the mobile hotspot can be detected; when the mobile hotspot is detected, there is no user access and/or no data service is performed. Next, trigger the mobile hotspot to enter the standby state. When the mobile hotspot enters the standby state, the mobile hotspot can communicate with the base station through the communication module, provide location information, synchronization information, status information, etc. to the base station, turn off the WiFi signal, the screen is also closed, the user access operation, and the data service transmission. The operations are all turned off, which extends the working time of the mobile hotspot to some extent. The method of triggering the mobile phone number is different. The wake-up operation for the mobile hotspot is different. For example, when the mobile hotspot is called by the mobile phone number to make a call to the mobile hotspot, the wake-up operation includes: First, acquiring a mobile phone that calls the mobile hotspot Secondly, it is judged whether the acquired mobile phone number is consistent with the previously stored mobile phone number; if the determination is yes, the wake-up event is triggered to wake up the mobile hotspot; for example, the mobile phone sends a short message to the mobile hotspot by the mobile phone number to wake up the mobile phone. In the case of a hotspot, the wake-up operation includes: first, receiving an open command message; the open command message is used to trigger wake-up of the mobile hotspot; second, determining to send an open command message Whether the mobile phone number is consistent with the stored mobile phone number; if the judgment result is yes, the wakeup event is triggered to wake up the mobile hotspot. In addition, in order to better protect the security of the mobile hotspot, the selective terminal wakes up the mobile hotspot, that is, before waking up the mobile hotspot by triggering the mobile phone number, the method further includes: storing a list of mobile phone numbers that refuse to wake up the mobile hotspot (ie blacklist), when the mobile hotspot is woken up by triggering the mobile number in the mobile phone number list, the wakeup is refused. That is, an illegal user cannot wake up the mobile hotspot. In the embodiment, a mobile hotspot awake processing device is also provided, which is used to implement the above-mentioned embodiments and preferred embodiments, and has not been described again. As used hereinafter, the term "module" may implement a combination of software and/or hardware of a predetermined function. Although the apparatus described in the following embodiments is preferably implemented in software, hardware, or a combination of software and hardware, is also possible and conceivable. FIG. 3 is a structural block diagram of a mobile hotspot wakeup processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the apparatus includes a first storage module 32 and a wakeup module 34, which will be described below. The first storage module 32 is configured to store a mobile phone number for waking up the mobile hotspot; the wake-up module 34 is connected to the first storage module 32, and is configured to wake up the mobile hotspot by triggering the mobile phone number. Preferably, the waking module 34 is further configured to wake up the mobile hotspot by at least one of the following manners of triggering the mobile phone number: making a call to the mobile hotspot by using the mobile phone number, and sending the short message to the mobile hotspot by using the mobile phone number. 4 is a block diagram of a preferred structure of a mobile hotspot wake-up processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the apparatus includes a module 42 and a triggering module 44 in addition to all the modules in FIG. The device is described. The detecting module 42 is connected to the first storage module 32, and is configured to detect a state of the mobile hotspot; the triggering module 44 is connected to the detecting module 42 and the waking module 34, and is configured to detect that the mobile hotspot has no user access and / If the data service is not performed, the mobile hotspot is triggered to enter the standby state. FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a preferred structure of the wake-up module 34 in the mobile hotspot wake-up processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, the wake-up module 34 includes an obtaining unit 52, a first determining unit 54, and a first wake-up unit 56. The wake-up module 34 will be described below. The obtaining unit 52 is configured to obtain a mobile phone number for calling the mobile hotspot; the first determining unit 54 is connected to the obtaining unit 52, and is configured to determine whether the acquired mobile phone number is consistent with the stored mobile phone number; the first waking unit 56, The first determining unit 54 is connected to the first determining unit 54 and configured to trigger the wake-up event to wake up the mobile hotspot if the determination result of the first determining unit is YES. 6 is a block diagram of a preferred structure of the wake-up module 34 in the mobile hotspot wake-up processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, the wake-up module includes a receiving unit 62, a second determining unit 64, and a second wake-up unit 66. The wake-up module 34 will be described below. The receiving unit 62 is configured to receive the open command short message; the second determining unit 64 is connected to the receiving unit 62, and is configured to determine whether the mobile phone number for sending the open command short message is consistent with the stored mobile phone number; the second waking unit 66 is connected The second determining unit 64 is configured to trigger the wake-up event to wake up the mobile hotspot if the determination result of the second determining unit is YES. FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a preferred structure of a mobile hotspot wakeup processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7, the apparatus includes a second storage module 72 in addition to all the modules shown in FIG. The second storage module 72 is described. The second storage module 72 is connected to the first storage module 32 and the wake-up module 34, and is configured to store a list of mobile phone numbers that refuse to wake up the mobile hotspot, and refuse to wake up the mobile hotspot by triggering the mobile phone number in the mobile phone number list. wake. For the problems in the related art: The user needs to manually wake up in the mobile hotspot standby state, the use is not very convenient, and once the location where the mobile hotspot is placed is not easy to find, it will not wake up. It brings a lot of inconvenience to the user, and the user experience is poor. In this embodiment, a remote wake-up method for a mobile hotspot is provided. By using the method, the existing mobile hotspot increases the ease of use and ease of handling while saving power, and greatly improves the user experience. The method for power saving and remote wake-up of the mobile hotspot provided by the embodiment of the invention has the following beneficial effects: On one hand, the mobile hotspot can keep the standby current low during standby, and can increase the working time of the mobile hotspot; The user can remotely activate the mobile hotspot, reduce the user's power on/off operation or manual wake-up operation, reduce the switch time, and is easy to use, which greatly enhances the user experience. The mobile hotspot processing method provided in this embodiment includes two parts of content: one part is a setting of a mobile hotspot and a smart terminal, and the other part is a wake-up process of the smart terminal to the mobile hotspot. After the mobile hotspot and the smart terminal are set up, the smart terminal remotely wakes up the mobile hotspot. FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a method for waking up a mobile hotspot according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 8, the process includes the following steps: Step S802: When a mobile hotspot has no data transmission with the smart terminal, the mobile hotspot enters a standby state. In the standby state, the mobile hotspot is in a state of maintaining intermittent interaction with the base station, and provides location information, synchronization information, status information, etc. to the base station, and the WiFi of the mobile hotspot is turned off, the screen is closed, and other power consumption functions are turned off to save power; Step S804, the application terminal is installed on the smart terminal side, and the "wake up" button is set on the application page. FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing the effect of setting the "wake up" button on the terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention. " The button is a mobile phone number. The mobile hotspot uses this mobile phone number. When the "wake up" button is pressed, the button becomes "wake up", and the smart terminal dials the mobile phone number used by the mobile hotspot; step S806, the mobile hotspot is connected. After the call is made to the smart terminal, the WiFi is turned on, the screen is turned on, and other functions are turned on. Step S808: When the smart terminal dials the mobile hotspot, the WiFi signal of the smart terminal is opened, and the WiFi signal of the mobile hotspot is not searched. In the case of continuing to search for the WiFi signal of the smart terminal, in the case of searching for the WiFi signal of the mobile hotspot, proceeding to step S810; Step S810, connecting the WiFi signal of the searched mobile hotspot, "waking up" successfully, the button is "Wake up" is restored to "wake up". It should be noted that, in the above process, the method of calling the phone is used to wake up. Similarly, using the short message can also wake up the mobile hotspot and save the power of the mobile hotspot. In addition, the mobile phone hotspot side can also set the mobile phone number and the black and white list to wake up. The blacklist user cannot remotely wake up the mobile hotspot to protect the user's use security. The mobile hotspot remote wake-up method provided by the above embodiments and the preferred embodiment enables the mobile hotspot to keep a low current during standby, prolong the working time of the mobile hotspot, and at the same time, enables the user to remotely control the mobile hotspot and save the on-off time. , the user experience is greatly increased, and has a very good use prospect. In order to save the power of the mobile hotspot, the mobile hotspot enters the standby state when there is no data exchange, and the working time of the mobile hotspot is extended as much as possible, and the number of times of switching the user is reduced, and the time for the user to find the mobile hotspot is reduced, and the user is realized. Remotely control the function of mobile hotspots to enhance the user experience. The mobile hotspot remote wakeup method of the preferred embodiment of the present invention is described below, and the method includes the following steps:

Sl, the mobile hotspot enters the standby state when there is no WiFi terminal access, or does not operate, and performs the following standby process: The WiFi application layer detects that no WiFi user access starts to initiate the sleep request after a certain period of time, and the system protocol does not continue. The data service is also initiated, and the sleep request is also initiated. At this time, each upper-layer application vote can sleep. After receiving the hibernation request, the system first turns off the WiFi, stops the timer, and then the CPU enters the slow clock state. Under the slow clock, the mobile hotspot communication module communicates with the base station within a certain time interval. Communication, including handoff, signal strength and other information. At the same time, the CPU issues an instruction to close the screen of the mobile hotspot, turn off other power consumption functions, and save power.

S2, the smart terminal side installs the application, and the "wake up" button is set on the application page. The corresponding "wake up" button is a mobile phone number, and the mobile hotspot uses the mobile phone number, and the mobile phone number can be manually input by the user to wake up the mobile hotspot. The number is also obtained by the application of the smart terminal side to query the mobile hotspot number. When the "wake up" button is pressed, the calling program in the mobile phone is called to make a call to the set mobile phone number, and the button becomes "awakening". The smart terminal dials this mobile number.

S3, after the mobile hotspot receives the call from the smart terminal, activates the mobile hotspot WiFi transmission function, activates the screen and other functions. Wake-up process: The wake-up module program on the mobile hotspot detects a "wake-up" call, the wake-up module starts to trigger the wake-up event, triggers the WiFi to start, the application process restarts, broadcasts the WiFi SSID, and provides other station links equivalent to the user directly using the button. wake.

S4, the smart terminal dials the mobile hotspot at the same time, calls the local WiFi module and starts the WiFi signal search, finds the WiFi signal of the mobile hotspot and connects, the "wake up" succeeds, and the button is restored from "wake up" to "wake up" . It should be noted that the above preferred embodiment is to wake up the mobile hotspot by means of making a call, and can also be implemented by sending a short message. Wake up the mobile hotspot by SMS, send the SMS content to the mobile hotspot as "on" command, and after the mobile hotspot receives the "open" SMS, the wake-up module starts to initiate the wake-up event, triggers the WiFi to start, and the application process restarts to run the broadcast WiFi SSID, providing other The station link is equivalent to the user directly using the button to wake up. In addition, the mobile phone number and the black and white list that wake up can be set on the mobile hotspot side. When the blacklist user dials the mobile hotspot mobile phone number, the mobile hotspot shields the number and does not respond to the dialed behavior, so the blacklist user cannot Remote wake-up of mobile hotspots to protect users' security. Obviously, those skilled in the art should understand that the above modules or steps of the present invention can be implemented by a general-purpose computing device, which can be concentrated on a single computing device or distributed over a network composed of multiple computing devices. Alternatively, they may be implemented by program code executable by the computing device, such that they may be stored in the storage device by the computing device and, in some cases, may be different from the order herein. The steps shown or described are performed, or they are separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or a plurality of modules or steps are fabricated as a single integrated circuit module. Thus, the invention is not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software. The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes can be made to the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and scope of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

Claim

A mobile hotspot wakeup processing method, comprising:

Storing a mobile phone number for waking up the mobile hotspot;

The mobile hotspot is woken up by triggering the mobile phone number.

The method according to claim 1, wherein the method for triggering the mobile phone number comprises: at least transmitting a call to the mobile hotspot by using the mobile phone number, and sending a short message to the mobile hotspot by using the mobile phone number.

The method according to claim 1, wherein before the waking up the mobile hotspot by triggering the mobile phone number, the method further includes:

Detecting a status of the mobile hotspot;

In the case that it is detected that the mobile hotspot has no user access and/or no data service, the mobile hotspot is triggered to enter a standby state.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein:

Awakening the mobile hotspot by means of the mobile phone number to make a call to the mobile hotspot includes: acquiring a mobile phone number for calling the mobile hotspot; determining whether the obtained mobile phone number is consistent with the stored mobile phone number; In the case of YES, the wakeup event is triggered to wake up the mobile hotspot; and/or;

Awakening the mobile hotspot by sending the short message to the mobile hotspot by using the mobile phone number includes: receiving an open command short message; determining whether the mobile phone number of the open command short message is consistent with the stored mobile phone number; In the case, the wakeup event is triggered to wake up the mobile hotspot.

The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising: before waking up the mobile hotspot by triggering the mobile phone number, further comprising:

Storing a list of mobile phone numbers that refuse to wake up the mobile hotspot, refusing to wake up when waking up the mobile hotspot by triggering the mobile phone number in the mobile phone number list.

6. A mobile hotspot wakeup processing device, comprising:

a first storage module, configured to store a mobile phone number for waking up the mobile hotspot; The wake-up module is configured to wake up the mobile hotspot by triggering the mobile phone number.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein

The waking module is further configured to wake up the mobile hotspot by at least one of: triggering the mobile phone number by: sending a call to the mobile hotspot by using the mobile phone number, and sending the mobile hotspot to the mobile hotspot by using the mobile phone number SMS.

8. The device according to claim 6, further comprising:

a detecting module, configured to detect a status of the mobile hotspot;

The triggering module is configured to trigger the mobile hotspot to enter a standby state when detecting that the mobile hotspot has no user access and/or no data service.

9. Apparatus according to claim 7 wherein:

The waking module includes: an obtaining unit, configured to acquire a mobile phone number for calling the mobile hotspot; a first determining unit, configured to determine whether the obtained mobile phone number is consistent with the stored mobile phone number; the first waking unit, Setting to trigger the wake-up event to wake up the mobile hotspot if the determination result of the first determining unit is YES; and/or;

The waking module includes: a receiving unit, configured to receive an open command short message; a second determining unit, configured to determine whether the mobile phone number of the open command short message is consistent with the stored mobile phone number; the second waking unit is set to be in the In the case where the determination result of the second determination unit is YES, the wakeup event is triggered to wake up the mobile hotspot.

The apparatus according to any one of claims 6 to 9, further comprising:

The second storage module is configured to store a list of mobile phone numbers that refuse to wake up the mobile hotspot, and refuse to wake up when the mobile hotspot is woken up by triggering the mobile phone number in the mobile phone number list.