CN103095535B - Operation requests processing method, domestic network system and equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses an operation request processing method, system and equipment, which are applicable to a home network environment where an IP network and a control network exist simultaneously, and the two networks can be interconnected and intercommunicated through a home gateway; both the IP network and the home network can be accessed. After the device X that can access the control network is powered on, it establishes the IP network connection and the control network connection with the home gateway respectively; when the device X enters the standby or shutdown state and disconnects the IP network connection, if it receives only The device Y connected to the IP network responds to the operation request initiated by the device X, and the home gateway wakes up the device X through the control network connection; after the device X is awakened, the IP network connection is re-established and the operation is completed. By applying the solution of the present invention, user operations can be reduced and the degree of automation can be improved.

Description

Operation request processing method, home network system and device

technical field

The invention relates to network technology, in particular to an operation request processing method, a home network system and equipment.

Background technique

In the current home network environment, there are two types of networks, the IP network and the control network, and the control network usually refers to the Internet of Things network.

Among them, the IP network is mainly based on entertainment applications. Various home entertainment devices, such as mobile phones, TVs, set-top boxes, speakers, computers, etc., can be connected to the IP network through wired or wireless methods, and through Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) , Universal Plug and Play) protocol or Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA, Digital Living Network Alliance) protocol to achieve interconnection and content sharing.

The Internet of Things network is mainly used for control applications. Through short-distance wireless transmission technology, security sensors such as door magnets, smoke detectors, and infrared alarms installed at home and various household appliances can be connected to the Internet, so as to realize the protection against illegal intrusion, Remote monitoring and early warning of smoke, fire, gas leakage, etc., as well as remote control and status viewing of home appliances. Short-distance wireless transmission technology has the characteristics of low power consumption, low speed, large coverage, non-directional transmission, two-way communication, and low cost.

For some devices, such as TVs and other media playback devices, they can be connected to both the IP network and the Internet of Things network. Most of the time, the media playback device will be in a shutdown or standby state, and the IP network connection will be interrupted at this time. . Then, the operation request sent to it by other devices that can only access the IP network cannot be processed. The operation request can refer to media content playback requests, etc. If the operation request is to be processed, it can only be processed by the user first. The media player device is woken up manually (by a remote control or a relevant button on the media player device), specifically, when the media player device is in a power-off state, it is turned on, and when the media player device is in a standby state, it is activated.

Obviously, since the user needs to wake up the media player manually, the degree of automation of the entire implementation process is reduced.

Contents of the invention

In view of this, the present invention provides an operation request processing method, a home network system and equipment, which can reduce user operations and improve automation.

In order to achieve the above object, technical solution of the present invention is achieved in that way:

A method for processing an operation request, which is applicable to a home network environment where an IP network and a control network coexist, and the two networks can be interconnected and intercommunicated through a home gateway; the method includes:

After the device X that can access both the IP network and the control network is powered on, it establishes the IP network connection and the control network connection with the home gateway respectively;

When the device X enters the standby or power-off state and disconnects the IP network connection, if it receives an operation request initiated by the device Y that can only access the IP network for the device X, the home gateway will pass the controlling the network connection to wake up said device X;

After the device X wakes up, re-establish the IP network connection, and complete this operation.

A home network system, in which both an IP network and a control network exist, and includes: a home gateway capable of realizing the interconnection and intercommunication between the two networks, and a device X capable of accessing both the IP network and the control network And device Y that can only access the IP network;

The device X is configured to respectively establish an IP network connection and a control network connection with the home gateway after being powered on and started;

The home gateway is configured to: when the device X is in a standby or power-off state, after disconnecting the IP network connection, if an operation request initiated by the device Y for the device X is received, the control network connection wakes up said device X;

The device X is further configured to, after being awakened by the home gateway, re-establish the IP network connection, and complete this operation.

A home gateway, which is suitable for a home network environment where both an IP network and a control network exist, and can realize the interconnection and intercommunication between the two networks, including:

The first processing module is used to respectively establish an IP network connection and a control network connection with the device X after the device X that can access both the IP network and the control network is powered on and started; when the device X X enters the standby or shutdown state, and after disconnecting the IP network connection, notifies the second processing module to perform its own function;

The second processing module is configured to notify the first processing module to wake up the device X when receiving an operation request initiated by the device Y that can only access the IP network for the device X;

The first processing module is further configured to, when receiving the notification from the second processing module, wake up the device X through the control network connection, so that the device X can re-establish the IP network connection, and complete This operation.

A home device, which is suitable for a home network environment where both an IP network and a control network exist, and the two networks can be interconnected and intercommunicated through a home gateway, including:

The third processing module is configured to respectively establish an IP network connection and a control network connection with the home gateway after the home device is powered on and started;

The fourth processing module is configured to re-establish the IP network connection if the home device is awakened by the home gateway through the control network connection after disconnecting the IP network connection when the home device enters a standby or shutdown state.

It can be seen that with the solution of the present invention, when the device X is in standby or shutdown state, after disconnecting the IP network connection, the home gateway can wake up the device X by controlling the network connection when needed. Compared with the prior art, the present invention The solution does not require the user to manually wake up the device X, thereby reducing user operations and improving the degree of automation; moreover, the solution of the present invention is simple and convenient to implement, and is convenient for popularization and promotion.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the relationship between a home gateway, an IP network and a control network according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a flowchart of a method embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of the interaction process between the media playing device and the home gateway, the control device and the media server when the media playing device is in the normal startup state according to the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of the interaction process between the media player device, the home gateway, the control device and the media server when the media player device is in a standby or power-off state according to the present invention.

detailed description

In order to overcome the problems existing in the prior art, the present invention proposes to set up a home gateway capable of realizing the interconnection and intercommunication between the IP network and the control network in the home network environment, and utilize the feature that the home gateway is always online, when necessary, Utilize a residential gateway to wake up devices that are in standby or powered off state. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the relationship between a home gateway, an IP network and a control network according to the present invention.

In order to make the technical solution of the present invention clearer and clearer, the solution of the present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples.

Fig. 2 is a flowchart of a method embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 2, including:

Step 21: After the device X that can access both the IP network and the control network is powered on and started, respectively establish the IP network connection and the control network connection with the home gateway.

Step 22: When device X enters the standby or shutdown state and disconnects from the IP network, if it receives an operation request from device Y that can only access the IP network for device X, the home gateway wakes up device X by controlling the network connection.

Wherein, before the home gateway wakes up the device X through the control network connection, it can also act on behalf of the device X to perform its functions, and then wake up the device X through the control network connection when necessary.

Step 23: After the device X wakes up, re-establish the IP network connection and complete this operation.

In this embodiment, in order to distinguish different devices, the device that can access both the IP network and the control network is called device X, and the device that can only access the IP network and needs to interact with device X is called for device Y.

The above-mentioned control network usually refers to the IoT network, of course, it can also refer to other control networks known to those skilled in the art, or, with the development of technology, other types of control networks may appear in the future, no matter what kind of control network , the scheme of the present invention is applicable.

In the IoT network, device X usually refers to the media playback device, that is, the aforementioned TV, etc., and device Y usually refers to the control device, such as a mobile phone or other devices that can be handheld and have an interactive interface. When the control device and the media When the playback device interacts, another device is usually involved, that is, a media server, such as a computer, and the media server is also a device that can only be connected to the IP network.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of the interaction process between the media playing device and the home gateway, the control device and the media server when the media playing device is in the normal startup state according to the present invention. As shown in Figure 3, the following steps are included:

Step 31: After the media player device is powered on and started, respectively establish an IP network connection and an IoT network connection with the home gateway.

That is, access to the home gateway through the IP network and the Internet of Things network, and how to access it is an existing technology.

Step 32: The media player device periodically sends an online status announcement to all devices in the IP network in the form of broadcasting or the like, that is, notifies each device that it is in a normal startup state.

The interval between two adjacent sendings can be determined according to actual needs.

Steps 33-34: The home gateway obtains the media playback capability from the media playback device through the IP network connection, and saves it.

It specifically includes: the home gateway sends a media playback capability request to the media playback device; the media playback device returns its own media playback capability to the home gateway; the home gateway saves the received media playback capability.

The media playback capability may include: encoding format, code rate, resolution, etc., that is, a description of the capabilities of the media playback device.

Steps 35-36: The control device browses or searches the media server to obtain the media content requested to be played.

It includes the Uniform Resource Locator (URL, UniversalResourceLocator) and capability description of the media content requested to be played.

Step 37: The control device sends a media playback capability request to the media playback device.

Step 38: The media playing device returns its own media playing capability to the control device.

Step 39: The control device determines that the media content requested to be played matches the received media playback capability, and then sends a media content playback request to the media playback device.

In this step, the control device determines whether the media content requested to be played is suitable for playing by the media player device according to the capability description of the media content requested to be played, that is, whether it matches, and if so, sends a media content play request to the media player device, which carries the request The URL of the media content to play.

Step 310: The media playing device plays the media content according to the received media content playing request.

Specifically include: the media player device sends a media transmission request to the media server, which carries the URL of the media content requested to be played; the media server transmits the corresponding media stream to the media player device; the media player device performs media content playback according to the received media stream .

In Figure 3, the thick solid line with arrows corresponds to the Internet of Things network, and the thin solid line with arrows corresponds to the IP network.

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of the interaction process between the media player device, the home gateway, the control device and the media server when the media player device is in a standby or power-off state according to the present invention. As shown in Figure 4, the following steps are included:

Step 41: When the media player device enters the standby or shutdown state, after disconnecting the IP network connection, it sends an offline notification to the home gateway through the Internet of Things network connection, that is, notifies the home gateway that it is in the standby or shutdown state.

In addition, in practical applications, when the media player is about to enter the standby or shutdown state, it can also notify the home gateway of the state it is about to enter through the IP network connection, or not. Whether to notify depends on the actual situation, such as If the media playback device is forced to shut down, it will not be notified, but if it enters the standby state by itself, it will be notified.

Step 42: The home gateway periodically sends an online status notification to all devices in the IP network instead of the media player device.

Steps 43-44: The control device browses or searches the media server to obtain the media content requested to be played.

Step 45: The control device sends a request for acquiring media playback capabilities to the home gateway.

In step 42, instead of the media player device, the home gateway sends an online status notification to all devices in the IP network, the control device regards the home gateway as a media player device, and sends a media player capability acquisition request to it.

Step 46: The home network returns the media playing capability of the media playing device to the control device.

In step 34, the home gateway obtains and saves the media playing capability of the media playing device, and in this step, returns the saved media playing capability to the control device.

Step 47: The control device determines that the media content requested to be played matches the received media playback capability, and then sends a media content playback request to the home gateway.

It can be seen that, compared with the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 , in steps 42, 45-47, the home gateway acts as a proxy for the media player device to perform its functions.

Step 48: The home gateway wakes up the media player device through the IoT network connection.

Specifically, it includes: sending a wake-up notification to the media player device through the Internet of Things network connection; after the media player device is activated or turned on, returning a wake-up success notification to the home gateway through the Internet of Things network connection.

Step 49: The media player device re-establishes the IP network connection with the home gateway, that is, reconnects to the home gateway through the IP network.

Step 410: The media player device sends an online status notification to the home gateway through the IP network connection, that is, notifies the home gateway that its own status is a normal startup status.

Step 411: The home gateway forwards the media content play request received from the control device to the media play device through the IP network connection.

Step 412: The media playing device plays the media content according to the received media content playing request.

Specifically include: the media player device sends a media transmission request to the media server, which carries the URL of the media content requested to be played; the media server transmits the corresponding media stream to the media player device; the media player device performs media content playback according to the received media stream .

In Figure 4, the thick solid line with arrows corresponds to the Internet of Things network, and the thin solid line with arrows corresponds to the IP network. For the same steps in Figure 4 and Figure 3, please refer to the corresponding description in Figure 3, and will not repeat them here.

In the above-mentioned embodiments, when the home gateway and the media playback device interact through the IoT network connection, short-distance wireless transmission technologies may be used, including: 433M, ZigBee, and Bluetooth.

So far, the introduction about the method embodiment of the present invention is completed.

Based on the above introduction, the present invention also provides a home network system, in which there are both an IP network and a control network, and includes: a home gateway capable of realizing the interconnection and intercommunication between the two networks, a home gateway capable of accessing the IP network Device X that can access the control network and device Y that can only access the IP network;

Device X is used to respectively establish an IP network connection and a control network connection with the home gateway after being powered on;

The home gateway is used to wake up device X by controlling the network connection if it receives an operation request initiated by device Y for device X when device X is in standby or off state and disconnects from the IP network;

The device X is further used to re-establish the IP network connection after being woken up by the home gateway, and complete this operation.

Wherein, the home gateway can be further used to, before the device X is woken up through the control network connection, the proxy device X performs its function.

The present invention also provides a home gateway, which is suitable for a home network environment where an IP network and a control network exist simultaneously, and can realize interconnection and intercommunication between the two networks, including:

The first processing module is used to respectively establish an IP network connection and a control network connection with the device X after the device X that can access both the IP network and the control network is powered on and started; when the device X enters the standby or In the shutdown state, after disconnecting the IP network connection, notify the second processing module to perform its own function;

The second processing module is configured to notify the first processing module to wake up the device X when receiving an operation request initiated by the device Y that can only access the IP network for the device X;

The first processing module is further configured to wake up device X by controlling the network connection when receiving the notification from the second processing module, so that device X can re-establish the IP network connection and complete this operation.

Wherein, the second processing module may be further configured to, before the first processing module is notified to wake up the device X, the proxy device X performs its function.

The above-mentioned control network is usually an Internet of Things network; correspondingly, device X can be a media playback device, and device Y can be a control device;

The first processing module is further used for, after respectively establishing the IP network connection and the control network connection with the media player device, obtaining its media playback capability from the media player device through the IP network connection, and storing it;

The second processing module receives the media playback capability request from the control device, and returns the media playback capability saved in the first processing module to the control device; when the control device receives the media content that is determined to be played and matches the media playback capability When sending the media content play request, notify the first processing module to wake up the device X, and forward the received media content play request to the first processing module;

The first processing module is further used for, after the media player device re-establishes the IP network connection, forwards the media content play request to the media player device through the IP network connection, so that the media player device plays the media content according to the media content play request.

The present invention also provides a home device, which is suitable for a home network environment where both an IP network and a control network exist, and the two networks can be interconnected and intercommunicated through a home gateway. The device is the above-mentioned device X, include:

The third processing module is used to respectively establish an IP network connection and a control network connection with the home gateway after the home device is powered on and started;

The fourth processing module is used to re-establish the IP network connection when the home device enters the standby or shutdown state and disconnects the IP network connection, and if it is woken up by the home gateway through the control network connection.

The above-mentioned control network is usually an Internet of Things network, and correspondingly, the above-mentioned home device is usually a media player device.

For the specific workflow of the above system and equipment, please refer to the corresponding descriptions in the above method embodiments, and details will not be repeated here.

The above descriptions are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent replacements, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principles of the present invention shall be included in the present invention. within the scope of protection.

Claims (13)

1. an operation requests processing method, is characterized in that, the method is applicable to be existed in the home network environment of IP network and net control simultaneously, and can realize interconnecting by home gateway between two kinds of networks; The method comprises:

Can access IP network again can after the equipment X electrifying startup of access control network, sets up respectively to be connected with the IP network between home gateway to connect with net control;

When described equipment X enters standby or off-mode, after disconnecting the connection of described IP network, if described home gateway receives the operation requests that the equipment Y that can only access IP network initiates for described equipment X, then described home gateway is connected by described net control and wakes described equipment X up;

After described equipment X is waken up, re-establishes described IP network and connect, and according to the operation requests complete operation that equipment Y initiates.

2. method according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described home gateway comprises before waking described equipment X up by described net control connection further:

Described home gateway is acted on behalf of described equipment X and is exercised its function;

When needed, described home gateway wakes described equipment X up by described net control connection.

3. method according to claim 2, is characterized in that, described net control is internet of things.

4. method according to claim 3, is characterized in that, when being undertaken mutual by internet of things connection between described home gateway and described equipment X, adopts short range wireless transmission technology; Described short range wireless transmission technology comprises: 433M, ZigBee and bluetooth.

5. the method according to claim 3 or 4, is characterized in that, described equipment X is apparatus for media playing, and described equipment Y is control appliance;

Described foundation to be respectively connected with the IP network between described home gateway and after net control connects, to comprise further: described home gateway obtains its media playback capability by described IP network connection from described apparatus for media playing, and preserves;

Described home gateway is acted on behalf of described equipment X and is exercised its function, when needed, wake described equipment X up by described net control connection to comprise: described home gateway receives the acquisition media playback capability request from described control appliance, and preserved media playback capability is returned to described control appliance; When the media content playing request of sending after receiving described control appliance and determining to ask the media content of broadcasting and described media playback capability to match, connected by described net control and wake described apparatus for media playing up;

Described operation requests complete operation of initiating according to equipment Y comprises: described apparatus for media playing receives described home gateway and connects the next described media content playing request of forwarding by described IP network, carries out media content broadcasting according to described media content playing request.

6. a domestic network system, it is characterized in that, there is IP network and net control in this system simultaneously, and comprise: the home gateway of the interconnection and interflow between two kinds of networks can be realized, can access IP network again can access control network equipment X and the equipment Y of IP network can only be accessed;

Described equipment X, for when after electrifying startup, sets up respectively to be connected with the IP network between described home gateway and connects with net control;

Described home gateway, for being in standby or off-mode as described equipment X, disconnects after described IP network connects, and the operation requests that described equipment Y initiates for described equipment X if receive, then wake described equipment X up by described net control connection;

Described equipment X is further used for, and after being waken up by described home gateway, re-establishes described IP network and connects, and according to the operation requests complete operation that equipment Y initiates.

7. system according to claim 6, is characterized in that, described home gateway is further used for, before waking described equipment X up by described net control connection, act on behalf of described equipment X and exercise its function, when needed, then connect wake-up device X by net control.

8. a home gateway, is characterized in that, this home gateway is applicable to exist in the home network environment of IP network and net control simultaneously, can realize the interconnection and interflow between two kinds of networks, comprise:

First processing module, for again can after the equipment X electrifying startup of access control network when accessing IP network, sets up respectively to be connected with the IP network between described equipment X and connects with net control; When described equipment X enters standby or off-mode, after disconnecting the connection of described IP network, notify that the second processing module performs the function of the second processing module self;

Described second processing module, for when receiving the operation requests that the equipment Y that can only access IP network initiates for described equipment X, notifies that described first processing module wakes described equipment X up;

Described first processing module is further used for, when receiving the notice of described second processing module, connected by described net control and wake described equipment X up, connect so that described equipment X re-establishes described IP network, and according to the operation requests complete operation that equipment Y initiates.

9. home gateway according to claim 8, is characterized in that, described second processing module is further used for, before notifying that described first processing module wakes described equipment X up, act on behalf of described equipment X and exercise its function, when needed, then connect wake-up device X by net control.

10. home gateway according to claim 9, is characterized in that, described net control is internet of things.

11. home gateways according to claim 10, is characterized in that, described equipment X is apparatus for media playing, and described equipment Y is control appliance;

Described first processing module is further used for, and to be connected when setting up respectively and after net control connects, to obtain its media playback capability, and preserve by described IP network connection from described apparatus for media playing with the IP network between described apparatus for media playing;

Described second processing module receives the acquisition media playback capability request from described control appliance, and the media playback capability preserved in described first processing module is returned to described control appliance; When the media content playing request of sending after receiving described control appliance and determining to ask the media content of broadcasting and described media playback capability to match, notify that described first processing module wakes described apparatus for media playing up, and described media content playing request is transmitted to described first processing module;

Described first processing module is further used for, after described apparatus for media playing re-establishes the connection of described IP network, described media content playing request is connected by described IP network and is transmitted to described apparatus for media playing, so that described apparatus for media playing carries out media content broadcasting according to described media content playing request.

12. 1 kinds of household equipments, is characterized in that, this equipment is applicable to be existed in the home network environment of IP network and net control simultaneously, and can realize interconnecting by home gateway between two kinds of networks, comprising:

3rd processing module, for when after described household equipment electrifying startup, sets up respectively to be connected with the IP network between described home gateway and connects with net control;

4th processing module, for entering standby or off-mode when described household equipment, after disconnecting the connection of described IP network, if waken up by described net control connection by described home gateway, then being re-established described IP network and connecting.

13. household equipments according to claim 12, is characterized in that, described net control is internet of things, and described household equipment is apparatus for media playing.