CN106209800B - Equipment Authority sharing method and apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The disclosure is directed to a kind of equipment Authority sharing method and apparatus, this method comprises: obtaining sharer's characteristic information；Obtain the first equipment of sharer's characteristic information binding；To the control authority of second the first equipment of collaborative share.The terminal of the equipment Authority sharing method and apparatus that the disclosure provides, the terminal (i.e. the second equipment) that can make user to be shared and sharer user have the permission of the first equipment of control simultaneously, and the user experience is improved.

Description

Equipment permission sharing method and device

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to communications technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for sharing device permissions.

Background

Along with the rapid development of internet, intelligent household equipment receives people's favor more and more as novel science and technology product. Common intelligent household equipment comprises a wireless gateway, a wireless touch dimmer switch, a wireless temperature and humidity sensor, a wireless intelligent socket, a wireless cloud infrared intrusion detector, a wireless air quality sensor, a wireless doorbell, a wireless door sensor, a window magnetic sensor and the like.

In the related art, before using the smart home device, a user needs to send a message requesting to establish a corresponding relationship between a user account and an identifier of the smart home device to a server where the smart home device is located through an Application program (APP) on a terminal, so as to obtain a control authority of the smart home device, so that the user can control the smart home device through the user account on the APP on the terminal.

However, in the related art, in order to ensure the private attributes of the devices, the smart home devices can only establish a corresponding relationship with one user account, that is, the control authority of the smart home can only be allocated to one user account, so that the smart home devices cannot be applied to a multi-user application scenario, and the user experience is low.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE

To overcome the problems in the related art, the present disclosure provides a device permission sharing method and apparatus. The technical scheme is as follows:

according to a first aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a device permission sharing method, including:

acquiring characteristic information of a sharer;

acquiring first equipment bound with sharer characteristic information;

the control right of the first device is shared with the second device.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects: the communication device may obtain the first device bound to the sharer feature information by obtaining the sharer feature information, so that the control right of the first device may be shared with the second device (i.e., the terminal of the shared user), so that the second device may control the first device, that is, the shared user and the sharer may simultaneously have the right to control the first device, that is, the shared user and the sharer may respectively control the first device through respective terminals, so that the first device may be controlled by multiple users, that is, may be applicable to an application scenario of multiple users, improves user experience, and also expands an application range of the first device.

Optionally, before obtaining the characteristic information of the sharer, the method further includes:

receiving an authority acquisition request of first equipment; the control authority request is used for requesting to acquire the control authority of the first equipment;

the first equipment for acquiring the sharer characteristic information binding according to the sharer characteristic information comprises the following steps:

verifying the characteristic information of the sharer according to the characteristic information of the sharer and the authority acquisition request of the first equipment;

and when the verification is passed, acquiring the first device bound with the characteristic information of the sharer.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects: when the sharer has the control rights of a plurality of devices, when the sharee needs to share the control rights of one device (namely, a first device) of the plurality of devices with the sharer, the communication device can receive the authority acquisition request of the first device and the characteristic information of the sharer, so that the communication device can acquire the first device bound with the characteristic information of the sharer according to the authority acquisition request of the first device and the characteristic information of the sharer, thereby sharing the control rights of the first device with a second device (namely, a terminal of a shared user), so that the second device can control the first device, namely, the sharee and the sharer simultaneously have the authority of controlling the first device, namely, the sharee and the sharer can respectively control the first device through respective terminals, thereby enabling the first device to be controlled by a plurality of users, the method and the device can be suitable for application scenes of multiple users, user experience is improved, and the application range of the first device is expanded.

Optionally, the obtaining, according to the sharer feature information, the first device bound to the sharer feature information includes:

acquiring an equipment list according to the characteristic information of the sharer; the device list comprises all devices bound with the characteristic information of the sharer;

controlling the first device to output a device list;

detecting a selection operation for a device list;

and when the selection operation is detected, acquiring the first equipment indicated by the selection operation.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects: when a sharer has control rights of a plurality of devices, and a sharee needs to share the control rights of one device (namely, a first device) of the plurality of devices with the sharer, the communication device can obtain a device list including all devices bound by the sharer feature information according to the obtained sharer feature information, and output the device list to a user, so that the communication device can determine a device (namely, the first device) to be shared according to selection operation of the user on the device list, further the communication device can share the control rights of the first device to a second device (namely, a terminal of the shared user), so that the second device can control the first device, namely, the shared user and the sharer have the rights to control the first device at the same time, namely, the shared user and the sharer can respectively control the first device through respective terminals, therefore, the first device can be controlled by a plurality of users, namely, the first device is suitable for application scenes of multiple users, user experience is improved, and the application range of the first device is expanded.

Optionally, the sharer characteristic information includes:

one or more of fingerprint information of the sharer, identity information of the sharer, and account information of the sharer.

Optionally, the first device comprises one or more of a lighting device, an air conditioner, a television.

According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus for sharing device permissions, the apparatus including:

the first acquisition module is configured to acquire characteristic information of a sharer;

the second acquisition module is configured to acquire the first equipment bound by the sharer characteristic information;

a sharing module configured to share the control authority of the first device to the second device.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects: the first obtaining module may obtain the sharer feature information, so that the second obtaining module may obtain the first device bound to the sharer feature information according to the sharer feature information, so that the sharing module may share the control authority of the first device to the second device (i.e., the terminal of the shared user), so that the second device may control the first device, that is, the shared user and the sharer have the authority to control the first device at the same time, that is, the shared user and the sharer may control the first device through respective terminals, so that the first device may be controlled by multiple users, that is, may be applicable to an application scenario of multiple users, improve user experience, and also expand an application range of the first device.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises:

the receiving module is configured to receive an authority acquisition request of the first device before the first acquisition module acquires the characteristic information of the sharer; the control authority request is used for requesting to acquire the control authority of the first equipment;

a second acquisition module comprising:

the authentication unit is configured to authenticate the characteristic information of the sharer according to the characteristic information of the sharer and the authority acquisition request of the first device;

and the first acquisition unit is configured to acquire the first device bound by the characteristic information of the sharer after the authentication unit authenticates the characteristic information of the sharer.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects: when the sharer has the control authority of a plurality of devices, when the sharee needs to share the control authority of one device (namely, a first device) in the plurality of devices with the sharer, the receiving module can receive an authority acquisition request and sharer characteristic information input by a user of the first device, so that the authentication unit of the second acquisition module can authenticate the sharer characteristic information according to the authority acquisition request and the sharer characteristic information of the first device, so that the first acquisition unit can acquire the first device bound with the sharer characteristic information when the authentication unit passes the authentication, so that the sharing module can share the control authority of the first device with the second device (namely, the terminal of the shared user), so that the second device can control the first device, namely, the sharee and the sharer have the authority of controlling the first device at the same time, that is to say, the shared person and the sharing person can control the first device through their respective terminals, so that the first device can be controlled by multiple users, that is, the first device can be applied to an application scenario of multiple users, user experience is improved, and the application range of the first device is also expanded.

Optionally, the second obtaining module includes:

a second acquisition unit configured to acquire the device list according to the sharer characteristic information; the device list comprises all devices bound with the characteristic information of the sharer;

a control unit configured to control the second device to output the device list;

a detection unit configured to detect a selection operation for the device list;

a third acquisition unit configured to acquire the first device indicated by the selection operation after the detection unit detects the selection operation.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects: when the sharer has the control authority of the multiple devices, when the sharee needs to share the control authority of one device (i.e. the first device) of the multiple devices with the sharer, the second acquiring unit of the second acquiring module may acquire a device list including all devices bound by the sharer feature information according to the sharer feature information, so that the control unit may control the second device to output the device list to the user, so that after the detecting unit detects the selection operation on the device list, the third acquiring unit may determine the device (i.e. the first device) to which the authority is to be shared according to the selection operation made by the user on the device list, and further, so that the sharing module may share the control authority of the first device to the second device (i.e. the terminal of the shared user) so that the second device may control the first device, that is, the sharee and the sharer have the right to control the first device at the same time, that is, the sharee and the sharer can control the first device through respective terminals, so that the first device can be controlled by a plurality of users, that is, the method and the device are applicable to application scenarios of multiple users, thereby improving user experience and expanding the application range of the first device.

Optionally, the sharer characteristic information includes:

one or more of fingerprint information of the sharer, identity information of the sharer, and account information of the sharer.

Optionally, the first device comprises one or more of a lighting device, an air conditioner, a television.

According to a third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a device authority sharing apparatus, including:

a processor;

a memory for storing executable instructions of the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to:

acquiring characteristic information of a sharer;

acquiring first equipment bound with sharer characteristic information;

the control right of the first device is shared with the second device.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects: the device permission sharing apparatus may obtain the first device bound by the sharer characteristic information by obtaining the sharer characteristic information, so that the control permission of the first device may be shared to the second device (i.e., the terminal of the shared user), so that the second device may control the first device, that is, the shared user and the sharer may simultaneously have the permission to control the first device, that is, the shared user and the sharer may respectively control the first device through respective terminals, so that the first device may be controlled by multiple users, that is, may be applicable to an application scenario of multiple users, improves user experience, and also expands an application range of the first device.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present disclosure and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.

FIG. 1 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of device rights sharing in accordance with an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of device rights sharing in accordance with another exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of device rights sharing in accordance with another exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of device rights sharing in accordance with another exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of device rights sharing in accordance with another exemplary embodiment;

fig. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a device rights sharing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment;

fig. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a device rights sharing apparatus according to another exemplary embodiment;

fig. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a device rights sharing apparatus according to another exemplary embodiment;

fig. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a device rights sharing apparatus 900 according to an exemplary embodiment;

fig. 10 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus 1000 for sharing rights of devices according to an exemplary embodiment.

With the foregoing drawings in mind, certain embodiments of the disclosure have been shown and described in more detail below. These drawings and written description are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosed concepts in any way, but rather to illustrate the concepts of the disclosure to those skilled in the art by reference to specific embodiments.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the exemplary embodiments below are not intended to represent all implementations consistent with the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the present disclosure, as detailed in the appended claims.

The equipment permission sharing method aims to solve the technical problem that in the related art, because the control permission of the intelligent household equipment can only be allocated to one user account, the intelligent household equipment cannot be suitable for the application scene of multiple users, and the user experience is low.

Before executing the device authority sharing method according to the present disclosure, the following preparation work needs to be done:

the first step is as follows: the sharer obtains the control authority of the first device.

Specifically, after the sharer accesses the first device not bound to any user to the network server to which the first device belongs through the wireless network, the sharer may use the terminal thereof to request the network server to which the first device belongs to establish a corresponding relationship between the identifier (e.g., a user account, identity information, etc.) of the sharer and the first device (i.e., binding the identifier of the sharer and the first device), so as to obtain the authority for controlling the first device, that is, when the network server establishes the corresponding relationship between the identifier of the sharer and the first device, and the sharer uses the terminal thereof to send the control command for controlling the first device to the network server, the network server may determine that the terminal of the sharer has the authority for controlling the first device through the established corresponding relationship, and then forward the control command sent by the terminal of the sharer to the first device, so that the first device executes the action corresponding to the control command. The first device may be any household device with a wireless communication function, for example: the intelligent control system comprises a gateway, a touch dimmer switch, a temperature and humidity sensor, a socket, a cloud infrared intrusion detector, an air quality sensor, a doorbell, a door magnet, a window magnetic sensor, lighting equipment, an air conditioner, a television and the like.

The second step is that: the sharer binds the sharer characteristic information with the first device.

Specifically, after the terminal of the sharer acquires the authority to control the first device, the sharer may further send the sharer feature information to the network server through the terminal, so that the network server establishes and stores a correspondence between the sharer feature information and the "first device corresponding to the identifier of the sharer". The sharer characteristic information may be fingerprint information of the sharer (for example, finger fingerprint), identity information of the sharer (for example, identity number), account information of the sharer (for example, IMEI of the sharer's terminal, phone number of the sharer, account of APP of control equipment on the sharer's terminal, etc.), multiple of fingerprint information of the sharer, identity information of the sharer, account information of the sharer, etc., and may be specifically determined according to the needs of the user.

Fig. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a device permission sharing method according to an exemplary embodiment, where an execution subject of the method may be a communication device having a communication function, and the communication device may be a second device (i.e., a terminal of a shared user) or a network server to which a first device belongs. As shown in fig. 1, the method may include the steps of:

in step S101, sharer characteristic information is acquired.

Specifically, in this embodiment, when the sharer needs to share the control authority of the first device to the owner (i.e., the shared user) of the second device, the communication device may acquire the characteristic information of the sharer. The disclosure does not limit how the communication device obtains the sharer feature information. Optionally, if the communication device is a second device, the communication device may obtain the sharer feature information by receiving the sharer feature information sent by the sharer through the terminal of the sharer, or may obtain the sharer feature information by receiving the sharer feature information directly input by the sharer. Optionally, if the communication device and the communication device are network servers, the communication device may obtain the sharer feature information by receiving the sharer feature information sent by the second device.

In step S102, a first device bound by sharer feature information is acquired.

Specifically, after the communication device obtains the sharer feature information, the first device bound with the sharer feature information may be obtained according to the to-be-shared feature information. Optionally, if the communication device is a second device, the communication device may send the obtained sharer feature information to a network server to which the first device belongs, so that the network server searches for the first device bound to the sharer feature information in its own database, and sends information of the first device to the communication device. Optionally, if the communication device is a network server, the communication device may directly search, according to the obtained sharer feature information, the first device bound to the sharer feature information in the local database.

In step S103, the control authority of the first device is shared to the second device.

Specifically, after the communication device acquires the first device bound to the sharer feature information, the communication device may share the control authority of the first device with the second device, so that an owner (i.e., a shared user) of the second device and the sharer may have the authority to control the first device at the same time, that is, the shared user and the sharer may control the first device through respective terminals, so that the first device may be controlled by multiple users, that is, may be applicable to an application scenario of multiple users, improves user experience, and also expands an application range of the first device. For the implementation manner in which the communication device shares the control authority of the first device with the second device, reference may be made to related technologies, and details of this disclosure are not repeated.

For example, assuming that a family in which a sharer (member a) is located has 3 members (e.g., member a, member B, and member C), only the terminal of the sharer (member a) is currently bound to an air conditioner (i.e., a first device) in the family, and the sharer (member a) has already bound sharer feature information to the first device, at this time, if another member (e.g., member B) needs to acquire the control authority of the air conditioner, the communication device (i.e., the terminal of member B (a second device), or a network server to which the first device belongs) may enable the communication device to acquire the first device bound to the sharer feature information in a manner of acquiring the sharer feature information, so that the communication device may share the control authority of the first device with the second device, so that the second device has the authority to control the first device. Through the mode, other members in the family can also control the air conditioner in the family through the terminals of the other members, and the user experience is improved.

According to the device permission sharing method provided by the disclosure, the communication device can obtain the first device bound by the sharer characteristic information by obtaining the sharer characteristic information, so that the control permission of the first device can be shared by the second device (namely, the shared user terminal), and the second device can control the first device, namely, the shared user and the sharer have the permission to control the first device at the same time, namely, the shared user and the sharer can respectively control the first device through respective terminals, so that the first device can be controlled by a plurality of users, namely, the method is suitable for a multi-user application scene, improves user experience, and also expands the application range of the first device.

Fig. 2 is a flowchart of a device permission sharing method according to another exemplary embodiment, where an execution subject of the method may be a second device (i.e., a terminal of a shared user), in this embodiment, both the terminal of the sharer and the second device are provided with an APP (abbreviated as a device management APP) for controlling devices, the sharer has control permissions of multiple devices, and the multiple devices include a first device.

Before the embodiment is implemented, the following preparation work needs to be done:

the sharer firstly accesses a plurality of devices which are not bound with the user account of any device management APP to a network server to which the devices belong, then uses the device management APP on the terminal (namely, the device management APP logged in by using the user account of the sharer), and requests the network server to establish the corresponding relation between the user account of the sharer and the devices through the device management APP so as to acquire the permission for controlling the devices, namely, the sharer terminal controls the permission of the devices on the device management APP logged in by using the user account of the sharer.

Further, the sharer sends the characteristic information of the sharer to the network server through the device management APP on the terminal of the sharer, so as to bind the characteristic information of the sharer with a plurality of devices corresponding to the user account of the sharer, that is, to establish a corresponding relationship.

As shown in fig. 2, the method may include the steps of:

in step S201, the second device receives a permission acquisition request of the first device; the control authority request is used for requesting to acquire the control authority of the first device.

Specifically, when the sharer needs to share the control authority of the first device to an owner (i.e., a shared user) of the second device, the second device may receive an authority obtaining request of the first device, where the authority obtaining request of the first device may include, for example, an identifier of the first device. In specific implementation, a user may input an identifier of a first device on a user interface of a device management APP (i.e., a device management APP logged in by using a user account of a shared user) on a second device, so as to generate an authority acquisition request of the first device. Optionally, the user may also scan the home devices located around the second device first through the device management APP of the second device, and then select the identifier of the first device from the "scanned home device list" presented by the device management APP, so as to generate the permission obtaining request of the first device.

In step S202, the second device acquires sharer characteristic information.

Specifically, a user interface for inputting the sharer characteristic information is provided on the device management APP of the second device, so that the sharer can input the sharer characteristic information on the device management APP of the second device (i.e., on the device management APP logged in by using the user account of the shared user), and thus the second device can obtain the sharer characteristic information. Optionally, the user interface for inputting the sharer feature information, which is set on the device management APP of the second device, may be an interface that the device management APP jumps after generating the permission obtaining request of the first device, or may be a user interface that can separately input the sharer feature information, which is not limited in this disclosure.

In step S203, the second device verifies the sharer feature information according to the sharer feature information and the permission acquisition request of the first device.

Specifically, the second device may send the received sharer feature information and the permission acquisition request of the first device to a network server to which the first device belongs through a device management APP on the second device, so that the network server searches, according to an identifier of the first device carried in the permission acquisition request of the first device, feature information bound to the identifier of the first device in a database of the network server, and matches the feature information with sharer feature information sent by the second device, so as to verify whether the sharer feature information sent by the second device is feature information bound to the first device and stored by the network server. If the first device is the sharer feature information bound to the first device, the network device sends the sharer feature information bound to the second device, so that the second device can acquire the sharer feature information bound to the first device. The identifier of the first device may be, for example, an ID, a name, a Media Access Control (MAC) address, and the like of the first device.

Optionally, if the sharer feature information sent by the second device is not the feature information bound with the first device and stored by the network server, the network server does not send the first device to the second device, and the process is directly ended. Further, the network server can also return prompt information of error of the characteristic information of the sharer to the second device.

In step S204, when the verification is passed, the second device obtains the first device to which the sharer feature information is bound.

Specifically, after the network server verifies the sharer feature information, the network server may send the first device bound to the sharer feature information to the device management APP on the second device, so that the second device obtains the first device bound to the sharer feature information through the device management APP.

In step S205, the second device shares the control authority of the first device to the second device.

Specifically, after the second device obtains the first device bound to the sharer feature information through the device management APP on the second device, the second device may share the control permission of the first device with the second device through the device management APP on the second device according to the received permission obtaining request of the first device. How the second device shares the control authority of the first device with the second device may specifically refer to related technologies, for example: the second device can share the control authority of the first device to the second device in a mode that the device management APP on the second device binds the user account of the sharee with the first device; the control authority of the first device may be shared with the second device in a manner that the device management APP on the device management APP is bound to the first device by the identifier of the second device, and the like, which is not limited in this disclosure.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, an APP for controlling a device (abbreviated as device management APP) is provided on both the terminal of the sharer and the second device, and the device permission sharing method provided in this disclosure is described, however, it can be understood by those skilled in the art that the terminal of the sharer and the second device may also implement the device permission sharing method through their own functions, and this disclosure is not described again here.

The device authority sharing method provided by the present disclosure, when a sharer has control authority of a plurality of devices, when the sharee needs to share the control authority of a certain device (i.e. a first device) in the plurality of devices with the sharer, a terminal (i.e. a second device) of the sharee can receive an authority acquisition request and sharer characteristic information input by a user to the first device, so that the second device can acquire the first device bound by the sharer characteristic information according to the authority acquisition request and the sharer characteristic information of the first device, so that the control authority of the first device can be shared with the second device (i.e. the terminal of the shared user), so that the second device can control the first device, that is, the sharee and the sharer have authority to control the first device at the same time, that is, the sharee and the sharer can control the first device through respective terminals, therefore, the first device can be controlled by a plurality of users, namely, the first device is suitable for application scenes of multiple users, user experience is improved, and the application range of the first device is expanded.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a device permission sharing method according to another exemplary embodiment, where an execution subject of the method may be a network server to which a first device belongs, and in this embodiment, the sharer has control permissions of a plurality of devices, including the first device. As shown in fig. 3, the method may include the steps of:

in step S301, the network server receives a permission acquisition request of the first device; the control authority request is used for requesting to acquire the control authority of the first device.

Specifically, when the sharer needs to share the control authority of the first device to an owner (i.e., a shared user) of the second device, the network server may receive an authority acquisition request of the first device sent by the second device, where the authority acquisition request of the first device may include, for example, an identifier of the first device.

In step S302, the web server acquires sharer characteristic information.

Specifically, after receiving the permission obtaining request of the first device, the network server may further obtain the sharer feature information by receiving the sharer feature information sent by the second device.

In step S303, the network server verifies the sharer feature information according to the sharer feature information and the permission acquisition request of the first device.

Specifically, the network server may search, in a database of the network server, feature information bound to the identifier of the first device according to the identifier of the first device carried in the received permission acquisition request of the first device, and match the feature information with sharer feature information sent by the second device, so as to verify whether the sharer feature information sent by the second device is the feature information bound to the first device and stored by the network server. If so, it is indicated that the sharer feature information sent by the second device is the feature information bound to the first device, and the network device may further obtain the first device bound to the sharer feature information.

Optionally, if the sharer feature information sent by the second device is not the feature information bound with the first device and stored by the network server, the network server may not further obtain the first device bound with the sharer feature information, and the process is directly ended.

In step S304, when the authentication is passed, the network server obtains the first device to which the sharer feature information is bound.

Specifically, after the network server verifies the sharer feature information, the network server may obtain the first device bound with the sharer feature information from its local database.

In step S305, the network server shares the control authority of the first device to the second device.

Specifically, after acquiring the first device bound to the sharer feature information, the network server may share the control authority of the first device with the second device according to the received authority acquisition request of the first device. How the network server shares the control authority of the first device with the second device may specifically refer to related technologies, for example: the network server can share the control authority of the first device to the second device in a mode of binding the identifier of the second device with the first device; the control authority of the first device may also be shared with the second device in a manner of binding the user account of the sharee with the first device, which is not limited in this disclosure.

The device authority sharing method provided by the present disclosure, when a sharer has control authority of a plurality of devices, when a sharee needs to share control authority of a certain device (i.e. a first device) in the plurality of devices with the sharer, a network server may receive an authority acquisition request of the first device and sharer characteristic information sent by a terminal (i.e. a second device) of the sharee, so that the network server may acquire the first device bound by the sharer characteristic information according to the authority acquisition request of the first device and the sharer characteristic information, thereby sharing control authority of the first device to the second device (i.e. a terminal of a shared user), so that the second device may control the first device, i.e. the sharee and the sharer may have authority to control the first device simultaneously, that is, the sharer and the sharer may control the first device through respective terminals, therefore, the first device can be controlled by a plurality of users, namely, the first device is suitable for application scenes of multiple users, user experience is improved, and the application range of the first device is expanded.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart of a device permission sharing method according to another exemplary embodiment, where an execution subject of the method may be a second device (i.e., a terminal of a shared user), in this embodiment, both the terminal of the sharer and the second device are provided with an APP (abbreviated as a device management APP) for controlling devices, the sharer has control permissions of multiple devices, and the multiple devices include a first device. As shown in fig. 4, the method may include the steps of:

in step S401, the second device acquires sharer characteristic information.

For a detailed description of this step, reference may be made to the description of S202 above, which is not described herein again.

In step S402, the second device obtains a device list according to the sharer feature information; the device list includes all devices bound to the sharer characteristic information.

Specifically, the second device may send the received sharer feature information to the network server to which the first device belongs through the device management APP on the second device, so that the network server searches, according to the sharer feature information, all devices bound to the sharer feature information in its database, and sends a device list including all devices bound to the sharer feature information to the second device, so that the device management APP on the second device may obtain the device list.

In step S403, the second device controls the second device to output the device list.

Specifically, after the second device obtains the device list including all the devices bound to the sharer feature information, the device list may be output to the user through the device management APP on the second device, so that the user may select a device that needs sharing permission through the device list output by the second device, that is, select the first device from the device list. The output may be a text output or a voice output, which may be determined according to the user's requirement.

In step S404, the second device detects a selection operation for the device list.

Specifically, the second device may detect whether the user performs a selection operation on the device list by detecting an operation performed by the user on the second device in real time. If yes, go to S405.

In step S405, the second device acquires the first device indicated by the selection operation.

Specifically, after the second device detects that the user performs a selection operation on the device list, the second device may obtain the first device indicated by the selection operation according to the selection operation.

In step S406, the second device shares the control authority of the first device to the second device.

For a detailed description of this step, reference may be made to the description of S204 above, which is not described herein again.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, an APP for controlling a device (abbreviated as device management APP) is provided on both the terminal of the sharer and the second device, and the device permission sharing method provided in this disclosure is described, however, it can be understood by those skilled in the art that the terminal of the sharer and the second device may also implement the device permission sharing method through their own functions, and this disclosure is not described again here.

The device authority sharing method provided by the present disclosure, when a sharer has control authority of a plurality of devices, when the sharee needs to share the control authority of a certain device (i.e. a first device) among the plurality of devices with the sharer, a terminal (i.e. a second device) of the sharee can receive sharer input sharer characteristic information, so that the second device can obtain a device list including all devices bound by the sharer characteristic information according to the sharer characteristic information, and output the device list to a user, so that the second device can determine a device (i.e. the first device) to be shared according to a selection operation made by the user on the device list, and further, the second device can share the control authority of the first device to the second device (i.e. the terminal of the shared user), so that the second device can control the first device, that is, the sharee and the sharer have the right to control the first device at the same time, that is, the sharee and the sharer can control the first device through respective terminals, so that the first device can be controlled by a plurality of users, that is, the method and the device are applicable to application scenarios of multiple users, thereby improving user experience and expanding the application range of the first device.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a device permission sharing method according to another exemplary embodiment, where an execution subject of the method may be a network server to which a first device belongs, and in this embodiment, the sharer has control permissions of a plurality of devices, including the first device. As shown in fig. 5, the method may include the steps of:

in step S501, the web server acquires sharer characteristic information.

For a detailed description of this step, reference may be made to the description of S302 above, which is not described herein again.

In step S502, the network server obtains an equipment list according to the sharer feature information; the device list includes all devices bound to the sharer characteristic information.

Specifically, after obtaining the sharer feature information, the network server may search, according to the sharer feature information, all devices bound to the sharer feature information in its own database, so as to obtain a device list including all devices bound to the sharer feature information.

In step S503, the web server controls the second device to output the device list.

Specifically, after obtaining the device list including all the devices bound to the sharer feature information, the network server may send a control message including the device list to the second device to instruct the second device to output the device list, so that the user may select a device requiring sharing permission through the device list output by the second device, that is, select the first device from the device list. The output may be a text output or a voice output, which may be determined according to the user's requirement.

In step S504, the network server detects a selection operation for the device list.

Specifically, the network server may detect whether the user performs a selection operation on the device list by detecting a message sent by the second device in real time, and if so, execute step S505.

In step S505, the network server acquires the first device indicated by the selection operation.

Specifically, after the network server detects that the user performs a selection operation on the device list, the network server may acquire the first device indicated by the selection operation according to the selection operation.

In step S506, the network server shares the control authority of the first device to the second device.

For a detailed description of this step, reference may be made to the description of S304, which is not described herein again.

When a sharer has control rights of a plurality of devices, and when the sharee needs to share the control rights of one device (namely, a first device) of the plurality of devices with the sharer, a network server can receive sharer feature information sent by a terminal (namely, a second device) of the sharer, so that the network server can obtain a device list including all devices bound by the sharer feature information according to the sharer feature information, send the device list to the second device, control the second device to output the device list to a user, determine a device (namely, the first device) to be shared by the device list sent by the user of the second device, and further enable the network server to share the control rights of the first device with the second device (namely, the terminal of the shared user) The second device can control the first device, that is, the sharee and the sharer have the right to control the first device at the same time, that is, the sharee and the sharer can control the first device through respective terminals, so that the first device can be controlled by a plurality of users, that is, the first device is suitable for an application scene of multiple users, the user experience is improved, and the application range of the first device is expanded.

The following are embodiments of the disclosed apparatus that may be used to perform embodiments of the disclosed methods. For details not disclosed in the embodiments of the apparatus of the present disclosure, refer to the embodiments of the method of the present disclosure.

Fig. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a device permission sharing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment, and as shown in fig. 6, the device permission sharing apparatus may implement part or all of a communication device through software, hardware, or a combination of the two, where the communication device may be a terminal (i.e., a second device) of a sharee or a network server to which a first device belongs. The device authority sharing apparatus may include:

a first obtaining module 11 configured to obtain sharer characteristic information; the sharer characteristic information may be fingerprint information of the sharer (for example, finger fingerprint), identity information of the sharer (for example, identity number), account information of the sharer (for example, IMEI of the terminal of the sharer, phone number of the sharer, and the like), or multiple pieces of fingerprint information of the sharer, identity information of the sharer, account information of the sharer, and the like.

A second obtaining module 12, configured to obtain the first device bound by the sharer feature information; the first device may be any household device, for example: the intelligent control system comprises a gateway, a touch dimmer switch, a temperature and humidity sensor, a socket, a cloud infrared intrusion detector, an air quality sensor, a doorbell, a door magnet, a window magnetic sensor, lighting equipment, an air conditioner, a television and the like.

A sharing module 13 configured to share the control authority of the first device to the second device.

In the device permission sharing apparatus provided by the present disclosure, the first obtaining module may obtain the sharer feature information, so that the second obtaining module may obtain the first device bound to the sharer feature information according to the sharer feature information, so that the sharing module may share the control permission of the first device to the second device (i.e., the terminal of the shared user), so that the second device may control the first device, that is, the shared user and the sharer have the permission to control the first device at the same time, that is, the shared user and the sharer may control the first device through their respective terminals, so that the first device may be controlled by multiple users, that is, may be applicable to an application scenario of multiple users, improves user experience, and also expands an application range of the first device.

Fig. 7 is a block diagram of an apparatus for sharing device permissions according to another exemplary embodiment, where as shown in fig. 7, the apparatus may further include, based on the block diagram shown in fig. 6: a receiving module 14; wherein,

a receiving module 14 configured to receive an authority acquisition request of the first device before the first acquisition module 11 acquires the sharer feature information; the control authority request is used for requesting to acquire the control authority of the first device.

In this embodiment, the second obtaining module 12 may include:

a verification unit 121 configured to verify the sharer feature information according to the sharer feature information and the authority acquisition request of the first device;

a first obtaining unit 122, configured to obtain the first device bound by the sharer feature information after the verification unit 121 verifies the sharer feature information.

The device authority sharing apparatus provided by the present disclosure, when a sharer has control authority of a plurality of devices, when a sharee needs to share control authority of a certain device (i.e. a first device) among the plurality of devices with the sharer, a receiving module may receive an authority acquisition request and sharer characteristic information input by a user to the first device, so that an authentication unit of a second acquisition module may authenticate the sharer characteristic information according to the authority acquisition request and the sharer characteristic information of the first device, so that the first acquisition unit may acquire the first device bound with the sharer characteristic information when the authentication unit passes the authentication, so that the sharing module may share the control authority of the first device to a second device (i.e. a terminal of a shared user), so that the second device may control the first device, i.e. the sharer and the sharer have authority to control the first device at the same time, that is to say, the shared person and the sharing person can control the first device through their respective terminals, so that the first device can be controlled by multiple users, that is, the first device can be applied to an application scenario of multiple users, user experience is improved, and the application range of the first device is also expanded.

Fig. 8 is a block diagram of an apparatus for sharing device permissions according to another exemplary embodiment, where as shown in fig. 8, the apparatus is based on the block diagram shown in fig. 6, and the second obtaining module 12 may include:

a second obtaining unit 123 configured to obtain the device list according to the sharer characteristic information; the device list comprises all devices bound with the characteristic information of the sharer;

a control unit 124 configured to control the second device to output the device list;

a detection unit 125 configured to detect a selection operation for the device list;

a third acquiring unit 126 configured to acquire the first device instructed by the selection operation after the detection unit 125 detects the selection operation.

The device authority sharing apparatus provided by the present disclosure, when a sharer has control authority of a plurality of devices, when a sharee needs to share the control authority of a certain device (i.e. a first device) of the plurality of devices with the sharer, a second obtaining unit of a second obtaining module may obtain a device list including all devices bound by sharer feature information according to the sharer feature information, so that the control unit may control the second device to output the device list to a user, so that after a detection unit detects a selection operation for the device list, a third obtaining unit may determine a device (i.e. the first device) to which the authority is to be shared according to the selection operation made by the user for the device list, and further, so that the sharing module may share the control authority of the first device to the second device (i.e. a terminal of the shared user), the second device can control the first device, that is, the sharee and the sharer have the right to control the first device at the same time, that is, the sharee and the sharer can control the first device through respective terminals, so that the first device can be controlled by a plurality of users, that is, the first device is suitable for application scenarios of multiple users, user experience is improved, and the application range of the first device is expanded.

As described in the above embodiment, the device right sharing apparatus may implement part or all of the communication device through software, hardware, or a combination of the two, where the communication device may be a terminal (i.e., the second device) of a sharee or may be a network server to which the first device belongs. Taking the above device authority sharing apparatus as an example, the terminal (i.e. the second device) of the sharee can be implemented by software, hardware or a combination of the two, fig. 9 is a block diagram of a device authority sharing apparatus 900 according to an exemplary embodiment. For example, the apparatus 900 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, an exercise device, a personal digital assistant, and the like.

Referring to fig. 9, apparatus 900 may include one or more of the following components: processing component 902, memory 904, power component 906, multimedia component 908, audio component 910, input/output (I/O) interface 912, sensor component 914, and communication component 916.

The processing component 902 generally controls overall operation of the device 900, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. Processing component 902 may include one or more processors 920 to execute instructions to perform all or a portion of the steps of the methods described above. Further, processing component 902 can include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between processing component 902 and other components. For example, the processing component 902 can include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 908 and the processing component 902.

The memory 904 is configured to store various types of data to support operation at the apparatus 900. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on device 900, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and so forth. The memory 904 may be implemented by any type or combination of volatile or non-volatile memory devices such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic or optical disks.

The power supply component 906 provides power to the various components of the device 900. The power components 906 may include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for the device 900.

The multimedia component 908 comprises a touch sensitive display screen that provides an output interface between the device 900 and a user. In some embodiments, the touch display screen may include a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and a Touch Panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive an input signal from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touch, slide, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundary of a touch or slide action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 908 includes a front facing camera and/or a rear facing camera. The front camera and/or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data when the device 900 is in an operating mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capability.

The audio component 910 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, audio component 910 includes a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when apparatus 900 is in an operating mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signals may further be stored in the memory 904 or transmitted via the communication component 916. In some embodiments, audio component 910 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

I/O interface 912 provides an interface between processing component 902 and peripheral interface modules, which may be keyboards, click wheels, buttons, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: a main bar button, a volume button, a start button, and a lock button.

The sensor component 914 includes one or more sensors for providing status assessment of various aspects of the apparatus 900. For example, sensor assembly 914 may detect an open/closed state of device 900, the relative positioning of components, such as a display and keypad of device 900, the change in position of device 900 or a component of device 900, the presence or absence of user contact with device 900, the orientation or acceleration/deceleration of device 900, and the change in temperature of device 900. The sensor assembly 914 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object in the absence of any physical contact. The sensor assembly 914 may also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 914 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

The communication component 916 is configured to facilitate communications between the apparatus 900 and other devices in a wired or wireless manner. The apparatus 900 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G or 3G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 916 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast associated information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 916 further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus 900 may be implemented by one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors or other electronic components for performing the above-described methods.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions, such as the memory 904 comprising instructions, executable by the processor 920 of the apparatus 900 to perform the above-described method is also provided. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be a ROM, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions therein, which when executed by a processor of apparatus 900, enable apparatus 900 to perform a device rights sharing method.

The method comprises the following steps:

acquiring characteristic information of a sharer;

acquiring first equipment bound with the sharer characteristic information according to the sharer characteristic information;

the control right of the first device is shared with the second device.

Optionally, before the obtaining of the characteristic information of the sharer, the method may further include:

receiving an authority acquisition request of first equipment; the control authority request is used for requesting to acquire the control authority of the first device;

the obtaining the first device bound with the sharer feature information according to the sharer feature information includes:

and acquiring the first device bound with the sharer characteristic information according to the sharer characteristic information and the permission acquisition request of the first device.

Optionally, the obtaining the first device bound to the sharer feature information according to the sharer feature information includes:

acquiring an equipment list according to the characteristic information of the sharer; the device list comprises all devices bound with the characteristic information of the sharer;

controlling the second device to output the device list;

detecting a selection operation for the device list;

and when the selection operation is detected, acquiring the first equipment indicated by the selection operation.

Optionally, the sharer characteristic information includes:

one or more of fingerprint information of the sharer, identity information of the sharer, and account information of the sharer.

Optionally, the first device includes one or more of a lighting device, an air conditioner, and a television.

As described in the above embodiment, the device right sharing apparatus may implement part or all of the communication device through software, hardware, or a combination of the two, where the communication device may be a terminal (i.e., the second device) of a sharee or may be a network server to which the first device belongs. Taking the above device permission sharing apparatus as an example, the network server may be implemented by software, hardware or a combination of both, fig. 10 is a block diagram for the device permission sharing apparatus 1000 according to an exemplary embodiment. For example, the apparatus 1000 may be provided as a server. Referring to fig. 10, the apparatus 1000 includes a processing component 1022 that further includes one or more processors and memory resources, represented by memory 1032, for storing instructions, such as application programs, that are executable by the processing component 1022. The application programs stored in memory 1032 may include one or more modules that each correspond to a set of instructions. Further, the processing component 1022 is configured to execute instructions to perform the device rights sharing methods described above.

The method comprises the following steps:

acquiring characteristic information of a sharer;

acquiring first equipment bound with the sharer characteristic information according to the sharer characteristic information;

the control right of the first device is shared with the second device.

Optionally, before the obtaining of the characteristic information of the sharer, the method may further include:

receiving an authority acquisition request of first equipment; the control authority request is used for requesting to acquire the control authority of the first device;

the obtaining the first device bound with the sharer feature information according to the sharer feature information includes:

and acquiring the first device bound with the sharer characteristic information according to the sharer characteristic information and the permission acquisition request of the first device.

Optionally, the obtaining the first device bound to the sharer feature information according to the sharer feature information includes:

acquiring an equipment list according to the characteristic information of the sharer; the device list comprises all devices bound with the characteristic information of the sharer;

controlling the second device to output the device list;

detecting a selection operation for the device list;

and when the selection operation is detected, acquiring the first equipment indicated by the selection operation.

Optionally, the sharer characteristic information includes:

one or more of fingerprint information of the sharer, identity information of the sharer, and account information of the sharer.

Optionally, the first device includes one or more of a lighting device, an air conditioner, and a television.

The device 1000 may also include a power supply component 1026 configured to perform power management for the device 1000, a wired or wireless network interface 1050 configured to connect the device 1000 to a network, and an input/output (I/O) interface 1058. The apparatus 1000 may operate based on an operating system stored in memory 1032, such as Windows Server, MacOS XTM, UnixTM, LinuxTM, FreeBSDTM, or the like.

Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following, in general, the principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.

It will be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims (7)

1. A method for sharing device permissions, the method comprising:

obtaining sharer characteristic information, wherein the sharer characteristic information comprises: one or more of fingerprint information of the sharer, identity information of the sharer, and account information of the sharer;

acquiring first equipment bound with the characteristic information of the sharer;

sharing the control authority of the first device to a second device;

before the obtaining of the sharer characteristic information, the method further comprises:

receiving an authority acquisition request of first equipment; the permission obtaining request is used for requesting to obtain the control permission of the first equipment, and the permission obtaining request carries the identification of the first equipment;

the first device for acquiring the sharer characteristic information binding comprises:

verifying the characteristic information of the sharer according to the characteristic information of the sharer and the authority acquisition request of the first equipment;

and if the feature information bound by the identifier of the first device is consistent with the sharer feature information, the verification is passed, and the first device bound by the sharer feature information is obtained.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining the first device bound to the sharer characteristic information comprises:

acquiring an equipment list according to the characteristic information of the sharer; the device list comprises all devices bound with the sharer feature information;

controlling the second device to output the device list;

detecting a selection operation for the device list;

and when the selection operation is detected, acquiring the first equipment indicated by the selection operation.

3. The method of any of claims 1-2, wherein the first device comprises one or more of a lighting device, an air conditioner, a television.

4. An apparatus for sharing device rights, the apparatus comprising:

a first obtaining module configured to obtain sharer feature information, the sharer feature information including: one or more of fingerprint information of the sharer, identity information of the sharer, and account information of the sharer;

the second acquisition module is configured to acquire the first equipment bound by the sharer characteristic information;

a sharing module configured to share a control authority of the first device to a second device;

the device further comprises:

a receiving module configured to receive an authority acquisition request of a first device before the first acquisition module acquires the sharer feature information; the permission obtaining request is used for requesting to obtain the control permission of the first equipment, and the permission obtaining request carries the identification of the first equipment;

the second acquisition module includes:

the verification unit is configured to verify the characteristic information of the sharer according to the characteristic information of the sharer and the authority acquisition request of the first device;

and the first acquisition unit is configured to acquire the first device bound with the sharer characteristic information after verification if the characteristic information bound with the identifier of the first device is consistent with the sharer characteristic information.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the second obtaining module comprises:

a second obtaining unit configured to obtain a device list according to the sharer feature information; the device list comprises all devices bound with the sharer feature information;

a control unit configured to control the second device to output the device list;

a detection unit configured to detect a selection operation for the device list;

a third acquisition unit configured to acquire the first device indicated by the selection operation after the detection unit detects the selection operation.

6. The apparatus of any of claims 4 to 5, wherein the first device comprises one or more of a lighting device, an air conditioner, a television.

7. An apparatus for sharing device rights, comprising:

a processor;

a memory for storing executable instructions of the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to:

obtaining sharer characteristic information, wherein the sharer characteristic information comprises: one or more of fingerprint information of the sharer, identity information of the sharer, and account information of the sharer;

acquiring first equipment bound with the characteristic information of the sharer;

sharing the control authority of the first device to a second device;

before the obtaining of the characteristic information of the sharer, the method further comprises:

receiving an authority acquisition request of first equipment; the permission obtaining request is used for requesting to obtain the control permission of the first equipment, and the permission obtaining request carries the identification of the first equipment;

the first device for acquiring the sharer characteristic information binding comprises:

verifying the characteristic information of the sharer according to the characteristic information of the sharer and the authority acquisition request of the first equipment;

and if the feature information bound by the identifier of the first device is consistent with the sharer feature information, the verification is passed, and the first device bound by the sharer feature information is obtained.