CN106993283A - Method for discovering equipment, device and system - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a kind of method for discovering equipment, device and system, methods described includes：Equipment into specified range sends equipment and finds instruction, wherein, the equipment finds that instruction is used to obtain facility information, and the facility information is used for unique mark the said equipment；Obtain the facility information address that equipment finds to generate under the triggering of instruction in the said equipment；The said equipment information is obtained according to the said equipment message address.Using the above-mentioned technical proposal that provides of the present invention, effect that is a kind of accurate and easily obtaining facility information can not have been reached accurately and the problem of easily obtain facility information by least solving in correlation technique terminal.

Description

Device discovery method, device and system

technical field

The present invention relates to the communication field, in particular, to a device discovery method, device and system.

Background technique

In the multi-screen interaction between a mobile terminal and other devices, device discovery is the basis for its realization. In the prior art in this field, the DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance, Digital Living Network Alliance) protocol dominated by UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) is the most typical. Device discovery is carried out in a responsive way. When there are multiple devices in the family, the device list is often displayed to allow users to choose the wrong device because they cannot distinguish, which affects the experience of multi-screen interaction. For example, in DLNA, the re-encoded device name is a combination of manufacturer id (identification, identification), ip (Internet Protocol, Internet Protocol), MAC (Media Access Control, Media Access Control), etc., with a string of letters and numbers Composition, which cannot accurately achieve the purpose of user distinction, especially when multiple devices in the environment are of the same brand manufacturer, it is impossible to specifically distinguish the devices.

Aiming at the inability of the terminal to acquire device information accurately and conveniently in related technologies, no effective solution has been proposed yet.

Contents of the invention

The present invention provides a device discovery information processing method, device and system to at least solve the problem in the related art that terminals cannot acquire device information accurately and conveniently.

According to one aspect of the present invention, a device discovery method is provided, including: sending a device discovery instruction to a device within a specified range, the device discovery instruction is used to obtain device information, and the device information is used to uniquely identify the above-mentioned device; A device information address generated under the trigger of the device discovery instruction; obtain the device information according to the device information address.

Further, obtaining the above-mentioned device information according to the device information address includes: after the above-mentioned device reports the above-mentioned device information to the device management platform, obtaining the above-mentioned device information from the above-mentioned device management platform according to the device information address; Obtain the above device information.

Further, before obtaining the device information from the device management platform according to the device information address, the above method also includes: verifying the terminal that needs to obtain the device information through the above device management platform, and obtaining the above device information from the above device management platform after the verification is passed .

Further, obtaining the device information address generated by the device under the trigger of the device discovery instruction includes: obtaining the device information address through near field communication.

According to one aspect of the present invention, a device discovery method is provided, including: receiving a device discovery instruction sent by a terminal, wherein the device discovery instruction is used to obtain device information, and the device information is used to uniquely identify the above-mentioned device; in the above-mentioned device Triggered by the discovery instruction, a device information address of the device information is generated, wherein the terminal acquires the device information through the device information address.

Further, after the device information address of the device information is generated, the method further includes: presenting the device information address to the terminal, wherein the terminal acquires the device information address through near field communication.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a device discovery device is provided, including: a sending module, configured to send a device discovery instruction to a specified range, the device discovery instruction is used to obtain device information, and the device information is used to uniquely identify the above-mentioned The device; the first obtaining module, configured to obtain the device information address generated by the device under the trigger of the device discovery instruction; the second obtaining module, configured to obtain the device information according to the device information address.

Further, the second obtaining module includes: a first obtaining unit, configured to obtain the above-mentioned device information from the device management platform according to the above-mentioned device information address after the above-mentioned device reports the device information to the device management platform; or a second obtaining unit, It is used to obtain device information locally from the device according to the above device information address.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a device discovery device is provided, including: a receiving module, configured to receive a device discovery instruction sent by a terminal, the device discovery instruction is used to obtain device information, and the device information is used to uniquely identify the above-mentioned device ; A generating module, configured to generate the device information address of the above device information under the trigger of the device discovery instruction, and the terminal obtains the above device information through the above device information address.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a device discovery system is provided, including: a terminal, a device, and a device management platform, the device is used to receive a device discovery instruction sent by the terminal, and generate the above-mentioned device information under the trigger of the above-mentioned device discovery instruction The device information address, the device discovery instruction is used to obtain device information, the device information is used to uniquely identify the device, and the terminal obtains the device information from the device management platform or the device locally through the device information address.

According to the present invention, a device discovery command for obtaining device information is sent to a device within a specified range, and the device generates a device information address in response to the device discovery command, and the terminal obtains the device information address and obtains the device information according to the device information address, thereby At least it solves the problem that the terminal cannot acquire the device information accurately and conveniently in the related technology, and achieves an effect of accurately and conveniently obtaining the device information.

Description of drawings

The accompanying drawings described here are used to provide a further understanding of the present invention and constitute a part of the application. The schematic embodiments of the present invention and their descriptions are used to explain the present invention and do not constitute improper limitations to the present invention. In the attached picture:

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a device discovery method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram of a device discovery method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is another sequence diagram of a device discovery method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is another flowchart of a device discovery method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is a structural block diagram of a device discovery device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a structural block diagram of the second acquisition module 56 in the device discovery apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is another structural block diagram of a device discovery apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 8 is a structural block diagram of a device discovery system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings and examples. It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the embodiments in the present application and the features in the embodiments can be combined with each other.

It should be noted that the terms "first" and "second" in the description and claims of the present invention and the above drawings are used to distinguish similar objects, but not necessarily used to describe a specific sequence or sequence.

A device discovery method is provided in this embodiment. FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a device discovery method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the process includes the following steps:

Step S102, sending a device discovery instruction to devices within a specified range, wherein the device discovery instruction is used to obtain device information, and the device information is used to uniquely identify the above-mentioned device;

Step S104, obtaining the device information address generated by the above device triggered by the above device discovery instruction;

Step S106, acquiring the above-mentioned device information according to the above-mentioned device information address.

Through the above steps, the terminal sends a device discovery command to the network devices within the specified range, and then obtains the device information address generated by the above-mentioned device under the trigger of the device discovery command, and obtains the device information according to the device information address, thereby solving the problem of related technologies. The problem that the terminal cannot obtain device information accurately and conveniently achieves an effect that the device information can be obtained conveniently and accurately.

In a preferred embodiment, obtaining the above-mentioned device information according to the device information address includes: after the above-mentioned device reports the above-mentioned device information to the device management platform, obtaining the above-mentioned device information from the above-mentioned device management platform according to the above-mentioned device information address; or according to the above-mentioned The device information address obtains the above-mentioned device information locally from the device.

Based on the technical solution provided by the above embodiment, the above technical solution will be described below with an example. FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram of the device discovery method according to the embodiment of the present invention. The device of the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below in conjunction with FIG. 2 Discovery method.

The near-field communication method used in the method steps generally adopts NFC (near field communication, Near Field Communication), the device acts as a card mode, and the mobile terminal acts as a card reader; or a point-to-point mode can also be used, including the following steps:

Step S202, the terminal initiates a device discovery command by broadcasting, requiring the discoverable device to display its device information, the device information can be the inherent information of the device, or the device information generated by the device in response to the device discovery command;

Step S204, the device generates a device information address in response to the device discovery instruction; if the device information address is inherent information of the device, it does not need to be regenerated;

Step S206, the user operates the terminal to perform near-field communication to obtain the device information acquisition address from the device;

In step S208, the terminal obtains the device information of the designated device locally from the device through the device information address.

In a preferred embodiment, before obtaining the device information from the device management platform according to the device information address, the above method further includes:

The terminal that needs to obtain the above-mentioned device information is verified through the above-mentioned device management platform, and after the verification is passed, the above-mentioned device information is obtained from the above-mentioned device management platform.

Based on the technical solution provided by the above embodiment, the above technical solution will be described below with an example. FIG. 3 is another sequence diagram of the device discovery method according to the embodiment of the present invention. The following describes the embodiment of the present invention in detail in conjunction with FIG. 3 Device discovery method.

Step S302, the terminal initiates a broadcast to request the discoverable device to display its device information, the device information can be the inherent information of the device, or the device information generated by the device in response to the device discovery instruction;

Step S304, the device generates a device information address, and if the device information address is inherent information of the device, it does not need to be regenerated;

Step S306, the device uploads the local device information to the device management platform;

Step S308, the user operates the terminal to perform near-field communication to obtain the device information acquisition address (that is, the device information address) from the device;

Step S310, the terminal obtains the device information on the device management platform through the device information address.

In order to further enhance the security of the interaction, before step S310, it is necessary to verify the legitimacy of the terminal identity, and the device management platform authenticates the terminal before downloading and obtaining the device information to ensure the security of the interaction. After the terminal user is verified by the device management platform, step S310 is executed. Those skilled in the art know that the acquisition of device information by the terminal is equivalent to realizing the purpose of device discovery.

The present invention does not require the device to send the device information file to the terminal when it receives the device discovery command, and the embedded mobile terminal has low overhead on system resources, especially when the terminal of the Android system frequently recycles the port and is easy to lose The case of the package is more applicable, so as to solve the problem that the device information cannot be obtained normally.

In this embodiment, a device discovery method is provided. FIG. 4 is another flow chart of the device discovery method according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the process includes the following steps:

Step S402, receiving a device discovery instruction sent by the terminal, wherein the device discovery instruction is used to obtain device information, and the device information is used to uniquely identify the above-mentioned device;

Step S404, under the trigger of the device discovery instruction, generate the device information address of the device information, wherein the terminal obtains the device information through the device information address.

Through the above steps, the terminal sends a device discovery command to the network device within the specified range. After receiving the device discovery command, the device generates the above device information address, and the terminal obtains the above device information address, and obtains the above device information according to the device information address. , thereby solving the problem that the terminal cannot acquire device information accurately and conveniently in the related art, and achieves an effect of being able to obtain device information conveniently and accurately.

In a preferred embodiment, after the device generates the device information address of the device information, the method further includes: presenting the device information address to the terminal, wherein the terminal obtains the device information address through near field communication.

The device responds to the device discovery command sent by the terminal, generates its own device information address, and displays the device information address to the terminal. The terminal obtains the device information address through near-field communication or scanning code. The scanning method is more applicable to scenarios. Strict, it is required that the equipment has its own display device, and the terminal also has a scanning device. When the near field communication method is used to obtain the device information address, only the terminal and the device need to have the near field communication function, and the application scenarios are relatively wide.

Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the method according to the above embodiments can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general-purpose hardware platform, and of course also by hardware, but in many cases the former is better implementation. Based on such an understanding, the essence of the technical solution of the present invention or the part that contributes to the prior art can be embodied in the form of software products, and the computer software products are stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, disk, CD) contains several instructions to enable a terminal device (which may be a mobile phone, a computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute the above-mentioned methods in various embodiments of the present invention.

In this embodiment, a device discovery device is also provided, which is used to implement the above embodiments and preferred implementation manners, and what has been described will not be repeated. As used below, the term "module" may be a combination of software and/or hardware that realizes a predetermined function. Although the devices described in the following embodiments are preferably implemented in software, implementations in hardware, or a combination of software and hardware are also possible and contemplated.

FIG. 5 is a structural block diagram of a device discovery device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, the device includes the following modules:

The sending module 52 is configured to send a device discovery instruction within a specified range, the device discovery instruction is used to obtain device information, and the device information is used to uniquely identify the above-mentioned device;

The first obtaining module 54 is connected to the sending module 52, and is used to obtain the device information address generated by the above-mentioned device under the trigger of the above-mentioned device discovery instruction;

The second obtaining module 56 is connected to the first obtaining module 54 and configured to obtain the above-mentioned device information according to the above-mentioned device information address.

Through the comprehensive function of the above-mentioned various modules, the sending module 52 sends a device discovery instruction to the specified range, and the device discovery instruction is used to obtain device information; the first obtaining module 54 obtains the device information address generated by the above-mentioned device under the trigger of the sending module 52 ; The second obtaining module 56 obtains the above-mentioned device information according to the device information address generated by the first obtaining module 54 . By adopting the above technical solution, the problem that the terminal cannot obtain device information accurately and conveniently is solved, and an effect of accurately and conveniently obtaining device information is achieved.

In a preferred device discovery device, FIG. 6 is a structural block diagram of the second acquisition module 56 in the device discovery device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, the second acquisition module 56 includes:

The first obtaining unit 562 is configured to obtain the above-mentioned device information from the device management platform according to the above-mentioned device information address after the device reports the above-mentioned device information to the device management platform; or the second obtaining unit 564 is used to obtain the above-mentioned device information according to the above-mentioned device information address. The device obtains device information locally.

In this embodiment, a device discovery device is also provided. FIG. 7 is another structural block diagram of a device discovery device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7, the device includes the following modules:

The receiving module 72 is configured to receive a device discovery instruction sent by the terminal, the device discovery instruction is used to obtain device information, and the device information is used to uniquely identify the above-mentioned device;

The generating module 74 is connected to the receiving module 72, and is configured to generate the device information address of the device information triggered by the device discovery instruction, wherein the terminal obtains the device information through the device information address.

Through the comprehensive functions of the above-mentioned modules, the receiving module 72 receives the device discovery instruction sent by the terminal for obtaining device information, and the device information is the description information of the device itself; the generation module 74 receives the device discovery instruction received by the receiving module 72 Under triggering, a device information address of the above device information is generated, and the terminal acquires the device information through the above device information address. By adopting the above technical solution, the problem that the terminal cannot obtain device information accurately and conveniently is solved, and an effect of accurately and conveniently obtaining device information is achieved.

It should be noted that each of the above-mentioned modules can be implemented by software or hardware. For the latter, it can be implemented in the following manner, but not limited to this: the above-mentioned modules are all located in the same processor; or, the above-mentioned modules are respectively located in multiple in the processor.

In this embodiment, a device discovery system is provided. FIG. 8 is a structural block diagram of a device discovery system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 8, the system includes:

The terminal 82, the device 84 and the device management platform 86, wherein the device 84 is used to receive the device discovery instruction sent by the terminal 82, and under the trigger of the above-mentioned device discovery instruction, generate the device information address of the device information, wherein the device discovery instruction uses To obtain device information, which is used to uniquely identify the above-mentioned device, the terminal 82 obtains the device information locally from the above-mentioned device management platform 86 or the above-mentioned device 84 through the device information address. Through the above solution, the terminal sends a device discovery command to the network devices within the specified range, and then obtains the device information generated by the above device under the trigger of the above device discovery command through near-field communication, thereby solving the problem that the terminal cannot be accurate in related technologies. And the problem of obtaining device information conveniently has achieved an effect of accurately and conveniently obtaining device information.

To sum up, the embodiments of the present invention achieve the following technical effects: solve the problem that the terminal cannot accurately and conveniently obtain device information in related technologies, and achieve an effect of accurately and conveniently obtaining device information. In addition, this The technical solution of the embodiment of the invention can be extended to be used in the cross-network plane technology. Using the above-mentioned method and device of the present invention solves the problem in the prior art that the target device is not found due to port recycling or timeout of the mobile terminal. In the device interaction scene Among them, it is easier for end users to find the device they want to control, and achieve the effect of accurately obtaining device information. Compared with the existing technology, it is more intuitive, improves ease of use, and reduces confusion when choosing devices.

Obviously, those skilled in the art should understand that each module or each step of the above-mentioned present invention can be realized by a general-purpose computing device, and they can be concentrated on a single computing device, or distributed in a network formed by multiple computing devices Alternatively, they may be implemented in program code executable by a computing device so that they may be stored in a storage device to be executed by a computing device, and in some cases in an order different from that shown here The steps shown or described are carried out, or they are separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or multiple modules or steps among them are fabricated into a single integrated circuit module for implementation. As such, the present invention is not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software.

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

Claims (10)

1. a kind of method for discovering equipment, it is characterised in that including：

Equipment into specified range sends equipment and finds instruction, wherein, the equipment finds that instruction is used to obtain facility information, should Facility information is used for equipment described in unique mark；

Obtain the facility information address that the equipment finds to generate under the triggering of instruction in the equipment；

The facility information according to the facility information address acquisition.

2. according to the method described in claim 1, it is characterised in that equipment is believed according to the facility information address acquisition Breath, including：

After the equipment is by the facility information reporting equipment management platform, according to the facility information address from the equipment Management platform obtains the facility information；Or

The facility information is locally obtained from the equipment according to the facility information address.

3. method according to claim 2, it is characterised in that according to the facility information address from the equipment control Platform is obtained before the facility information, and methods described also includes：

The terminal for needing to obtain the facility information is verified by the device management platform, after being verified, from institute State device management platform and obtain the facility information.

4. the method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, it is characterised in that obtain the equipment and sent out in the equipment The facility information address generated under the triggering now instructed, including：

The equipment is obtained by way of near-field communication in the facility information address.

5. a kind of method for discovering equipment, it is characterised in that including：

The equipment that receiving terminal is sent finds instruction, wherein, the equipment finds that instruction is used to obtain facility information, the facility information For equipment described in unique mark；

Under the triggering that the equipment finds instruction, the facility information address of the facility information is generated, wherein, the terminal is led to Cross facility information described in the facility information address acquisition.

6. method according to claim 5, it is characterised in that after the facility information address of the generation facility information, Methods described also includes：

The facility information address is showed into the terminal, wherein, the terminal obtains the equipment by near-field communication modes Message address.

7. a kind of equipment finds device, it is characterised in that including：

Sending module, instruction is found for sending equipment into specified range, wherein, the equipment finds that instruction is used to obtain equipment Information, the facility information is used for equipment described in unique mark；

First acquisition module, for obtaining the facility information address that the equipment finds to generate under the triggering of instruction in the equipment；

Second acquisition module, for the facility information according to the facility information address acquisition.

8. device according to claim 7, it is characterised in that second acquisition module, including：

First acquisition unit, after in the equipment by the facility information reporting equipment management platform, according to the equipment Message address obtains the facility information from the device management platform；Or

Second acquisition unit, for locally obtaining the facility information from the equipment according to the facility information address.

9. a kind of equipment finds device, it is characterised in that including：

Receiving module, instruction is found for the equipment that receiving terminal is sent, wherein, the equipment finds that instruction is used to obtain equipment letter Breath, the facility information is used for equipment described in unique mark；

Generation module, under the triggering that the equipment finds instruction, generating the facility information address of the facility information, its In, the terminal passes through facility information described in the facility information address acquisition.

10. a kind of system for discovering, it is characterised in that including：Terminal, equipment and device management platform, wherein

The equipment, instruction is found for the equipment that receiving terminal is sent, and under the triggering that the equipment finds instruction, generates institute The facility information address of facility information is stated, wherein, the equipment finds that instruction is used to obtain facility information, and the facility information is used for only The one mark equipment, the terminal is locally obtained by the facility information address from the device management platform or the equipment Take the facility information.