CN102118262A - Network connection management system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

A network connection management system and method. The network connection management system is used for a computer system, wherein at least one network connection is formed between the computer system and a plurality of electronic devices, the network connection management system comprises a management module, a capturing module, a database and a user interface, and the management module is used for detecting the network connection state between the computer system and the plurality of electronic devices; the acquisition module is used for reading the identification codes of the plurality of electronic devices; the database is used for storing identification codes and network connection states of a plurality of electronic devices; the user interface is used for displaying the network connection state according to the database, wherein when the management module detects that the network connection state changes, the management module immediately stores a new network connection state in the database and displays the new network connection state on the user interface. By the invention, the user and the application program can conveniently and simultaneously manage different network connection modes of different electronic devices.

Description

Network connection management system and method

technical field

The invention relates to a network connection management system and method, in particular to a network connection management system, a network connection management method and a network data transmission method which can conveniently manage multiple electronic devices at the same time.

Background technique

Current electronic devices usually have many kinds of wired or wireless network communication modules at the same time. For example, today's general notebook computers or desktop computers all have Bluetooth devices, Ethernet cards or wireless network cards. Meanwhile, for different application programs, different network communication devices may be used. For example, when a user uses a chat software, an Ethernet card or a wireless network card may be used for data transmission via the Internet. When the user uses a video call, the Bluetooth device may be used to transmit voice data.

Therefore, for the file transfer between two electronic devices, the user can choose 3G, bluetooth device, Ethernet card or wireless network card to achieve the purpose of file transfer, as long as these network communication devices have established the connection between the two devices. However, in the prior art, for a single electronic device, different network communication devices have different access paths when transferring files. Even the graphical user interface is not the same, and it will be quite inconvenient for the user to operate. In addition, different electronic devices may have the same name, so it may be confusing for the user to select an electronic device as a target for file transfer.

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系列，已经提供应用程序用以检测个别网络通信装置的连接状态，以及通过这些应用程序达到在两网络通信装置间传输数据。但是对于目前的操作系统或是应用程序而言并没有提供整合电子装置上多个网络通信装置作数据传输的功能。Operating systems of electronic devices in the prior art, such as

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series, application programs have been provided to detect the connection status of individual network communication devices, and to transmit data between two network communication devices through these application programs. However, the current operating system or application program does not provide the function of integrating multiple network communication devices on the electronic device for data transmission.

Therefore, it is necessary to invent a method and system for managing network connections to solve the lack of prior art.

Contents of the invention

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a network connection management system for simultaneously managing the network connections of multiple electronic devices.

Another main purpose of the present invention is to provide a network connection management method.

Another main purpose of the present invention is to provide a network data transmission method.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the network connection management system of the present invention is used in a computer system, wherein there is at least one network connection between the computer system and a plurality of electronic devices, and the network connection management system includes a management module, an retrieval module, a database, and a user interface, the management module is used to detect the network connection status between the computer system and multiple electronic devices; the retrieval module is used to read the identification codes of the multiple electronic devices; Each has an identification code and network connection status; and the user interface is used to display the network connection status according to the database, wherein when the management module detects that the network connection status changes, the management module immediately stores the new network connection status in the database and displays on the user interface.

The network connection management method of the present invention is used in a computer system, wherein there is at least one network connection between the computer system and multiple electronic devices, and the method includes the following steps: detecting a network connection status between the computer system and multiple electronic devices; reading The identification codes of multiple electronic devices; storing the identification codes and network connection statuses of multiple electronic devices in the database; displaying the network connection status on the user interface according to the database; judging whether the network connection status has changed; And if yes, store the new network connection state in the database immediately, and display it on the user interface.

The network data transmission method of the present invention includes the following steps: establishing multiple network connections between the computer system and the electronic device; determining a data transmission mode according to the network connection states of the multiple network connections; and transmitting data.

With the system and method of the present invention, users and application programs can conveniently manage different network connection modes of different electronic devices at the same time.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is an architecture diagram of the network connection management system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the connection between the computer system and multiple electronic devices of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the user interface of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of the steps of the network connection management method of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart of the steps of the network data transmission method of the present invention.

Description of main component symbols:

Computer system 1 identification code 54

Network connection management system 10 First network connection 55a

Management module 20 Second network connection 55b

The first sub-network management module 21 the third network connection 55c

Second sub-network management module 22 storage path 56

The third sub-network management module 23 application registration module 60

Capture Module 30 Application 61

Database40 Electronic Device70

User Interface 50 First Electronic Device 71

Status display fields 51a, 51b Second electronic device 72

Diagram 52 Third Electronic Device 73

Nickname 53 Fourth Electronic Device 74

Detailed ways

In order to make the above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, specific embodiments of the present invention are listed below and described in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 together below. FIG. 1 is a structure diagram of the network connection management system of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the connection between the computer system and multiple electronic devices of the present invention.

The network connection management system 10 of the present invention is used in the computer system 1 to manage the network connection relationship between the computer system 1 and the electronic device 70 . Both the computer system 1 and the electronic device 70 can be systems with computing and storage functions such as desktop computers, notebook computers, or smart phones. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the first electronic device 71 and the second electronic device 72 are mobile phones, and the third electronic device 73 and the fourth electronic device 74 are notebook computers, but the present invention does not refer to the devices listed above. limit. At the same time, both the computer system 1 and the electronic device 70 have the function of network connection, and can be connected by using at least one network connection. The network connection includes wired network connection, wireless network connection, bluetooth connection, infrared connection or 3G connection, etc., but the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned ones.

It should be noted that, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the electronic devices 70 connected to the network by the computer system 1 , ie, the first electronic device 71 to the fourth electronic device 74 , all have the network connection management system 10 . In this way, the overall network connection environment can have the best management and transmission performance.

The network connection management system 10 includes a management module 20 , a retrieval module 30 , a database 40 , a user interface 50 and an application registration module 60 . The management module 20 is used to detect the network connection status between the computer system 1 and the plurality of electronic devices 70 to determine whether the computer system 1 and the plurality of electronic devices 70 establish network connections, and what type of network connection is applicable. The management module 20 may have multiple sub-network management modules, and different sub-network management modules are used to manage different network connections. In this embodiment, the management module 20 includes a first subnetwork management module 21 , a second subnetwork management module 22 and a third subnetwork management module 23 , but the present invention is not limited thereto. For the convenience of description, the following implementations in this specification take the first sub-network management module 21 to manage the wireless network connection; the second sub-network management module 22 to manage the Bluetooth connection; and the third sub-network management module 23 to manage the wired network connection as an example. , but the present invention is not limited thereto. The management module 20 utilizes different sub-network management modules to transmit packets to different electronic devices 70 so as to detect their network connections.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned sub-network management module can be a network transmission module in the computer system 1 or a management module that monitors the network transmission module. For example, the first sub-network management module 21 can be a wireless network card of the computer system 1 or a module for monitoring the wireless network card. The present invention does not limit the form of the sub-network management module, as long as the sub-network management module can manage network connections, it is within the protection scope of the present invention.

After the computer system 1 and the electronic device 70 are connected to the network, if there is data transmission between the computer system 1 and the electronic device 70, the management module 20 can also control different sub-network management modules according to different network environments for optimal Optimized data transfer handling. The detailed processing method will be introduced in detail later, so it will not be repeated here.

The capturing module 30 is used for reading the identification codes of the plurality of electronic devices 70 . Since each electronic device 70 will have its own and unique identification code, after the computer system 1 establishes a network connection, the capture module 30 can read the identification code of the electronic device 70 through the management module 20, and the electronic device can be easily identified. 70. On the other hand, the capture module 30 can also read the identification code of the computer system 1 and send it to the electronic device 70 which has established a network connection.

The database 40 is an electronic component with a storage function, used for storing the network connection status detected by the management module 20, storing the identification code read by the retrieval module 30, and even storing the network connection records of previous connections. The database 40 can be classified and stored according to the identification codes, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

The user interface 50 is used to read the data stored in the database 40 and then display it on the user interface 50 for the user to confirm and operate. The user interface 50 can be a graphical interface or a tabular interface. Regarding one embodiment of the user interface 50 , please refer to FIG. 3 , which is a schematic diagram of the user interface of the present invention. In this embodiment, the user interface 50 is displayed as a graphical interface to facilitate user operations, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

The user interface 50 can display the first electronic device 71 to the fourth electronic device 74 that can be networked with the computer system 1 , and the electronic devices 70 in different states can be displayed separately through the state display fields 51 a and 51 b. The status display field 51 a displays the first electronic device 71 , the second electronic device 72 and the third electronic device 73 that have been connected to the network. The status display field 51b displays the fourth electronic device 74 that is not connected. It should be noted that the state display can be displayed in text or color, and the present invention is not limited to the display state shown in FIG. 3 .

The user interface 50 can also display an icon 52 , a nickname 53 , an identification code 54 , a storage path 56 and different network connections, that is, a first network connection 55 a , a second network connection 55 b and a third network connection 55 c. The diagram 52 shows the types of the electronic devices 70 , for example, the first electronic device 71 is shown as a mobile phone, and the third electronic device 73 is shown as a notebook computer. Users can clearly distinguish different types of electronic devices 70 through the icon 52 . The nickname 53 is used to represent the name of the electronic device 70 so that the user can easily identify it. The nickname 53 can be set by the user or generated by the computer system 1 according to the sequence when connecting to the network, and the present invention is not limited thereto. After the aforementioned capture module 30 reads the identification code 54 , the identification code 54 can also be displayed on the user interface 50 .

The first network connection 55 a , the second network connection 55 b and the third network connection 55 c represent available network environments between the computer system 1 and the electronic device 70 . For example, assume that the first network connection 55a is a wireless network connection, the second network connection 55b is a Bluetooth connection, and the third network connection 55c is a wired network connection. It can be known from FIG. 3 that the first electronic device 71 and the computer system 1 can be connected by wireless network or Bluetooth, and the third electronic device 73 and the computer system 1 can be connected by wireless network or wired network. Since the fourth electronic device 74 does not have a network connection with the computer system 1, the field of the fourth electronic device 74 may not display a representative icon of the network connection, or display the network connection when it was connected to the computer system 1. Represents an icon.

The storage path 56 represents a path for data transmission between the computer system 1 and the electronic device 70 , and may include a folder stored when the display data is transmitted to the computer system 1 or a folder stored when the display data is transmitted to the electronic device 70 .

Through the above-mentioned user interface 50 , the user can conveniently know the connection status between the computer system 1 and the plurality of electronic devices 70 . And when the connection state changes, the user interface 50 immediately reads the instant information of the database 40 to change the displayed state, so that the user can manage immediately.

The network connection management system 10 also has an application registration module 60 . In addition to being managed by the user, the electronic device 70 can also automatically manage or transmit data through the application program 61 of the computer system 1 . The application program 61 can be the operating system of the computer system 1 . The application program 61 must be connected to the electronic device 70 via the network connection management system 10, and each application program 61 is set with a callback function (Callback Function) for logging into the application program registration module 60 of the network connection management system 10 Inside. When the network connection status changes, the application registration module 60 can use the callback function to notify the application 61, so that the application 61 can perform automatic management.

Next, please refer to FIG. 4 , which is a flow chart of the steps of the network connection management method of the present invention.

It should be noted here that although the network connection management system 10 is used as an example to illustrate the network connection management method of the present invention, the network connection management method of the present invention is not limited to be used in the network connection management system 10 .

First, go to step 401: detect the network connection status between the computer system and multiple electronic devices.

First, the management module 20 controls the sub-network management modules it has, such as the first sub-network management module 21, the second sub-network management module 22 and the third sub-network management module 23 in Fig. 1, respectively sending out packets to detect the computer system 1 The network connection status with the plurality of electronic devices 70 . The management module 20 can know whether the computer system 1 is connected to the plurality of electronic devices 70 and what kind of network is used to connect the computer system 1 by judging whether the packet is sent back.

Then proceed to step 402: read an identification code of each of the plurality of electronic devices.

Secondly, the capturing module 30 reads out the identification code of the electronic device 70 connected to the computer system 1 . On the other hand, the capture module 30 can also read out the identification code of the computer system 1 at the same time, and then transmit it to the electronic device 70 .

It should be noted that, in addition to the identification code, the present invention can also detect the network connection address of the electronic device 70 through the management module 20 . For example, when the electronic device 70 is connected to the computer system 1 through a wireless network, the management module 20 can control the first subnetwork management module 21 to detect the IP address of the electronic device 70, such as: 10.36.141.132. When the electronic device 70 is connected to the computer system 1 via Bluetooth, the management module 20 can control the second subnetwork management module 22 to detect the identification code of the Bluetooth transmission module of the electronic device 70 , such as: 001813aab87a.

Then proceed to step 403: storing the identification codes and network connection statuses of the plurality of electronic devices in a database.

Then store the identification code, network connection status or other information detected in the above steps 401 and 402 in the database 40 .

Go to step 404 again: display the network connection status on the user interface.

Then it is displayed on the user interface 50 according to the information stored in the database 40 . The user interface 50 is as shown in FIG. 3 , including status display fields 51a, 51b, icon 52, nickname 53, identification code 54, and different network connections 55a, 55b, and 55c.

At this time, the management module 20 simultaneously proceeds to step 405: judging whether the network connection status has changed.

The management module 20 will constantly control the first sub-network management module 21, the second sub-network management module 22 and the third sub-network management module 23 to send packets to detect whether any electronic device 70 is interrupted or connected to any Internet connection.

When the network connection status changes, proceed to step 406: immediately store the new network connection status in the database, and display it on the user interface.

When the management module 20 detects that the network connection status changes, the management module 20 immediately stores the changed new network connection status in the database 40 . At the same time, the user interface 50 reads the information of the database 40 in real time to display the new network connection status on the user interface 50 synchronously.

For example, when the first sub-network management module 21 detects that a new wireless network connection is established with the first electronic device 71 , an indication of the first network connection 55 a is displayed on the user interface 50 . If the management module 20 cannot detect the network connection with the fourth electronic device 74, the user interface 50 changes the displayed position of the fourth electronic device 74 to be under the range of the status display field 51b.

Finally, go to step 407: notify the application program of the computer system.

Finally, the network connection management system 10 must also notify the application program 61 of the computer system 1 of the new network connection status via the application program registration module 60, so that the application program 61 can manage at the same time.

Next, please refer to FIG. 5 , which is a flow chart of the steps of the network data transmission method of the present invention.

Data transmission between the computer system 1 and the electronic device 70 may be required by the user or the application program 61 . When the computer system 1 and the electronic device 70 are going to perform data transmission via a network connection, step 501 is first performed: establishing multiple network connections between the computer system and the electronic device.

Firstly, multiple network connections are established between the computer system 1 and the electronic device 70 , for example, a first network connection and a second network connection are established. And the network connection management system 10 detects and manages the first network connection and the second network connection between the computer system 1 and the electronic device 70 . The detection and management methods are as described above in steps 401 to 407, so details are not repeated here.

Next, go to step 502: determine a data transmission mode according to a network connection state of the network connection.

The management module 20 determines the data transmission mode according to the network connection statuses of the first network connection and the second network connection between the computer system 1 and the electronic device 70 , that is, performs optimized data transmission processing. The network connection status can be optimized according to the network connection bandwidth or the previous network connection records stored in the database 40 . Previous Internet connection records include peak bandwidth usage and user preferences. After the management module 20 knows the network connection status, it uses the following steps to transmit data.

Step 503: Allocate data into multiple data blocks.

The management module 20 divides the data into multiple data blocks according to the state of the network connection. For example, when the first network connection and the second network connection between the computer system 1 and the electronic device 70 are respectively a wireless network connection (Wi-Fi) and a Bluetooth connection, the management module 20 Bandwidth is allocated. Assume that the bandwidth of the wireless network connection is 1000kbps, and the bandwidth of the Bluetooth connection is 100kbps. At this time, the management module 20 cuts the data into 11 data blocks, and 10 data blocks are transmitted by the first network connection with a larger bandwidth. The next data block is transmitted by the second network connection with a smaller bandwidth.

On the other hand, in addition to the network connection status described in step 503, the management module 20 can also determine the data transmission method according to the size of the data. When the data is too small, the management module 20 may control only the first network connection with a larger bandwidth to transmit the data.

After the data is divided, step 504 is performed: creating additional information in multiple data blocks.

The management module 20 first establishes additional information in multiple data blocks to identify files divided for the same data. The additional information may include the identification code of the sender or information required to reassemble multiple data blocks.

Go to step 505 again: transmit data.

The management module 20 then transmits the processed data, that is, multiple data blocks, to the electronic device 70 through different network connections through the above-mentioned settings. After receiving the multiple data blocks, the electronic device 70 combines them according to the additional information contained in the multiple data blocks to form a complete data. At the same time, the user can use the storage path 56 displayed on the user interface 50 to know the folder of the data stored in the computer system 1 or the electronic device 70 . On the other hand, the user can also directly use the user interface 50 to select the folder to be stored.

At the same time, the management module 20 proceeds to step 506: judging whether the network connection status has changed.

The management module 20 will constantly detect whether the electronic device 70 is interrupted or newly connected to any kind of network connection. Since this step 506 is the same as step 405, it will not be repeated here.

Finally, when the network connection status changes, proceed to step 507: re-determine the data transmission mode according to the new network connection status.

When the management module 20 detects that the network connection status changes, the management module 20 will re-determine the data transmission method according to the new network connection status. That is, return to step 502, and then decide how to transmit data.

For example, when the computer system 1 and the electronic device 70 are connected via a first network (such as Wi-Fi) to transmit a first part of data, and are connected to a second network (such as Bluetooth) to transmit a second part of data. If the first network connection is interrupted at this time, the data reallocation process is performed, that is, step 503 is performed: allocating the data into multiple data blocks. The management module 20 immediately changes the first part of the data to be transmitted through the uninterrupted second network connection, and makes the first part of the data continue to be transmitted, so as to deal with the situation that one of the networks is suddenly disconnected. Similarly, if a new network connection is established, the management module 20 will determine whether to redistribute the data according to the state of the new network connection, such as redistribution of the data blocks that were originally set for two network transmissions. Added to data chunk allocation set to three network transports.

It should be noted that the present invention does not limit that only one piece of data can be transmitted between the computer system 1 and the electronic device 70 . If the computer system 1 and the electronic device 70 are using the first network connection to transmit the first data, the management module 20 can also control the second network connection to transmit the second data.

It should be noted here that the method for network connection management and network data transmission of the present invention is not limited to the order of the above steps, as long as the purpose of the present invention can be achieved, the order of the above steps can also be changed.

With the system and method of the present invention, the user and the application program 61 can conveniently manage different network connection modes of different electronic devices 70 at the same time.

To sum up, the present invention, regardless of its purpose, means, and efficacy, shows its characteristics that are completely different from the known technology. I urge the examiner to be aware of it and grant a patent as soon as possible to benefit the society. I really appreciate it. However, it should be noted that the above-mentioned embodiments are examples only for the convenience of description, and the scope of rights claimed in the present invention should naturally be determined by the scope of the claims, rather than limited to the above-mentioned embodiments.

Claims (18)

1. A network connection management system for a computer system, wherein there is at least one network connection between the computer system and a plurality of electronic devices, the network connection management system comprising: a management module, used for detecting a network connection status between the computer system and the plurality of electronic devices; a capturing module, used to read an identification code of each of the plurality of electronic devices; a database for storing the identification code and the network connection status of each of the plurality of electronic devices; and A user interface for displaying the network connection state according to the database, wherein when the management module detects that the network connection state changes, the management module immediately stores a new network connection state in the database and displays it on the on the user interface. 2. The network connection management system according to claim 1, the management module further comprises a plurality of sub-network management modules for respectively managing a plurality of network connections. 3. The network connection management system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the management module detects the network connection status by sending a packet. 4. The network connection management system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user interface is a graphical interface, and includes displaying an icon, a nickname or the identification code of each of the plurality of electronic devices. 5. The network connection management system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an application program registration module for logging into an application program in the computer system, wherein the application program is used to manage the plurality of electronic devices; when the network The application registration module notifies the application when the connection state changes. 6. The network connection management system as claimed in claim 1, when the computer system and one of the electronic devices transmit a data, the management module determines the data according to the network connection status between the computer system and the electronic device the transmission method. 7. The network connection management system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the management module allocates the data into a plurality of data blocks for transmission according to a network bandwidth. 8. The network connection management system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the management module establishes an additional information in the plurality of data blocks. 9. The network connection management system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the management module determines the transmission mode of the data according to a network connection record. 10. The network connection management system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the management module determines the transmission mode of the data according to the size of the data. 11. The network connection management system as claimed in claim 6, when the computer system and the electronic device transmit a first data via a first network connection, the management module controls the computer system and the electronic device via a second The network connection transmits a second data. 12. The network connection management system according to claim 6, when the management module detects that the network connection state changes, the management module re-determines the data transmission method according to the new network connection state. 13. The network connection management system according to claim 12, when the management module detects that the network connection state changes, it means that at least one of the network transmissions is interrupted or another network transmission mode is added. 14. A network connection management method for a computer system, wherein the computer system has at least one network connection between the computer system and a plurality of electronic devices, the method comprising the following steps: detecting a network connection status between the computer system and the plurality of electronic devices; reading an identification code of each of the plurality of electronic devices; storing the identification code and the network connection status of each of the plurality of electronic devices in a database; displaying the network connection status on a user interface according to the database; determine whether the network connection status has changed; and If yes, then store a new network connection state in the database immediately, and display it on the user interface. 15. The network connection management method as claimed in claim 14, further comprising the following steps: If the network connection relationship changes, an application program of the computer system is notified, wherein the application program is used to manage the plurality of electronic devices. 16. The network connection management method as claimed in claim 14, further comprising the following steps: Multiple sub-network management modules are used to manage multiple network connections respectively. 17. The network connection management method as claimed in claim 14, further comprising the following steps: The network connection status is detected by sending a packet. 18. The network connection management method as claimed in claim 14, further comprising the following steps: Displaying an icon, a nickname or the identification code of each of the plurality of electronic devices on the user interface.

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