TW201834426A - Method for establishing virtual community network connection and network communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a method for establishing a virtual social network connection, which is applicable to a network communication system. The method includes obtaining first registration information, the first registration information includes an operation set of a controlled device, and the operation set includes multiple operations. project. Provide the operation set and the first use right to the first control device. According to the first use right, the second control right associated with at least one of the operation items is set by the first control device. Provide an operation item associated with the second use right to the second control device. And when the operation item associated with the second usage right is triggered on the second control device, an operation instruction corresponding to the triggered operation item is transmitted to the controlled device. Thereby, the first control device can share the operation items of the controlled device to the second control device through the network communication system.

Description

Method for establishing virtual social network connection and network communication system

The invention relates to a method for establishing a virtual social network connection, in particular to a method for establishing a virtual social network connection between objects and people.

With the advancement of technology, the number of smart phone users is increasing, and mobile applications installed in smart phones are becoming more and more diversified to provide users with various information or functions. Smart home device. With the mobile app, users can keep abreast of the status of their smart home devices and control them remotely. For example, the washing machine will actively notify the user after the clothes have been washed. If the user is unable to dry the clothes immediately at home, the washing machine can remotely control the washing machine to turn on the sterilization mode through the mobile application to avoid clothes smelling.

However, when many people want to control a smart home device, such as a family of four who want to control the smart home device in the home with a personal device, the connection settings with the smart home device need to be set on the personal device of each member in the home, or Multi-party connection settings are made through smart home devices. In addition, when the owner of the device wants to provide the device for others to use, for example, the landlord wants to provide the smart home device in the home to the tenant for control, the tenant will likely have The same level of control as the landlord. The above-mentioned connection setting steps are not only complicated, but may also have the problem of permission to be completely copied to others.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is to provide a method for establishing a virtual social network connection and a network communication system. Through the operation of the network communication system, the owner can set the use right related to the controlled device through the control device. And provide other people's operation items about the set permissions.

A method for establishing a virtual social network connection according to an embodiment of the present invention is applicable to a network communication system. The method includes obtaining first registration information, the first registration information includes an operation set of a controlled device, and the operation set includes Multiple action items. Provide the operation set and the first use right to the first control device. According to the first use right, the second control right is set by the first control device, and the second use right is associated with at least one of the operation items. Provide an operation item associated with the second use right to the second control device. And when the operation item associated with the second usage right is triggered on the second control device, an operation instruction corresponding to the triggered operation item is transmitted to the controlled device.

The network communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a server, wherein the server executes the method for establishing a virtual social network connection according to the above embodiment.

With the above-mentioned structure, the method for establishing a virtual social network connection and the network communication system disclosed in this case do not need to perform connection setting with the controlled device on the second control device, and the second control device can enjoy some Operation permissions to simplify the steps of establishing a connection to a smart device, and also to protect the permissions held by the owner from being fully shared with others when the owner wants to use the controlled device for others.

The above description of the contents of this disclosure and the description of the following embodiments are used to demonstrate and explain the spirit and principle of the present invention, and provide a further explanation of the scope of the patent application of the present invention.

The detailed features and advantages of the present invention are described in detail in the following embodiments. The content is sufficient for any person skilled in the art to understand and implement the technical content of the present invention, and according to the content disclosed in this specification, the scope of patent applications and the drawings. Anyone skilled in the relevant art can easily understand the related objects and advantages of the present invention. The following examples further illustrate the viewpoints of the present invention in detail, but do not limit the scope of the present invention in any way.

Please refer to FIG. 1. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a network communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the network communication system 1 includes a server 10, such as a cloud server, which is communicatively connected to the controlled device 20, the first control device 30, and the second control device 40. The controlled device 20 is a hardware device owned by the first user, such as a television, a lamp, or a monitor. The present invention is not limited thereto. The first control device 30 is, for example, a mobile phone, personal computer, or other personal device of the first user, and the second control device 40 is, for example, a mobile phone, personal computer, or other personal device of the second user. In an embodiment of the present invention, the first user can use the first control device 30 to share the controlled device 20 to the second user through the network communication system 10, so that the second user can use the second control The device 40 controls the controlled device 20. That is, the first user may authorize the function of the controlled device 20 to the second user through the network communication system 10. The method of authorizing the controlled device 20 through the network communication system 10 will be further described later.

Please refer to FIGS. 1 and 2 together. FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for establishing a virtual social network connection according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the method for establishing a virtual social network connection is applicable to the network communication system shown in FIG. 1. In an embodiment, the server 10 of the network communication system 1 may further include a binding processor to perform the following operations of the server 10.

In step S101, the server 10 obtains first registration information. The first registration information includes an operation set of the controlled device, and the operation set includes a plurality of operation items. In more detail, the controlled device 20 may register with the server 10 to provide the server 10 with the first registration information including the operation set. For example, when the controlled device 20 is manufactured, a communication software (Cloud Agent) for communicating with the server 10 may be installed first. The communication software includes a registration interface, and through this registration interface, the server 10 can obtain the information from the server. First registration information of the control device 20. In addition to being installed in the controlled device 20 at the time of manufacture, the communication software can also be downloaded and installed from the Internet by the first user after purchasing the controlled device 20, which is not limited in the present invention. In one embodiment, when the controlled device 20 is plugged in or powered on, it can actively register with the server 10 through communication software, and then the server 10 stores the first registration information provided by the controlled device 20, such as The product model, the service item, the item that can be shared, or other information are not limited by the present invention. In another embodiment, the controlled device 20 may register with the server 10 through artificial settings, which is not limited in the present invention.

In step S103, the server 10 provides an operation set and a first use right to the first control device 30. Among them, the first usage right may indicate the owner (first user) of the controlled device 20 to operate the controlled device 20, that is, the first usage right indicates that the owner can perform the operation items of the controlled device 20 . In this step, the server 10 transmits the operation set of the controlled device 20 and the first usage right to the personal device of the owner of the controlled device 20, that is, the first control device 30.

In an embodiment, the first registration information provided by the controlled device 20 in step S101 includes an identification code of the first control device 30, so the server 10 can update the operation set and the first control device 20 according to the identification code. A use right is transmitted to the first control device 30. In another embodiment, the first registration information provided by the controlled device 20 includes a verification code about the controlled device 20, and the owner of the controlled device 20 holds the verification code. When the server 10 obtains a request for establishing a relationship with the controlled device 20 and the information to be verified from the first control device 30, the server 10 determines whether the information to be verified is equal to the verification code of the controlled device 20. When the server 10 determines that the information to be verified is equivalent to the verification code of the controlled device 20, it indicates that the first control device 30 is a personal device of the owner of the controlled device 20, so the server 10 will provide an operation set and a first use Authority to the first control device 30. The detailed method for the server 10 to provide information to the first control device 30 will be described in more detail in the embodiment described later.

In step S105, the first control device 30 sets a second usage right according to the first usage right, wherein the second usage right is related to at least one of the operation items of the controlled device 20. In an embodiment, the first use right includes an operation right and a share right, and the first control device 30 can be used to set the second use right according to the share right. For example, the controlled device 20 is a monitor whose operation items include "start playback", "start recording" and "parameter query", etc., the first usage right includes the operation rights of the three operation items described above, and settings One or more of the above three operation items are sharing permissions of the second usage permission. The first user can set the second use right of the controlled device 20 through the first control device 30, that is, the operation item to be shared with the second user, and then provide the second use right to the server 10.

Next, in step S107, the server 10 provides an operation item associated with the second usage right to the second control device 40. In an embodiment, the first user may provide the identification code of the second control device 40 when providing the second usage right to the server 10, and the server 10 then operates the operation item according to the second usage right and the identification code. Provided to the second control device 40. The detailed method for the server 10 to provide information to the second control device 40 will be described in more detail in the embodiment described later.

In step S109, when the operation item associated with the second usage right is triggered on the second control device 40, an operation instruction corresponding to the triggered operation item is transmitted to the controlled device 20. That is, the second user can trigger the shared operation item set by the first user to operate the controlled device 20 through the second control device 40. The manner of triggering the operation item by the second control device 40 will be described in more detail in the embodiment described later. In an embodiment, when an operation item associated with the second usage right is triggered on the second control device 40, an operation instruction corresponding to the triggered operation item is generated, and the operation instruction is transmitted to the server 10 via the server 10.控 装置 20。 Control device 20.

In another embodiment, in addition to receiving the operation item associated with the second usage right from the server 10, the second control device 40 also receives an identification code associated with the first control device 30, so the second control device 40 can generate An operation instruction corresponding to the triggered operation item and including the identification code of the first control device 30, and directly transmits the operation instruction to the controlled device 20, and when the controlled device 20 receives the operation instruction from the second control device 40, and According to the identification code of the first control device 30 contained therein, it is confirmed that the operation instruction is authorized by the first control device 30 (the owner of the controlled device 20), and then the operation instruction is executed. In this embodiment, the controlled device 20 and the second control device 40 can communicate through short-range wireless connection technologies, such as wireless local area network (Wi-Fi), Bluetooth, ZigBee, etc. Be restricted.

Next, a method for the server 10 to provide the operation set and the first usage authority to the first control device 30 will be described. Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 3 together. FIG. 3 is an operation interface provided to the first control device by the network communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the server 10 provides the operation set of the controlled device 20 and the first use right to the first control device 30 by providing the operation interface 300. In more detail, as shown in FIG. 3, the operation interface 300 provided by the server 10 on the first control device 30 displays operation items and sharing setting items related to the operation rights included in the first use right and the sharing right. The operation authority means the functions of the controlled device 20 that the first control device 30 can operate, and the sharing authority means that the first control device 30 can share the functions of the controlled device 20 to other control devices. Hereinafter, the operation interface will be described using the monitor as the controlled device 20, but the present invention does not limit the type of the controlled device 20.

Please refer to FIGS. 4A, 4B, and 4C. FIG. 4A is an operation interface for providing a sharing setting item to a first control device according to the network communication system shown in an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4B is an embodiment of the present invention The illustrated network communication system provides an operation interface for sharing setting items to the first control device, and FIG. 4C illustrates a network communication system for providing sharing setting items to the first control device according to another embodiment of the present invention. Operator interface. When the first user clicks on the “sharing setting item” shown in FIG. 3 through the operation interface 300 of the first control device 30, the sharing setting screen will be entered.

In an embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4A, the sharing setting items are displayed on the operation interface 300 using a list, and the monitor is used as the controlled device 20 as an example. The list displayed on the operation interface 300 lists the monitor settings. Action items, such as "start playback", "pause playback", "forward one frame", etc.

In another embodiment, the sharing setting items can be displayed in the category selection mode. As shown in FIG. 4B, the operation interface 300 for sharing setting items only displays three types of selection options: "play", "video" and "parameter query", In the first place, the first user can share all the operation items in the category by simply checking the category. For example, when "Play" is checked, it means that the operation items of "Start Play", "Pause Play", "Forward One Space" and "Forward One Space" belonging to the playback operation shown in FIG. 4A will be shared.

In yet another embodiment, the sharing setting items can also be displayed in hierarchical permission settings. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 4C, the first user can select the number of stars to set the permission level, and each permission level Corresponding to different number of operation items. For example, the five-star permission level indicates that all operation items are shared. In this way, when the first user wants to share all operation items to others, there is no need to click all operation items. For another example, a star ’s permission level instruction only shares the “start playback” and “pause playback” as shown in FIG. 4A, so the first user does not need to find the above two operation items from a variety of lists, that is, it can Share the operation item by clicking a star. The foregoing only illustrates the display manner of the permission level on the operation interface and the operation items corresponding to the permission level, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

The foregoing embodiments with reference to FIGS. 4A to 4C describe the screens displayed on the operation interface 300 when the first user clicks “share setting item” on the operation interface 300 shown in FIG. 3. Please refer to FIG. 5, which is a diagram illustrating a network communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention providing an operation item to an operation interface of a first control device. When the first user clicks the “operation item” on the operation interface 300 shown in FIG. 3, the operation item of the controlled device 20 is displayed on the operation interface 300. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, taking a monitor as the controlled device 20 as an example, the operation interface 300 will display button items f1 to f7 to display operation items, for example, the button icon f1 corresponds to the monitor “start playback” For the operation items, the button icon f2 corresponds to the operation item of "pause playback", and the button icon f7 corresponds to the operation item of "parameter query" and so on. Therefore, when the first user triggers one of the button icons f1 to f7, the first control device 30 generates an operation instruction corresponding to the operation item corresponding to the triggered button icon, and transmits the operation instruction to Subjected device 20.

As for the method in which the server 10 provides an operation item associated with the second usage right to the second control device 30, the method in which the server 10 provides the operation item to the first control device 30 may also be similar. Please refer to FIGS. 6A and 6B. FIG. 6A is an operation interface provided by the network communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention to provide an operation item to a second control device, and FIG. 6B is an illustration according to another embodiment of the present invention The network communication system provides an operation interface for operating items to the second control device. The server 10 may display an operation item associated with the second usage right on the operation interface 400 of the second control device 40.

In an embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6A, a monitor is used as the controlled device 20 as an example. When the second use right set by the first control device 30 includes “start playback”, “pause playback”, and “parameters” "Query" operation items, the server 10 may display the operation items 400 on the operation interface 400 with button graphics f1, f2, and f7. When the second user triggers the button icon, the second control device 40 generates an operation instruction corresponding to the operation item corresponding to the triggered button icon, and transmits the operation instruction to the controlled device 20. As can be seen from FIG. 5 and FIG. 6A, since the server 10 displays operation items on the operation interface 400 of the second control device 40 according to the second usage right, the operation items displayed on the operation interface 400 are only the first control. Part or all of the operation items displayed on the operation interface 300 of the device 30.

In another embodiment, in addition to displaying the operation items associated with the second usage authority, the operation interface 400 can also selectively display the operation items not associated with the second usage authority. For example, as shown in FIG. 6B, the operation interface 400 of the second control device 40 also displays the button icons f1 to f7 displayed on the operation interface 300 of the first control device 30 as shown in FIG. f6 is not an operation item included in the second usage right, so the button icons f3 to f6 are grayed out, indicating that they cannot be clicked. In this way, the second user can learn all the operation items about the controlled device 20 through the operation interface 400, but can only use the operation items authorized by the second use right. In the above embodiments, the buttons are used to display the operation items as an example. However, the operation options may also be presented in other forms such as options and patterns, which are not limited in the present invention.

In addition, the owner of the controlled device 20 (the first control device 30) can share the operation function of the controlled device 20 to the second control device 40, and also to the third control device. When a first user sets a sharing setting item through the first control device 30, the operation interface 300 provides a sharing person setting in addition to the operation item setting. The first user can enter or select the identification codes of the second control device 40 and the third control device through the setting of the sharer. The server 10 will use the second use right set by the first user and the provided identification code to The operation items that the first user wants to share are provided to the second control device 40 and the third control device at the same time. The present invention does not limit the number of other control devices to which the first control device 30 is to be shared.

In an embodiment, the above-mentioned operation interfaces 300 and 400 refer to communication software installed in the first control device 30 and the second control device 40, respectively, and can communicate with the server 10, and the server 10 is like a communication platform . In addition to acquiring the first registration information of the controlled device 20 through the communication software, the server 10 can also obtain the second registration information of the first control device 30 and the third registration information of the second control device. In this embodiment, when it is confirmed that the owner of the controlled device 20 is the first control device 30 in the manner described in the above embodiment, the controlled device 20 becomes the "control device 30" on the communication software. "Friend", the first control device 30 can establish a chat room with the controlled device 20 to operate the controlled device 20. In this way, when the first user owns multiple controlled devices 20, there is no need to open multiple correspondences. An application program on the controlled device 20 is used to control the controlled device 20 separately. The first control device 30 only needs to separately establish a chat room with the controlled device 20 on the communication software, which simplifies the steps of establishing the connection of the smart device.

In addition, by sharing the setting items described in the above embodiment, the first control device 30 can also establish a chat room including the controlled device 20 and the second control device 40 to share the operation function of the controlled device 20 to the second control.装置 40。 Device 40. Alternatively, the first control device 30 may also join the second control device 40 in the established chat room with the controlled device 20 to share the operation function of the controlled device 20. In addition to using the trigger button described in the above embodiment to operate the controlled device 20, the first control device 30 and the second control device 40 can also operate the controlled device 20 through natural language, such as typing or voice input. The invention is not limited. In this way, when the owner of the controlled device 20 (the first control device 30) wants to share the operation function of the controlled device 20 to a non-owner (for example, the second control device 40), the first control device 30 can set the first Two use rights for sharing. For example, to establish a chat room with the controlled device 20 and the second control device 40, there is no need to set connection settings with the controlled device 20 on the second control device 40. In addition, when the first control device 30 wants to revoke the authority of the controlled device 20 originally shared to the second control device 40, it only needs to cancel the second use permission, for example, remove the second control device 40 from the chat room.

For a practical example, when the landlord rents out the house to the tenant, the landlord can use the home appliances such as electric lights, televisions, or air-conditioning to operate functions, and use the communication software in the mobile phone to add the communication software of the tenant's mobile phone to the home appliances through the communication platform. In the chat room, the tenant can operate the home appliances through the chat room. When the tenant cancels the rent, the landlord removes the tenant from the chat room to regain the authority to operate the home appliance.

In addition, the owner can freely choose the number of people sharing the controlled device 20. For example, the owner has multiple controlled devices 20 such as electric lights and monitors, and the owner can establish electric lights with the second control device 40 and third control. The chat room of the device 50 and a chat room of the monitor and the second control device 40 are established. The owner may also establish multiple chat rooms of the same controlled device 20, each setting a different second use right, so that the shared persons of the same chat room have the same use right.

With the above-mentioned structure, the method for establishing a virtual social network connection and the network communication system disclosed in this case provide the controlled device with an operation set including multiple operation items and the first use right to the owner of the controlled device. That is, the first control device sets a second usage right by the first control device to provide an operation item related to the second usage right by the second control device, so that the second control device can operate the controlled device. In this way, there is no need to set up the connection with the controlled device on the second control device, the second control device can enjoy part of the operation authority, and when the owner wants to take back the operation of the controlled device by the second control device When it is capable, it is only necessary to cancel the second usage right, and there is no need to remove the connection relationship between the second control device or the controlled device. By registering in the same network communication system, it is possible to control multiple controlled devices separately without opening multiple applications corresponding to multiple controlled devices, which simplifies the steps of establishing a smart device connection. When the owner wants to use the controlled device for others, it is necessary to ensure that the rights held by the owner cannot be fully shared with others.

Although the present invention is disclosed in the foregoing embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Changes and modifications made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention belong to the patent protection scope of the present invention. For the protection scope defined by the present invention, please refer to the attached patent application scope.

1‧‧‧Network communication system

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FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a network communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for establishing a virtual social network connection according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is an operation interface provided to the first control device by the network communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4A is an operation interface of a network communication system for sharing setting items to a first control device according to an embodiment of the present invention. 4B is an operation interface of a network communication system according to another embodiment of the present invention, which provides sharing setting items to a first control device. FIG. 4C is an operation interface of the network communication system according to another embodiment of the present invention for sharing setting items to the first control device. FIG. 5 is an operation interface of the network communication system for providing operation items to the first control device according to an embodiment of the present invention. 6A is an operation interface of a network communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention, which provides operation items to a second control device. FIG. 6B is an operation interface of the network communication system for providing operation items to the second control device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (15)

A method for establishing a virtual social network connection is applicable to a network communication system. The method includes: obtaining a first registration information, the first registration information includes an operation set of a controlled device, and the operation set includes A plurality of operation items; providing the operation set and a first use right to a first control device; according to the first use right, a second use right is set by the first control device, and the second use right is associated with the At least one of the operation items; providing the operation item associated with the second use right to a second control device; and when the operation item associated with the second use right is triggered on the second control device, Send an operation instruction to the controlled device, and the operation instruction corresponds to the operation item being triggered. The method according to claim 1, further comprising transmitting an operation instruction to the controlled device when one of the operation items associated with the first usage right is triggered on the first control device. Corresponds to the operation item being triggered. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first use right includes an operation right and a sharing right. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of providing the operation set and the first usage right to the first control device includes displaying at least one sharing setting item on an operation interface. The method according to claim 4, wherein the at least one sharing setting item is displayed on the operation interface as a list. The method according to claim 4, wherein the at least one sharing setting item is displayed on the operation interface with at least one category option. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of providing the operation item associated with the second use right to the second control device includes displaying the operation item associated with the second use right on an operation interface. The method according to claim 7, wherein the step of providing the operation item associated with the second use right to the second control device includes selectively displaying an operation item not associated with the second use right on the operation interface . The method according to claim 7, wherein the operation item associated with the second usage right is displayed on the operation interface with a button graphic. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of providing the operation set and the first use right to the first control device includes displaying the operation items on an operation interface. The method according to claim 10, wherein each of the operation items is displayed on the operation interface with a button graphic. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of obtaining the first registration information comprises obtaining the first registration information from a registration interface in the controlled device. The method according to claim 1, further comprising obtaining a second registration information of the first control device. The method according to claim 1, further comprising obtaining a third registration information of the second control device. A network communication system includes a server, wherein the server executes the method for establishing a virtual social network connection according to claim 1.