Device control method and device

1. A device control method, comprising:

establishing, by a first device, a wireless short-range communication connection to a second device;

sending, by the first device, a first control command to the second device through the wireless short-range communication connection, wherein the first control command is used to instruct the second device to perform a control action; and

before sending the first control command to the second device through the wireless short-range communication connection:

displaying, by the first device, a first interface in response to a first input of a user, wherein the first interface comprises a device connection window, and the device connection window comprises an identifier of a device that has the wireless short-range communication connection to the first device; and

displaying, by the first device, a second interface in response to a second input of the user, wherein the second interface comprises a selection window having a plurality of selectable control commands associated with communication capability and power of the second device, the selection window is used to set indication information in the first control command by selecting at least one of the plurality of selectable control commands, and the indication information is used to indicate the control action to be performed by the second device,

wherein the second interface further comprises a time window, and time information entered in the time window is used to indicate a time at which the second device performs the control action.

2. The device control method according to claim 1 , wherein

the control action includes at least enabling a wireless communication capability, disabling a wireless communication capability, powering on, or powering off,

the wireless communication capability includes at least a wireless transmit capability and a wireless receive capability,

the wireless transmit capability comprises one or more of a radio frequency transmit capability, a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) transmit capability, or a Bluetooth transmit capability, and

the wireless receive capability comprises one or more of a radio frequency receive capability, a Wi-Fi receive capability, or a Bluetooth receive capability.

3. The device control method according to claim 1 , wherein

when the first input is further used to instruct the first device to be powered off, after sending the first control command to the second device through the wireless short-range communication connection, the method further comprises displaying, by the first device, a power off interface;

when the first input is further used to instruct the first device to disable a wireless communication capability of the first device, after sending the first control command to the second device through the wireless short-range communication connection, the method further comprises disabling, by the first device, the wireless communication capability of the first device, and displaying a third interface comprising indication information indicating that the wireless communication capability of the first device has been disabled; and

when the first input is a start instruction of a first application, the first interface is a display interface of the first application.

4. The device control method according to claim 1 , wherein the time information comprises a first time and a second time; and

the first control command is used to instruct the second device to be powered off at the first time and to be powered on at the second time.

5. The device control method according to claim 4 , wherein the first control command is used to instruct the second device to be powered on and to disable a wireless communication capability at the second time.

6. The device control method according to claim 1 , wherein the time information comprises a first time and a second time; and

the first control command is used to instruct the second device to disable a wireless communication capability at the first time and to enable the wireless communication capability at the second time.

7. The device control method according to claim 1 , wherein the first control command is further used to instruct a third device that has a wireless short-range communication connection to the second device to perform the control action.

8. The device control method according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of selectable control commands include commands for instructing the second device to perform any of disabling transmit capability and enabling receive capability of the second device, disabling transmit capability and disabling receive capability of the second device, enabling transmit capability and enabling receive capability of the second device, powering on the second device, and powering off the second device.

9. The device control method according to claim 1 , wherein the second interface further comprises a time obtaining area for selecting one or more time options read from time information stored in the first device.

10. A device control method, comprising:

establishing, by a second device, a wireless short-range communication connection to a first device;

receiving, by the second device through the wireless short-range communication connection to the first device, a first control command; and

performing, by the second device, a control action according to an instruction of the first control command, wherein

the control action comprises enabling a wireless communication capability, disabling a wireless communication capability, powering on, or powering off,

the first control command further carries time information used to indicate a time at which the second device performs the control action, and

the first control command selectable from a plurality of control commands displayable using a user interface of the first device and designated by operation of the user interface of the first device.

11. The device control method according to claim 10 , wherein

the time information comprises a first time and a second time; and

the second device is powered off at the first time and is powered on and disables the wireless communication capability at the second time according to the first control command.

12. The device control method according to claim 10 , wherein the time information comprises a first time and a second time; and

the second device disables the wireless communication capability at the first time and enables the wireless communication capability at the second time according to the first control command.

13. A first device, comprising:

a processor;

a communications interface configured to communicate with a second device through a wireless short-range communication connection;

a display configured to display a display interface generated by the processor; and

a memory configured to store computer readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the first device to:

establish the wireless short-range communication connection to the second device; and

send a first control command to the second device through the wireless short-range communication connection, wherein the first control command is used to instruct the second device to perform a control action, wherein

before sending the first control command to the second device through the wireless short-range communication connection, the first device is caused to:

display a first interface in response to a first input of a user, wherein the first interface comprises a device connection window, and the device connection window comprises an identifier of a device that has the wireless short-range communication connection to the first device; and

display a second interface in response to a second input of the user, wherein the second interface comprises a selection window having a plurality of selectable control commands associated with communication capability and power of the second device, the selection window is used to set indication information in the first control command by selecting at least one of the plurality of selectable control commands, and the indication information is used to indicate the control action to be performed by the second device,

wherein the second interface further comprises a time window, and time information entered in the time window is used to indicate a time at which the second device performs the control action.

14. The first device according to claim 13 , wherein the control action includes at least enabling a wireless communication capability, disabling a wireless communication capability, powering on, or powering off.

15. The first device according to claim 14 , wherein

the wireless communication capability includes, at least, a wireless transmit capability and a wireless receive capability;

the wireless transmit capability comprises one or more of a radio frequency transmit capability, a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) transmit capability, or a Bluetooth transmit capability; and

the wireless receive capability comprises one or more of a radio frequency receive capability, a Wi-Fi receive capability, and a Bluetooth receive capability.

16. The first device according to claim 13 , wherein

when the first input is further used to instruct the first device to be powered off, after sending the first control command to the second device through the wireless short-range communication connection, the first device is further caused to display a power off interface;

when the first input is further used to instruct the first device to disable a wireless communication capability of the first device, after sending the first control command to the second device through the wireless short-range communication connection, the first device is further caused to disable the wireless communication capability of the first device, and display a third interface comprising indication information indicating that the wireless communication capability of the first device has been disabled; and

when the first input is a start instruction of a first application, the first interface is a display interface of the first application.

17. The first device according to claim 13 , wherein the time information comprises a first time and a second time; and

the first control command is used to instruct the second device to be powered off at the first time and to be powered on at the second time.

18. The first device according to claim 17 , wherein the first control command is used to instruct the second device to be powered on and to disable a wireless communication capability at the second time.

19. The first device according to claim 13 , wherein the time information comprises a first time and a second time; and

the first control command is used to instruct the second device to disable a wireless communication capability at the first time and to enable the wireless communication capability at the second time.

20. The first device according to claim 13 , wherein the first control command is further used to instruct a third device that has a wireless short-range communication connection to the second device to perform the control action.