IP Library Granted Patent US 11,533,225
Granted Patent B2
US 11,533,225 · App. 16/797,757 · Granted Dec 20, 2022

Method, apparatus, and system for monitoring network access state of network distribution device

Inventor: Zhen Tao (Hangzhou, CN)
H04L41/0816H04L41/082H04L41/0886H04L41/12H04L69/22H04W84/12
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Patent No.
US 11,533,225
App. No.
16/797,757
Granted
Dec 20, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method including a network configuration device acquiring at least one channel including at least one of the following channels: a target channel and at least one initial channel, wherein the target channel is a channel used when the network distribution device is connected to a hotspot successfully; the network configuration device sending a request message to the network distribution device through the at least one channel; and the network configuration device determining, in the case of receiving a response packet, network state information of the network distribution device based on the response packet, wherein the network distribution device feeds back the response packet based on the request message. The present disclosure has solved the technical problem in the conventional techniques that users fail to determine whether the network distribution device has accessed a network successfully when the network distribution device is accessing the network.

Claims (42)

1. A method comprising:

acquiring, by a network configuration device, at least one channel;

sending, by the network configuration device, a request message to a network distribution device via a respect channel of the at least one channel sequentially;

determining, by the network configuration device, that a response packet from the network distribution device is not received;

sending, by the network configuration device, the request message via a next channel of the at least one channel; and

determining, by the network configuration device, that network state information of the network distribution device based on the response packet is received from the network distribution device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the network distribution device sends the response packet based on the request message.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one channel comprises at least one of: a target channel and at least one initial channel, wherein the target channel is a channel used when the network distribution device is connected to a hotspot successfully.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

stopping sending, by the network configuration device, the request message to the network distribution device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request message comprises a query request message requesting for acquiring the network state information of the network distribution device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the response packet comprises a query response message containing the network state information of the network distribution device.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the network configuration device configures a network to which the network distribution device accesses.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the network distribution device accesses a wireless local area network hotspot.

9. One or more memories storing computer-readable instructions that, executable by one or more processors of a network configuration device, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:

acquiring at least one channel;

sending, to a network distribution device via one or more initial channel of the at least one channel, a request message for acquiring wireless local area network (WLAN) network state information of the network distribution device, the WLAN network state information including network condition information of a WLAN hotspot;

upon determining that a response packet from the network distribution device is not received, sending, to the network distribution device, the request message via a next channel of the at least one channel;

receiving the response packet returned by the network distribution device in response to sending the request message using the next channel of the at least one channel; and

determining the WLAN network state information of the network distribution device based on the response packet.

10. The one or more memories of claim 9 , wherein:

the at least one channel comprises at least one of: a target channel and at least one initial channel,

the target channel is a channel used when the network distribution device is connected to a hotspot successfully; and

an initial channel is a preset channel representing a connecting channel used by default when a network connection between the network distribution device and the network configuration device is successful.

11. The one or more memories of claim 9 , wherein the network distribution device accesses the WLAN hotspot.

12. The one or more memories of claim 9 , wherein the network configuration device configures a network to which the network distribution device accesses.

13. The one or more memories of claim 9 , wherein the response packet comprises a query response message containing the network state information of the network distribution device.

14. The one or more memories of claim 9 , wherein the request message comprises a query request message requesting for acquiring the network state information of the network distribution device.

15. A network configuration device comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memories storing computer readable instructions that, executable by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:

acquiring at least one channel;

sending a request message to a network distribution device via a respect channel of the at least one channel sequentially;

determining that a response packet from the network distribution device is not received;

sending the request message via a next channel of the at least one channel; and

determining that network state information of the network distribution device based on the response packet is received from the network distribution device.

16. The network configuration device of claim 15 , wherein the acts further comprise:

stopping sending the request message to the network distribution device.

17. The network configuration device of claim 15 , wherein the at least one channel comprises at least one of: a target channel and at least one initial channel, wherein the target channel is a channel used when the network distribution device is connected to a hotspot successfully.

18. The network configuration device of claim 15 , wherein the request message comprises a query request message requesting for acquiring the network state information of the network distribution device.

19. The network configuration device of claim 15 , wherein the response packet comprises a query response message containing the network state information of the network distribution device.

20. The network configuration device of claim 15 , wherein the network configuration device configures a network to which the network distribution device accesses.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2026
From: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
To: CLOUD INTELLIGENCE ASSETS HOLDING (SINGAPORE) PRIVATE LIMITED
Reel/Frame 075499/0384 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2020
From: TAO, ZHEN
To: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
Reel/Frame 053620/0189 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201710724461.7 · Aug 22, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
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