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US 9,800,718 · App. 15/323,507 · Granted Oct 24, 2017

Method for controlling wearable electronic devices, central apparatus, and central device

Inventor: Yunsheng Kuang (Shenzhen, CN)

Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

H04M1/72577 G08C17/02 H04B1/385 H04M1/7253 G08C2201/93 H04B2001/3861

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Patent No.: US 9,800,718
App. No.: 15/323,507
Granted: Oct 24, 2017
Kind: B2

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Abstract

A method for controlling wearable electronic devices, a central apparatus, and a central device are provided, where the method includes after establishing communication connections to at least two wearable electronic devices, determining, by the central device, whether the at least two wearable electronic devices support a same function, and obtaining device information of the wearable electronic devices supporting the same function when the at least two wearable electronic devices support a same function, and determining, according to the device information, at least one of the wearable electronic devices that support the same function as a target wearable electronic device, and disabling a service that is corresponding to the same function and that is on the target wearable electronic device.

Claims (73)

1. A method for controlling wearable electronic devices, wherein the method is executed by a central device and comprises:

determining whether at least two wearable electronic devices support a same function after establishing communication connections to the at least two wearable electronic devices;

obtaining device information of the wearable electronic devices that support the same function when the at least two wearable electronic devices support the same function, wherein the device information comprises a device identification, a current battery, and at least one of a power consumption speed or a sensor model;

determining, according to the device information, at least one of the wearable electronic devices that support the same function as a target wearable electronic device by:

obtaining, according to characteristic values corresponding to the device information of each of the wearable electronic devices that support the same function and according to a weight of each type of device information, a weighted characteristic value corresponding to each of the wearable electronic devices that support the same function; and

determining, according to the weighted characteristic value corresponding to each of the wearable electronic devices that support the same function, the target wearable electronic device from the wearable electronic devices that support the same function; and

disabling a service that is corresponding to the same function and that is on the target wearable electronic device.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining whether the at least two wearable electronic devices support the same function comprises:

obtaining service lists of the at least two wearable electronic devices;

determining, according to the service lists, whether the at least two wearable electronic devices support a same service;

obtaining characteristic lists that are of the wearable electronic devices that support the same service and that are corresponding to the same service when the at least two wearable electronic devices support the same service;

determining, according to the characteristic lists, whether characteristics of the same services supported by the wearable electronic devices that support the same service are the same; and

determining that the wearable electronic devices that support the same service support the same function when the characteristics are the same.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining at least one of the wearable electronic devices that support the same function as the target wearable electronic device comprises setting a carry-on wearable electronic device as the target wearable electronic device when the wearable electronic devices that support the same function comprise the carry-on wearable electronic device and a non-carry-on wearable electronic device according to device identifications.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the device information comprises the power consumption speed, and wherein determining at least one of the wearable electronic devices that support the same function as the target wearable electronic device further comprises:

setting a carry-on wearable electronic device as the target wearable electronic device when the wearable electronic devices that support the same function comprise the carry-on wearable electronic device and a non-carry-on wearable electronic device according to device identifications; and

obtaining, according to the current battery and the power consumption speed that are of each of the wearable electronic devices that support the same function, a correspondence between the current battery and a characteristic value, a correspondence between the power consumption speed and the characteristic value, a weight of the power consumption speed, and a weight of the current battery, the weighted characteristic value corresponding to each of the wearable electronic devices that support the same function when the wearable electronic devices that support the same function are all carry-on wearable electronic devices or are all non-carry-on wearable electronic devices according to device identifications,

wherein the weight of the power consumption speed is higher than the weight of the current battery when the current batteries of the wearable electronic devices that support the same function are all greater than a first threshold, and

wherein the weight of the current battery is higher than the weight of the power consumption speed when at least one of the current batteries of the wearable electronic devices that support the same function is less than the first threshold.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the device information comprises the sensor model, and wherein determining at least one of the wearable electronic devices that support the same function as the target wearable electronic device further comprises:

obtaining, according to the current battery and the sensor model that are of each of the wearable electronic devices that support the same function, a correspondence between the current battery and a characteristic value, a correspondence between the sensor model and the characteristic value, a weight of a current electricity quantity, and a weight of the sensor model, the weighted characteristic value corresponding to each of the wearable electronic devices that support the same function when the wearable electronic devices that support the same function are all carry-on wearable electronic devices or are all non-carry-on wearable electronic devices according to device identifications,

wherein the weight of the sensor model is higher than the weight of the current battery when the current batteries of the wearable electronic devices that support the same function are all greater than a second threshold, and

wherein the weight of the current battery is higher than the weight of the sensor model when at least one of the current batteries of the wearable electronic devices that support the same function is less than the second threshold.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining at least one of the wearable electronic devices that support the same function as the target wearable electronic device further comprises:

obtaining, according to the current battery, the power consumption speed, and the sensor model that are of each of the wearable electronic devices that support the same function, a correspondence between the current battery and a characteristic value, a correspondence between the power consumption speed and the characteristic value, a correspondence between the sensor model and a characteristic value, a weight of the power consumption speed, a weight of the current battery, and a weight of the sensor model, the weighted characteristic value corresponding to each of the wearable electronic devices that support the same function when the wearable electronic devices that support the same function are all carry-on wearable electronic devices or are all non-carry-on wearable electronic devices according to device identifications,

wherein the weight of the sensor model is higher than both the weight of the current battery and the weight of the power consumption speed when the current batteries of the wearable electronic devices that support the same function are all greater than a third threshold,

wherein the weight of the power consumption speed is higher than both the weight of the current battery and the weight of the sensor model when the current batteries of the wearable electronic devices that support the same function are all greater than a fourth threshold and at least one of the current batteries is less than the third threshold, wherein the fourth threshold is less than the third threshold, and

wherein the weight of the current battery is higher than both the weight of the power consumption speed and the weight of the sensor model when at least one of the current batteries of the wearable electronic devices that support the same function is less than the fourth threshold.

7. A central device, comprising;

a transceiver configured to establish communication connections to at least two wearable electronic devices; and

a processor coupled to the transceiver and configured to:

determine whether the at least two wearable electronic devices support a same function after the transceiver establishes the communication connections;

obtain device information of the wearable electronic devices that support the same function when the at least two wearable electronic devices support the same function, wherein the device information comprises a device identification, a current battery, and at least one of a power consumption speed or a sensor model;

determine, according to the device information, at least one of the wearable electronic devices that support the same function as a target wearable electronic device;

obtain, according to characteristic values corresponding to the device information of each of the wearable electronic devices that support the same function and according to a weight of each type of device information, a weighted characteristic value corresponding to each of the wearable electronic devices that support the same function; and

determine, according to the weighted characteristic value corresponding to each of the wearable electronic devices that support the same function, the target wearable electronic device from the wearable electronic devices that support the same function,

wherein the transceiver is further configured to send a disable instruction to the target wearable electronic device, to disable a service that is corresponding to the same function and that is on the target wearable electronic device.

8. The central device according to claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

obtain service lists supported by the at least two wearable electronic devices;

determine, according to the service lists, whether the at least two wearable electronic devices support a same service;

obtain characteristic lists that are of the wearable electronic devices that support the same service and that are corresponding to the same service when the at least two wearable electronic devices support the same service;

determine, according to the characteristic lists, whether characteristics of the same services supported by the wearable electronic devices that support the same service are the same; and

determine that the wearable electronic devices that support the same service support the same function when the characteristics are the same.

9. The central device according to claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to set a carry-on wearable electronic device as the target wearable electronic device when the wearable electronic devices that support the same function comprise the carry-on wearable electronic device and a non-carry-on wearable electronic device according to device identifications.

10. The central device according to claim 7 , wherein the device information comprises the power consumption speed, and wherein the processor is further configured to:

set a carry-on wearable electronic device as the target wearable electronic device when the wearable electronic devices that support the same function comprise the carry-on wearable electronic device and a non-carry-on wearable electronic device according to device identifications; and

obtain, according to the current battery and the power consumption speed that are of each of the wearable electronic devices that support the same function, a correspondence between the current battery and a characteristic value, a correspondence between the power consumption speed and the characteristic value, a weight of the power consumption speed, and a weight of the current battery, the weighted characteristic value corresponding to each of the wearable electronic devices that support the same function according to device identifications when the wearable electronic devices that support the same function are all carry-on wearable electronic devices or are all non-carry-on wearable electronic devices,

11. The central device according to claim 7 , wherein the device information comprises the sensor model, and wherein the processor is further configured to:

obtain, according to the current battery and the sensor model that are of each of the wearable electronic devices that support the same function, a correspondence between the current battery and a characteristic value, a correspondence between the sensor model and the characteristic value, a weight of a current electricity quantity, and a weight of the sensor model, the weighted characteristic value corresponding to each of the wearable electronic devices that support the same function when the wearable electronic devices that support the same function are all carry-on wearable electronic devices or are all non-carry-on wearable electronic devices according to device identifications,

12. The central device according to claim 7 , wherein the device information comprises the power consumption speed and the sensor model, and wherein the processor is further configured to:

obtain, according to the current battery, the power consumption speed, and the sensor model that are of each of the wearable electronic devices that support the same function, a correspondence between the current battery and a characteristic value, a correspondence between the power consumption speed and the characteristic value, a correspondence between the sensor model and a characteristic value, a weight of the power consumption speed, a weight of the current battery, and a weight of the sensor model, the weighted characteristic value corresponding to each of the wearable electronic devices that support the same function when the wearable electronic devices that support the same function are all carry-on wearable electronic devices or are all non-carry-on wearable electronic devices according to device identifications,

13. A method for controlling wearable electronic devices, wherein the method is executed by a central device and comprises:

determining whether at least two wearable electronic devices support a same function after establishing communication connections to the at least two wearable electronic devices;

determining, according to the device information, at least one of the wearable electronic devices that support the same function as a target wearable electronic device by:

obtaining, according to the current battery, the power consumption speed, and the sensor model that are of each of the wearable devices that support the same function, a correspondence between the current battery and a characteristic value, a correspondence between the power consumption speed and the characteristic value, a correspondence between the sensor model and a characteristic value, a weight of the power consumption speed, a weight of the current battery, and a weight of the sensor model, a weighted characteristic value corresponding to each of the wearable electronic devices that support the same function when the wearable electronic devices that support the same function are all carry-on wearable electronic devices or are all non-carry-on wearable electronic devices according to device identifications; and

disabling a service that is corresponding to the same function and that is on the target wearable electronic device.

Assignments (1)

ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 4, 2017

From: KUANG, YUNSHENG

To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

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Continuity (1)

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