Device control method and apparatus

A device control apparatus, comprising:

• a device searching module, configured to connect to a current LAN and search a device in the LAN;
• a device management group determining module;
• configured to determine whether there is a created device management group corresponding to the device or more, wherein the device management group corresponds to one or more devices;
• an account determining module, configured to determine whether there is an account bound to the device management group when there is a created device management group;
• and
• a binding module, configure to, when there is no account bound to the device management group, bind a current account of a user to the device management group, thereby obtaining control of the device corresponding to the device management group according to a binding relationship between the current account of the user and the device management group.

A device control method, applied to a server, the method comprising:

• recording information of a device, information of a device management group, a correspondence between the device and the device management group, and a binding relationship between the device management group and the corresponding account;
• receiving an instruction of deleting a device management group from a binding account thereof;
• finding an account bound to the device management group;
• and
• deleting the account.