# US 12,763,986 B2 · Process control method performed by a common service entity > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,763,986 B2 - Document ID: US12763986B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/273,994 - Filed: 2022-01-21 - Published: 2025-05-22 - Granted: 2026-10-13 - Earliest claimed: 2021-01-26 - Assignees: Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Qian Zhang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12763986B2 ## CPC - H04L 12/2827: {Reporting to a device within the home network; wherein the reception of the information reported automatically triggers the execution of a home appliance functionality} - G06F 9/5077: {Logical partitioning of resources; Management or configuration of virtualized resources (specific details on emulation or internal functioning of virtual machines G06F9/455)} - G16Y 40/00: IoT characterised by the purpose of the information processing - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G16Y: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE INTERNET OF THINGS [IoT] ## Abstract The present disclosure relates to a process control method performed by a common service entity, a process control method performed by an application entity, and a process control method for Internet of Things. Wherein, the process control method performed by the common service entity includes: receiving a request to create an advanced state resource, wherein the advanced state resource is associated with a state resource of a plurality of state resources in a process management resource, and the advanced state resource is linked to at least one action resource of its associated state resource; creating the advanced state resource as a sub-resource of the process management resource according to the request to create an advanced state resource; and processing the process management resource, and setting a value of a current state attribute in the process management resource as an identifier of a state resource associated with the advanced state resource. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A process control method performed by a common service entity, comprising: receiving a request to create an advanced state resource, wherein the advanced state resource is associated with a state resource of a plurality of state resources in a process management resource, and the advanced state resource is used to simulate that the condition for triggering an operation of an action resource has been satisfied in advance; creating the advanced state resource as a sub-resource of the process management resource according to the request to create an advanced state resource; and processing the process management resource, and setting a value of a current state attribute in the process management resource as an identifier of a state resource associated with the advanced state resource. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The process control method according to claim 1, wherein the request to create an advanced state resource further includes an advanced control attribute corresponding to the advanced state resource, and the setting of the value of the current state attribute in the process management resource as the identifier of the state resource associated with the advanced state resource further comprises: setting the value of the current state attribute in the process management resource as a value corresponding to the advanced state resource in a case that the advanced control attribute indicates that the advanced state resource is enabled; and setting the value of the current state attribute in the process management resource as a value of an initial state attribute in the process management resource in a case that the advanced control attribute indicates that the advanced state resource is disabled. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The process control method according to claim 1, wherein creating the advanced state resource as the sub-resource of the process management resource further comprises: creating a state resource associated with the advanced state resource as a sub-resource of the advanced state resource, wherein the state resource is linked to at least one action resource through a state action attribute. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The process control method according to claim 1, wherein creating the advanced state resource as the sub-resource of the process management resource further comprises: creating an identifier of a state resource associated with the advanced state resource as an attribute of the advanced state resource; and creating a subset of action resources included in the state resource associated with the advanced state resource as sub-resources of the advanced state resource. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The process control method according to claim 1, wherein creating the advanced state resource as the sub-resource of the process management resource further comprises: creating an index pair consisting of an identifier of a state resource associated with the advanced state resource and an identifier of at least one action resource included in the state resource, as an attribute of the advanced state resource. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The process control method according to claim 1, wherein creating the advanced state resource as the sub-resource of the process management resource further comprises: creating a state status attribute of the advanced state resource, wherein the state status attribute indicates whether the process management resource is processing the advanced state resource; and creating a state transition attribute of the advanced state resource, wherein the state transition attribute indicates a condition for transition to a continuous state resource and the continuous state resource. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The process control method according to claim 1, wherein, before receiving the request to create an advanced state resource, the method further comprises: receiving a request to create a process management resource, and creating the process management resource according to the request to create a process management resource; receiving a request to create a plurality of state resources, and creating the plurality of state resources as sub-resources of the process management resource according to the request to create a plurality of state resources; receiving a request to create at least one action resource, wherein the at least one action resource corresponds to one of the plurality of state resources; and linking the at least one action resource to its corresponding state resource according to the request to create at least one action resource. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The process control method according to claim 7, wherein at least one action resource of the state resource associated with the advanced state resource includes a target resource and a target operation, and the method further comprises: triggering a target operation for the target resource. ### Claim 9 A method performed by an Internet of Things IoT terminal, comprising: displaying a plurality of states in a set IoT process and actions associated with the plurality of states; acquiring information for adjusting IoT process, wherein the information for adjusting IoT process instructs the IoT process to advance into one of the plurality of states for skipping at least one state of the plurality of states; and instructing the IoT device associated with the state to execute an action associated with the state based on the information for adjusting IoT process. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein the displaying the plurality of states in the set IoT process and the actions associated with the plurality of states further comprises: displaying an IoT intelligent scene setting interface, wherein the IoT intelligent scene setting interface includes a plurality of set IoT processes; and in response to triggering a selection of one of the plurality of IoT processes, displaying a detailed setting page for further setting the selected IoT process, and displaying a plurality of states in the IoT process and a plurality of actions associated with the plurality of states on the detailed setting page. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, wherein the acquiring the information for adjusting IoT process further comprises: in response to triggering a selection of one of the plurality of states in the IoT process, acquiring the information for adjusting IoT process, wherein the information for adjusting IoT process instructs the IoT process to enter the selected state; or in response to triggering a selection of one of the plurality of actions in the IoT process, acquiring the information for adjusting IoT process, wherein the information for adjusting IoT process instructs the IoT process to process the selected action. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, wherein the instructing the IoT device associated with the state to execute the action associated with the state further comprises: transmitting a request to create an advanced state resource to a service gateway of IoT, so as to instruct the IoT device associated with the state to execute the action associated with the state. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, wherein the advanced state resource is associated with a state resource of a plurality of state resources in a process management resource; and the method further comprises: receiving a response to create an advanced state resource, wherein the response to create an advanced state resource indicates that the advanced state resource is created as a sub-resource of the process management resource. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method according to claim 13, wherein the request to create an advanced state resource further includes an advanced control attribute corresponding to the advanced state resource, and the advanced control attribute indicates that the advanced state resource is enabled or disabled. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method according to claim 13, wherein the request to create an advanced state resource includes an identifier of a state resource associated with the advanced state resource. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The method according to claim 13, wherein the request to create an advanced state resource includes an identifier of a state resource associated with the advanced state resource and a set of identifiers of action resources, wherein the set of identifiers of the action resources is a subset of identifiers of all action resources included in the state resource associated with the advanced state resource. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The method according to claim 13, wherein the request to create an advanced state resource includes an identifier of a state resource associated with the advanced state resource and an identifier of one of a plurality of action resources included in the state resource. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The method according to claim 13, wherein the request to create an advanced state resource further includes a state transition attribute, wherein, the state transition attribute indicates a condition for transition to a continuous state resource and the continuous state resource. ### Claim 19 A process control method for Internet of Things IoT, comprising: transmitting, by an application entity to a common service entity, a request to create a process management resource; receiving, by the common service entity, the request to create a process management resource, and creating the process management resource according to the request to create a process management resource; transmitting, by the application entity to the common service entity, a request to create a plurality of state resources; receiving, by the common service entity, the request to create a plurality of state resources, and creating the plurality of state resources as sub-resources of the process management resource according to the request to create a plurality of state resources; transmitting, by the application entity to the common service entity, a request to create at least one action resource, wherein the at least one action resource corresponds to one of the plurality of state resources; receiving, by the common service entity, the request to create at least one action resource, and linking the at least one action resource to its corresponding state resource according to the request to create at least one action resource; transmitting, by the application entity to the common service entity, a request to create an advanced state resource, wherein the advanced state resource is associated with a state resource of a plurality of state resources in a process management resource, and the advanced state resource is used to simulate that the condition for triggering an operation of an action resource has been satisfied in advance; receiving, by the common service entity, the request to create an advanced state resource, and creating the advanced state resource as a sub-resource of the process management resource according to the request to create an advanced state resource; and processing, by the common service entity, the process management resource, and setting a value of a current state attribute in the process management resource as an identifier of a state resource associated with the advanced state resource. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The process control method according to claim 19, wherein at least one action resource of the state resource associated with the advanced state resource includes a target resource and a target operation, and the method further comprises: triggering a target operation for the target resource.