Electronic device, method and storage medium for monitoring connection state of client devices

A method for monitoring a connection state of a client device, the method comprising:

• determining whether a client device needs to be always online according to a predetermined rule;
• in response to determining that the client device needs to be always online, adding the client device to a first list;
• monitoring a connection state of a listed client device in the first list, wherein the monitoring comprises configuring one or more radios of the electronic device to receive a signal from the client device and performing one or more processing operations on the received signal;
• and
• sending an alert to the user in response to determining that the listed client device in the first list is offline;
• wherein the method is performed by an electronic device.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor of an electronic device, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• determining whether a client device needs to be always online according to a predetermined rule;
• in response to determining that the client device needs to be always online, adding the client device to a first list;
• monitoring a connection state of a listed client device in the first list, wherein the monitoring comprises configuring one or more radios of the electronic device to receive a signal from the client device and performing one or more processing operations on the received signal;
• and
• sending an alert to the user in response to determining that the listed client device in the first list is offline.