Method and device for remotely controlling household appliance, and computer readable storage medium

A device for remotely controlling a first appliance manufactured by a first manufacturer and a second appliance manufactured by a second manufacturer, comprising at least one processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores therein instructions executable by the at least one processor, and the instructions are executed by the at least one processor to enable the at least one processor to:

• establish a third social account with a social application server;
• send, from the third social account, a first concerning request and a second concerning request respectively to a first social account and a second social account of the social application server to establish a mutual concerning relationship with the first appliance and the second appliance, wherein the first social account is established for the first appliance upon a request from a first manufacturer server of the first manufacturer and the second social account is established for the second appliance upon a request from a second manufacturer server of the second manufacturer when the first appliance and second appliance leave factory;
• send, from the third social account, a first binding request with the first appliance and a second binding request from the second appliance according to the mutual concerning relationship to establish a first binding relationship with the first appliance and a second binding relationship with the second appliance;
• send, from the third social account to the social application server, a first control command and a second control command respectively configured to instruct the first appliance and the second appliance each to execute one of a power-on operation and a power-off operation, wherein the first control command identifies the first social account and the second control command identifies the second social account;
• control the first appliance via the first manufacturer server and the second appliance via the second manufacturer server to perform one of the power-on operation and the power-off operation, wherein the first manufacturer server and the second manufacturer respectively receive the first control command and second control command sent from the social application server using a common protocol, identifies the first appliance and the second appliance from the first control command and the second control command, reformats the first control command and the second control command, and sends the reformatted first control command and second control command respectively via a first private protocol and a second private protocol to the first appliance and the second appliance for execution.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, which when executed by one or more processors to controlling a first appliance manufactured by a first manufacturer and a second appliance manufactured by a second manufacturer by:

• establishing a third social account with a social application server;
• sending, from the third social account, a first concerning request and a second concerning request respectively to a first social account and a second social account of the social application server to establish a mutual concerning relationship with the first appliance and the second appliance, wherein the first social account is established for the first appliance upon a request from a first manufacturer server of the first manufacturer and the second social account is established for the second appliance upon a request from a second manufacturer server of the second manufacturer when the first appliance and second appliance leave factory;
• sending, from the third social account, a first binding request with the first appliance and a second binding request from the second appliance according to the mutual concerning relationship to establish a first binding relationship with the first appliance and a second binding relationship with the second appliance;
• sending, from the third social account to the social application server, a first control command and a second control command respectively configured to instruct the first appliance and the second appliance each to execute one of a power-on operation and a power-off operation, wherein the first control command identifies the first social account and the second control command identifies the second social account;
• controlling the first appliance via the first manufacturer server and the second appliance via the second manufacturer server to perform one of the power-on operation and the power-off operation, wherein the first manufacturer server and the second manufacturer respectively receive the first control command and second control command sent from the social application server using a common protocol, identifies the first appliance and the second appliance from the first control command and the second control command, reformats the first control command and the second control command, and sends the reformatted first control command and second control command respectively via a first private protocol and a second private protocol to the first appliance and the second appliance for execution.