Personal area network management method and personal area network system
AssigneeZte Corporation
InventorsLizhe Yao, Jun Chen, Guoqiang Shang
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Abstract
A Personal Area Network (PN) management method is disclosed. The method includes that a PN manager is set for a PN to manage the PN. Correspondingly, a PN system is disclosed. By the method and system, a user can set a PN manager and managed PN equipment of his/her own PN according to his/her own needs, and when a large amount of equipment exists in the PN, some PN equipment in the PN can be conveniently, rapidly and effectively managed through the PN manager.
Claims18
A Personal Area Network (PN) management method, comprising:
- setting one piece of PN equipment in the PN as a PN manager for managing the PN;
- and
- managing the PN by the PN manager;
- wherein managing the PN by the PN manager comprises:
- deleting the PN manager itself;
- wherein deleting the PN manager itself comprises:
- transmitting, by PN equipment serving as the PN manager, a manager deletion request to a PN gateway;
- forwarding, by the PN gateway, the manager deletion request to a PN server;
- deleting, by the PN server, the PN manager of the PN, and returning a response to the PN gateway;
- forwarding, by the PN gateway, the response to the PN equipment;
- and
- transmitting, by the PN gateway, a notice to other PN equipment belonging to the PN to notify the other PN equipment that the PN manager has been deleted;
- wherein the PN includes the PN equipment serving as the PN manager, the PN gateway, the PN server and the other PN equipment.
A Personal Network (PN) system, comprising one piece of PN equipment which is set as a PN manager in the PN for managing the PN, wherein the PN equipment which is set as the PN manager is configured to manage a PN;
- wherein the PN equipment which is set as the PN manager is configured to initiate at least one of following operation:
- deleting the PN equipment which is set as the PN manager;
- wherein
- the PN equipment which is set as the PN manager is further configured to transmit a manager deletion request to the PN gateway;
- the PN gateway is further configured to forward the manager deletion request to the PN server, forward a response returned by the PN server to the PN equipment and transmit a notice to the other PN equipment belonging to the PN to notify the other PN equipment that the PN manager has been deleted;
- and
- the PN server is further configured to delete the PN manager of the PN when receiving the manager deletion request, and return the response to the PN gateway.
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