Control Server Notification Trigger for Offline Device Management

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current systems lack the ability for a control server to proactively instruct a user to perform management control operations on a terminal device after a management control request message is sent, especially when the device is lost or offline, leading to delayed user intervention.

Innovation Solution

The control server triggers a notification message to be sent to a designated receiving device via a notification message sending server once a management control response is received from the terminal device, using addresses such as phone numbers, email addresses, or short message numbers to inform the user of the device's status and enable timely management control operations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of time

If the control server waits for the management control request message to reach the terminal device before notifying the user, then the system maintains simple operation flow, but the user response time is delayed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser response timeVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The control server proactively sends a notification message to the user's receiving device as soon as the management control request is sent to the terminal device, without waiting for the terminal to respond or come online. This preliminary notification action allows the user to be informed immediately and prepare for the management control operation, significantly reducing the user response time while maintaining relatively simple system architecture.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If the control server proactively sends notification messages to inform users of device status, then the user can perform management operations in time, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemanagement operation reliabilityVSAvoidsystem architecture complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system introduces a receiving device as an intermediary component that receives notification messages from the control server and relays information to the user. This intermediary architecture allows the control server to proactively notify users of terminal device status and management control opportunities, improving the reliability of management operations by ensuring users are informed in a timely manner, while distributing system complexity across multiple components rather than concentrating it in the control server.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentEP2814201B1Notification message sending method and management control apparatus
Publication Date: 2019.07.10 HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for sending a notification message, a management control apparatus, and a terminal device. After a control server receives a management control response message returned by a terminal device, the control server triggers, according to a sending address of a notification message, a notification message sending server to send the notification message to a receiving device corresponding to the sending address of the notification message, so that a user can learn through the receiving device in time that it is possible to perform a management control operation on the terminal device.