Smart Home Scene Segmentation for Multi-Node Load Balancing

Resolve Bottlenecks,
Find Innovative Solutions
Generate Solutions

Solution Overview

Problem

The deployment of a large quantity of scenes on a host in a smart home network leads to performance bottlenecks, slower responses, and potential system crashes due to increased load.

Innovation Solution

A smart home scene deployment method that distributes scenes across multiple nodes in the network based on architecture and historical load information, segmenting events, conditions, and actions to balance load and improve execution performance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If scenes are deployed on a single host, then scene management is simple and centralized, but the host load increases leading to performance bottlenecks and system crashes

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvescene management complexityVSAvoidhost performance stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the scene deployment architecture by dividing scenes into multiple scene segments and distributing them across different nodes (host, extension host, gateway) in the smart home network. This segmentation reduces the load on any single node, preventing performance bottlenecks and system crashes while maintaining manageable complexity through structured distribution.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Productivity

If scenes are distributed across multiple nodes, then host load is reduced and performance improves, but scene deployment complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvescene execution efficiencyVSAvoidscene deployment complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements self-service mechanisms where nodes automatically evaluate their own load conditions and make decisions about scene segment deployment. The host evaluates load information from different nodes and automatically deploys scene segments to appropriate nodes without manual intervention, reducing deployment complexity while improving execution efficiency through optimized load distribution.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where load information from various nodes is continuously evaluated, and deployment decisions are adjusted based on this feedback. This allows the system to dynamically optimize scene segment placement across nodes, improving execution efficiency while managing complexity through adaptive decision-making.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Ease of operation

If all scene segments are deployed on the host, then scene execution is centralized and simple to manage, but response time increases due to host processing overhead

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvescene management easeVSAvoidscene response speed
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSSpeed

Solution Approach 1:

By segmenting scenes and distributing execution across multiple nodes including extension hosts and gateways, the system reduces centralized processing overhead on the host. This segmentation enables parallel execution of scene segments across different nodes, improving response speed while maintaining manageable operational complexity through structured distribution.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

4Productivity

If scene segments are distributed across multiple nodes, then load is balanced and execution performance improves, but coordination overhead between nodes increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvescene execution efficiencyVSAvoidnode coordination time
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-evaluating load conditions of different nodes before deploying scene segments. This advance planning allows for optimized placement of scene segments on nodes with appropriate load capacity, reducing coordination overhead during actual scene execution and improving overall execution efficiency without significant time loss.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentEP4697656A1Deployment method and system for smart-home scenario, and electronic device and storage medium
Publication Date: 2026.02.18 HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
  • EP4697656A1 patent drawingFigure 1
  • EP4697656A1 patent drawingFigure 2
  • EP4697656A1 patent drawingFigure 3~4

AI summary

This application provides a smart home scene deployment method and system, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining a target scene and architecture information of a smart home network; and deploying the target scene on a target node based on the architecture information of the smart home network. The target node includes a first node and/or a second node, the first node is a host in the smart home network, and the second node includes an extension host and/or a gateway in the smart home network. The method provided in this application helps improve scene execution performance.