METHOD AND INSTRUMENT FOR INTELLIGENT DEVICE CONTROL Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC G06F3/00 G06F3/481 

FIELD: information technology.

SUBSTANCE: method includes: in a state of the screen lock when it is determined that the first user performs a predetermined operation in relation to the control keys on the screen lock interface of the target device, obtaining the relevant information of intelligent hardware device via the predetermined protocol of the Internet of the smart home things, and displaying the corresponding information on the control interface; and when it is detected that the second user operates a predetermined operation referring to any intelligent hardware device, on the control interface, implementing the control corresponding to the second predetermined operation by any intelligent hardware device using the protocol of the Internet of the smart home things.

EFFECT: enabling the control operations on an intelligent hardware device while the terminal screen is locked, avoiding the long memory usage of the terminal device by the application, reducing the memory of the terminal device and reducing the power consumption of the terminal device.

23 cl, 11 dwg