Patent ID: 11949805
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method for calling by a call system, the method comprises:
obtaining, by a first electronic device, of the call system from a server of the call system, a respective association relationship between a first account for a first application installed on a second electronic device and each of an identifier of a home device of the call system and an identifier of the first electronic device, wherein the call system comprises the first electronic device, the second electronic device, the server, and the home device, and wherein the first application corresponding to the home device is logged into with the first account for responding to a user operation causing the second electronic device to send an association relationship between the first account and each of the identifiers of the home device and the second electronic device to the server;
displaying, by the first electronic device, a call screen based on the association relationship;
receiving, on the call screen, a first user operation used for calling the first account;
in response to the first user operation, sending, by the first electronic device to the server, a call request used for calling the second electronic device and a call request used for calling the home device;
separately initiating, by the server, calling to the second electronic device and the home device, wherein the calling carries a simultaneous-ringing identifier;
outputting, by the second electronic device, an incoming call prompt when receiving the calling;
when the calling carrying the simultaneous-ringing identifier is detected, determining by the home device, a device whose distance from the home device is within a specified threshold;
detecting, by the home device based on the association relationship, whether the device within the specified threshold comprises a specific device having a same account as the first account and the specific device comprises the second electronic device; and
outputting, by the home device, an incoming call prompt if the device within the specified threshold comprises the specific device having the same account.