Patent ID: 8732289
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling execution of an automatic process, comprising: sending, by a first device to a second device, a notification message that carries information about a first stop point which is set in the first device, and information about a first automatic process which is currently running on the first device, wherein when the first automatic process runs to the first stop point, the first device stops running the first automatic process; receiving, by the first device, a resume command that carries information about a second stop point and information about a second automatic process sent from the second device after the notification message is received by the second device, wherein the resume command further carries time information indicating a time point; determining, by the first device, whether the information about the first automatic process is the same as the information about the second automatic process; if it has been determined by the first device that the information about the first automatic process is the same as the information about the second automatic process, determining, by the first device, whether the information of the second stop point carried in the resume command is the same as the information of the first stop point; resuming, by the first device, the first automatic process from the first stop point according to the resume command only when the information of the second stop point carried in the resume command is the same as the information of the first stop point; and waiting, by the first device, at the first stop point of the first automatic process, when the information of the second stop point carried in the resume command is not the same as the information of the first stop point.