MONITORING A DEVICE STATUS FOR AN APPLICATION

摘要

The technology described herein provides a mechanism to monitor a status of external devices on behalf of applications running on a computing device. In one aspect, a monitoring application running on a computing device receives monitoring requests from multiple applications on the computing device. Each monitoring request can provide device details for an external device to be monitored and specific relationship status that defines when a notification should be sent to the application associated with the monitoring request. When the current relationship status corresponds to the specific relationship status for a device matching the device details, then a notification can be sent to the application. The individual application does not need to actively monitor a device status and can remain in an inactive state while monitoring is ongoing.

主权项

1. A computing device comprising:
at least one processor; and memory having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, based on execution by the at least one processor, configure the at least one processor to monitor an external device status on behalf of multiple applications installed on the computing device by being configured to: receive a monitoring request from an application installed on the computing device, the monitoring request comprising a device description for an external device and a specific relationship status between the computing device and the external device; monitor a current relationship status between the computing device and the external device; determine whether the current relationship status corresponds to the specific relationship status; and based at least on the determination that the current relationship status corresponds to the specific relationship status, communicate a notification to the application indicating that the current relationship status corresponds to the specific relationship status, the application being in an inactive state when the notification is communicated.