Device control method and device control apparatus

The invention discloses a device control method and a device control apparatus, belonging to the technical field of computers. The method comprises the following steps of: receiving control information transmitted by a terminal, wherein the control information comprises a control instruction and signature information, and the signature information is transmitted to the terminal by a server; authenticating the signature information; and when the signature information passes authentication, executing operations corresponding to the control instruction through an intelligent device. According to the method and the device, an intelligent module can authenticate the identity of the terminal according to the signature information, after the terminal passes the authentication, the control instruction transmitted by the terminal is executed through the intelligent device, and the server is not needed to forward the control instruction transmitted by the terminal, thus, a problem of relatively poor real-time performance of device control caused by controlling the intelligent device through forwarding of the server is solved, and the effect of improving real-time performance of device control is realized.