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US 10,382,531 B2Granted
Controlling a remote device over a network
AssigneeSure-Fi Inc.
InventorsDavid R. Hall, Mark Hall, Craig Boswell
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Abstract
A system for extending the range of a wireless signal is disclosed. A typical or near typical IP packet may be used to establish a connection between a server and a sending device. A server receives the payload of a packet for which delivery information has been removed. The server may package the data into a full IP packet and then communicate with a smart device, such as a door lock.
Claims5
A device for communicating a request from a smart appliance to a control server, the device comprising:
- a processor;
- memory, communicatively connected to the processor;
- and
- a non-transitory data storage medium, the non-transitory data storage medium storing instructions that are executable by the processor to:
- receive, from a remote device, a communication packet;
- add first header information to the communication packet to create a device state network packet, the first header information comprising networking data, the networking data controlling the transmission of the device state network packet to a device state server;
- transmit, to the device state server, the device state network packet;
- receive, from the device state server, a control packet, the control packet responding to the device state network packet;
- remove second header information from the control packet to create a device state change packet;
- and
- send, to the remote device, the device state change packet to inform the remote device of a request to change state to a new state.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.