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US 10,382,928 B2Granted
Internet of things device and communication method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSungjin Kim, Wooram Hong
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Abstract
A computing device of an Internet of Things (“IoT”) system receives an indication signal indicating whether a physical resource of an IoT device is in use from the IoT device, and determines whether the physical resource is being used based on the indication signal. When the physical resource is not being used, the computing device uses the physical resource of the IoT device.
Claims21
An Internet of Things device of an Internet of Things system, the device comprising:
- a network interface which communicates with a computing device;
- a processor which transmits an indication signal indicating whether a physical resource of the Internet of Things device is in use to the computing device, and receives data to be performed on the physical resource from the computing device when the physical resource is not in use;
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- a memory which stores instructions to be executed by the processor,
- wherein the physical resource is an element included in the Internet of Things device,
- wherein the processor transmits the indication signal through a different connection from a connection between the Internet of Things device and another computing device, and
- wherein the different connection includes a different connection on a same channel as a channel defined between the Internet of Things device and another computing device, a different channel on a same link as a link defined between the Internet of Things device and another computing device, or a different link from a link defined between the Internet of Things device and another computing device.
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A method comprising:
- determining, by a processor, whether a physical resource of an Internet of Things device is in use;
- notifying, by the processor, whether the physical resource of the Internet of Things device is in use to a computing device;
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- receiving, by the processor, data to be performed on the physical resource from the computing device when the physical resource is not in use,
- wherein the physical resource is an element included in the Internet of Things device,
- wherein the notifying whether the physical resource is in use includes transmitting an indication signal for indicating whether the physical resource is in use, through a different connection from a connection between the Internet of Things device and another computing device, and
- wherein the different connection includes a different connection on a same channel as a channel defined between the Internet of Things device and another computing device, a different channel on a same link as a link defined between the Internet of Things device and another computing device, or a different link from a link defined between the Internet of Things device and another computing device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.