US 10,433,134 B2 · Video gateway as an internet of things mesh enhancer apparatus and method

Abstract

The disclosed system, method and computer-readable medium provide for a first wireless network, a second wireless network, a premises device and a mobile device. The first and second wireless networks are configured to operate according to respective first and second wireless networking standards, where the first and second wireless networking standards are incompatible. The mobile device is configured to communicate according to the first wireless network standard. The premises gateway device includes a transmitter for the second wireless networking standard. The premises gateway is configured to communicate according to the second wireless network standard; receive commands from the portable device, the commands formatted according to the first wireless networking standard; and output corresponding commands according to the second wireless networking standard device in a format compatible with the second wireless networking standard to allow the portable device to control an Internet of Things (IoT) device operating on the second wireless network standard.

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Dependent claims

A premises system, comprising:

a first wireless network configured to operate according to a first wireless networking standard;
a second wireless network configured to operate according to a second wireless networking standard, the second wireless networking standard incompatible with the first wireless networking standard;
a mobile device configured to:
communicate according to the first wireless network standard, and
present, on a user interface of the mobile device, devices adhering to the first wireless networking standard and devices adhering to the second wireless networking standard in a common manner;
and
a premises gateway device comprising:
a second wireless networking standard transmitter for communicating with the second wireless network;
and
the premises gateway device configured to:
communicate according to the second wireless network standard;
receive commands from the mobile device, the commands formatted according to the first wireless networking standard;
advertise a device over the second wireless network as a spoofed device adhering to the first wireless networking standard;
and
based on the received commands from the first mobile device, output corresponding commands to the second wireless networking standard device, the corresponding commands in a format compatible with the second wireless networking standard, such that the corresponding commands appear to be for the spoofed device.

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A method, comprising:

launching an application by a processor of a mobile device;
presenting a user interface display of the launched application on a touchscreen display device of the mobile device;
receiving, via a wireless connection with a premises gateway, a list of mesh networking protocol controllable devices operating according to a mesh networking protocol that are hosted by the premises gateway device;
presenting on the user interface display the list of mesh networking protocol controllable devices including controllable devices that operate according to a wireless connectivity standard;
in response to an input to the touchscreen display, generating a command for controlling at least one of the mesh networking protocol controllable devices in the presented list of wireless connectivity standard devices and mesh networking protocol controllable devices;
and
outputting from the mobile device the generated command via a WiFi wireless connection with the premises gateway to cause the premises gateway device to control the at least one mesh networking protocol device by advertising a device over a second wireless network as a spoofed device adhering to a first wireless networking standard associated with the at least one mesh networking protocol device, such that commands originating from the mobile device are sent to the at least one mesh networking protocol device as corresponding commands that appear to be for the spoofed device.

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A method comprising:

providing by a premises gateway a list of devices operating according to a mesh networking protocol;
receiving by the premises gateway via a WiFi wireless connection with a mobile device a command intended for delivery to at least one mesh networking protocol-compatible device presented in the list of devices, wherein the command is formatted according to a communication protocol of a wireless network standard different from the mesh networking protocol;
advertising a device over the wireless network as a spoofed device adhering to the communication protocol of the wireless network standard different from the mesh networking protocol;
translating the received command to a corresponding command formatted according to the mesh networking protocol;
and
outputting by the premises gateway the corresponding mesh networking protocol command to the at least one mesh networking protocol-compatible device, such that the corresponding command appears to be for the spoofed device.

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A non-transitory machine-readable medium containing machine-readable programming instructions, the instructions causing a processor to:

launch an application by a processor of a mobile device;
present a user interface display of the launched application on a touchscreen display device of the mobile device;
receive, via a wireless connection with a premises gateway, a list of mesh networking protocol controllable devices operating according to a mesh networking protocol that are hosted by the premises gateway device;
present on the user interface display the list of mesh networking protocol controllable devices including controllable devices that operate according to a wireless connectivity standard;
advertise a device over the wireless network as a spoofed device adhering to the communication protocol of the wireless network standard different from the mesh networking protocol;
in response to an input to the touchscreen display, generate a command for controlling at least one of the mesh networking protocol devices in the presented list of wireless connectivity standard devices;
and
output from the mobile device the generated command via a WiFi wireless connection with the premises gateway to cause the premises gateway device to control the at least one mesh networking protocol device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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