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US 10,855,367 B2Granted
Methods and apparatus to bridge communications between devices using low-energy devices
AssigneeFisher Controls International LLC
InventorsKenneth William Junk, Kurtis K. Jensen, Annette Lynn Latwesen
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a field device including a network bridge, the network bridge to convert first data received at a first Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) radio of the network bridge, over a BLE network, from a second BLE radio of a remote device, and formatted according to a BLE communication protocol, into second data formatted according to an industrial communication protocol.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a field device including a network bridge, the network bridge to:
- obtain a first data packet including a first payload having a first size at a first Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) radio of the network bridge, over a BLE network, from a second BLE radio of a remote device, and formatted according to a BLE communication protocol, the remote device to generate the first data packet by:
- removing first data from a second data packet including a second payload having a second size less than the first size;
- generating the first payload by increasing the second size of the second payload to the first size;
- and
- adding second data to the first payload, the first data and the second data packet formatted according to an industrial communication protocol;
- and
- convert the first data packet into a third data packet formatted according to the industrial communication protocol, the conversion in response to determining that the first payload is properly formed, the conversion including adding the first data to the first payload.
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A method comprising:
- obtaining, by executing one or more machine readable instructions via a network bridge of a field device, a first data packet including a first payload having a first size at a first Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) radio of the network bridge, over a BLE network, from a second BLE radio of a remote device, and formatted according to a BLE communication protocol, the remote device to generate the first data packet by:
- removing first data from a second data packet including a second payload having a second size less than the first size;
- generating the first payload by increasing the second size of the second payload to the first size;
- and
- adding second data to the first payload, the first data and the second data packet formatted according to an industrial communication protocol;
- and
- converting, by executing one or more machine readable instructions via the network bridge, the first data packet into a third data packet formatted according to the industrial communication protocol, the conversion in response to determining that the first payload is properly formed, the conversion including adding the first data to the first payload.
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A non-transitory machine readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a network bridge of a field device to at least:
- obtain a first data packet including a first payload having a first size at a first Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) radio of the network bridge, over a BLE network, from a second BLE radio of a remote device, and formatted according to a BLE communication protocol, the remote device to generate the first data packet by:
- removing first data from a second data packet including a second payload having a second size less than the first size;
- generating the first payload by increasing the second size of the second payload to the first size;
- and
- adding second data to the first payload, the first data and the second data packet formatted according to an industrial communication protocol;
- and
- convert the first data packet into a third data packet formatted according to the industrial communication protocol, the conversion in response to determining that the first payload is properly formed, the conversion including adding the first data to the first payload.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.