Transportation infrastructure service discovery arrangement
AssigneeKone Corporation
InventorsSanttu Koskinen, Mikko Piironen, Anssi Rantamäki, Mikko Heiskanen, Ari Koivisto, Mikko Mattila
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Abstract
Transportation infrastructure service discovery arrangement disclosed. In the arrangement a peripheral device is attached to a transportation infrastructure control network. The client is configured to request an address from a DNS server of the host network. As a response the client receives network settings that can be used for contacting applications attached to the transportation infrastructure control network.
Claims19
A method for discovering applications in a transportation infrastructure control network connecting transportation infrastructure peripheral devices to an elevator or escalator arrangement, which method comprises:
- connecting a transportation infrastructure peripheral device to the transportation infrastructure control network;
- transmitting a DNS-query;
- receiving a response to the transmitted DNS-query, wherein the response comprises an address for each of the applications in the transportation infrastructure control network, the applications include at least one of an elevator group master service, a site manager serves that runs several system level functions and services that are necessary for operations of the transportation infrastructure control network and serves for authentications and providing services for the transportation infrastructure peripheral devices;
- transmitting a service query to at least one received application address;
- receiving a response by the transportation infrastructure peripheral device in response to the transmitted service query, said response being a confirmation that the requested service has been performed, and
- receiving a service for the transmitted service query,
- wherein the response to the transmitted DNS-query further includes an address for an additional component from which the application addresses are queried.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.