Transmission of control data on wireless network communication links
AssigneeLutron Technology Company LLC
InventorsParker Evans, David J. Dolan
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Abstract
A device may be configured to process messages from a plurality of input devices. The messages may be received on a first communication link and may be processed for being transmitted on a second communication link. The device may receive messages comprising data on the first communication link from the plurality of input devices. The data from the input devices may be aggregated and transmitted in at least one message on the second communication link.
Claims45
A device configured to process messages from a plurality of input devices, each of the messages comprising sensor data measured by a respective input device of the plurality of input devices, the device comprising:
- a first communication circuit configured to communicate via a first communication link;
- a second communication circuit configured to communicate via a second communication link;
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- a control circuit, configured to:
- receive, via the first communication circuit, messages comprising sensor data on the first communication link from the plurality of input devices, wherein the messages comprise sensor data measured at a first input device of the plurality of input devices, and wherein the messages comprise sensor data measured at a second input device of the plurality of input devices;
- aggregate the sensor data from the first input device and the sensor data from the second input device;
- in response to detection of a threshold amount of change in the sensor data from the first input device and the second input device, transmit, via the second communication circuit, a message on the second communication link that comprises the aggregated sensor data from the first input device and the second input device;
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- in response to detection of the threshold amount of change in the sensor data from the first input device without detection of the threshold amount of change in the sensor data from the second input device, transmit, via the second communication circuit, a message on the second communication link that comprises the sensor data from the first input device without the sensor data from the second input device.
A method for processing messages from a plurality of input devices, each of the messages comprising sensor data measured by a respective input device of the plurality of input devices, the method comprising:
- receiving messages comprising sensor data on a first communication link from the plurality of input devices, wherein the messages comprise sensor data measured at a first input device of the plurality of input devices, and wherein the messages comprise sensor data measured at a second input device of the plurality of input devices;
- aggregating the sensor data from the first input device and the sensor data from the second input device;
- in response to detection of a threshold amount of change in the sensor data from the first input device and the second input device, transmitting a message on the second communication link that comprises the aggregated sensor data from the first input device and the second input device;
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- in response to detection of the threshold amount of change in the sensor data from the first input device without detection of the threshold amount of change in the sensor data from the second input device, transmitting a message on the second communication link that comprises the sensor data from the first input device without the sensor data from the second input device.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a control circuit, cause the control circuit to:
- receive, via a first communication circuit, messages comprising sensor data on a first communication link from a plurality of input devices, wherein the messages comprise sensor data measured at a first input device of the plurality of input devices, and wherein the messages comprise sensor data measured at a second input device of the plurality of input devices;
- aggregate the sensor data from the first input device and the sensor data from the second input device;
- in response to detection of a threshold amount of change in the sensor data from the first input device and the second input device, transmit, via a second communication circuit, a message on the second communication link that comprises the aggregated sensor data from the first input device and the second input device;
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- in response to detection of the threshold amount of change in the sensor data from the first input device without detection of the threshold amount of change in the sensor data from the second input device, transmit, via the second communication circuit, a message on the second communication link that comprises the sensor data from the first input device without the sensor data from the second input device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.