Device for providing services and for transmission of data in the home

Abstract

This device for providing services and for transmissions of data in the home, implements a plurality of peripheral modules (4-7) intended for measuring a specified quantity or for detecting a particular state. It comprises a concentrator box (1) furnished with an electrical power supply, and incorporating: a bidirectional radio modem (20), associated with an antenna (17) suitable for allowing the transmission and reception of radio waves within a specified perimeter bound for various peripheral modules (4-7); a telephone modem (19), intended for allowing the transmission of data under an Internet-compatible protocol by way of a telephone network at the level of a remote server center (8), as well as the reception of data therefrom; a processor (18) associated with a memory for storing software, which software is intended for making it possible to cater for radio communications, the extraction of the data arising from these communications and the shaping of the latter according to the protocol format suitable for allowing the communication of the data between the device and the server center, according to the protocol of the Internet network.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.