# US 2010/0166002 A1 · System and method of connecting two networks > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2010/0166002 A1 - Document ID: US20100166002A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 12/347,001 - Filed: 2008-12-31 - Published: 2010-07-01 - Earliest claimed: 2008-12-31 - Assignees: Motorola, Inc. - Inventors: Liang Gan; Yanning Bai; Joon Young Park - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20100166002A1 ## CPC - H04L 12/2809: {indicating that an appliance service is present in a home automation network (monitoring functionality H04L43/0817; discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services, H04L67/51)} - H04L 12/4604: {LAN interconnection over a backbone network, e.g. Internet, Frame Relay} - H04L 63/0272: {Virtual private networks} - H04L 2012/2849: {Audio/video appliances} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, a method is provided for establishing connection between a first local area network and a second local area network. The first local area network includes a first device and a second device. The second local area network includes a third device. The method comprises establishing a security connection between the third device and the first device; detecting a status of the second device; creating a virtual device based on the second device; and establishing connection between the second device and the third device via the virtual device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of establishing connection between a first local area network and a second local area network, the first local area network comprising a first device and a second device, the second local area network comprising a third device, said method comprising: establishing a security connection between the third device and the first device; detecting a status of the second device; creating a virtual device based on the second device; and establishing connection between the second device and the third device via the virtual device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein said creating a virtual device based on the second device comprises creating a virtual device via the first device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein said detecting a status of the second device comprises detecting a status of the second device via the first device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein said detecting a status of the second device comprises detecting information corresponding to a device type. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein said detecting a status of the second device comprises detecting information corresponding to a device type. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein said detecting a status of the second device comprises detecting a status of the second device via the first device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein said detecting a status of the second device comprises detecting information corresponding to a device type. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein said detecting a status of the second device comprises detecting information corresponding to a device type. ### Claim 9 A method of establishing connection between a first local area network and a second local area network, the first local area network comprising a first device and a second device, the second local area network comprising a third device and a fourth device, said method comprising: establishing a security connection between the third device and the first device; detecting a status of the second device; detecting a status of the fourth device; creating a first virtual device based on the second device; creating a second virtual device based on the fourth device; establishing connection between the second device and the third device via the virtual device, and establishing connection between the fourth device and the first device via the virtual device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein said creating a first virtual device based on the second device comprises creating a first virtual device via the first device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein said detecting a status of the second device comprises detecting a status of the second device via the first device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein said detecting a status of the second device comprises detecting information corresponding to a device type. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein said detecting a status of the second device comprises detecting information corresponding to a device type. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein said detecting a status of the second device comprises detecting a status of the second device via the first device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein said detecting a status of the second device comprises detecting information corresponding to a device type. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein said detecting a status of the second device comprises detecting information corresponding to a device type. ### Claim 17 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein said creating a second virtual device based on the fourth device comprises creating a second virtual device via the third device. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein said detecting a status of the fourth device comprises detecting a status of the fourth device via the third device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein said detecting a status of the fourth device comprises detecting information corresponding to a device type. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein said detecting a status of the fourth device comprises detecting information corresponding to a device type.