System, method and computer readable medium for communicating with a zigbee device from a peripheral network
AssigneeAmx LLC
InventorsJames Roger Hargrave, Kelvin Hui Xu, David Alan Escamilla, Darin William Smith, Richard Gelling
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Abstract
In order to minimize traffic on a Zigbee network, a gateway of the Zigbee network represents end devices in communications with peripheral networks. The gateway receives messages, such as status request messages, from the peripheral network intended for an end device on the Zigbee network. The Zigbee network generates a response message by retrieving stored data for the end device instead of communicating the received message to the end device.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving a message intended for an end device from a peripheral network at a gateway of a Zigbee network;
- generating a response message to the received message, the response message intended for the peripheral network, wherein generating the response message comprises retrieving stored data for the end device, the stored data being received from the end device and stored prior to receiving the message intended for the end device, and wherein the stored data includes a last known status of the end device on the Zigbee network and at least one service provided by the end device which are used to generate the response message.
A Zigbee network comprising:
- a gateway;
- and
- one or more end devices;
- wherein the gateway is configured to receive at least one message intended for an end device from a peripheral network;
- wherein the Zigbee network is configured to
- generate a response message to the received message, the response message intended for the peripheral network, wherein generating the response comprises retrieving stored data for the end device, the stored data being received from the end device and stored prior to receiving the message intended for the end device, and wherein the stored data includes a last known status of the end device on the Zigbee network and at least one service provided by the end device which are used to generate the response message.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions for execution by at least one processor that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to:
- receive a message intended for an end device from a peripheral network at a gateway of a Zigbee network;
- generate a response message to the received message, the response message intended for the peripheral network, wherein generating the response comprises retrieving stored data for the end device, the stored data being received from the end device and stored prior to receiving the message intended for the end device, and wherein the stored data includes a last known status of the end device on the Zigbee network and at least one service provided by the end device which are used to generate the response message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.