Delivery of incremental sensor data over optimized channel

A method for processing information between a local network and a remote network, the method comprising:

• receiving a first message at a source gateway of the local network, the first message comprises message data corresponding to a plurality of message elements;
• selecting a group ID from a list of predefined group IDs stored locally at the source gateway based on the type of message received;
• extracting a message format from the received message, the message format defines how the message data is organized with respect to the message elements;
• comparing the extracted message format to a locally stored message format associated with the selected group ID;
• updating the locally stored message format to reflect differences between the extracted message format and the locally stored message format;
• encoding the message based on both the extracted message format and the locally stored message format, wherein old message elements are encoded without encoding new message elements;
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• sending the encoded message to a target gateway of the remote network across a preexisting dedicated connection between the source gateway and the target gateway.

A method for processing information between a local network and a remote network, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a target gateway of the remote network, a first message from a source gateway of the local network, the first message comprises message data corresponding to a plurality of message elements and is received with a unique group ID assigned based on a message type, wherein the first message is received from the source gateway via a dedicated connection;
• extracting a message format from the first message, the message format defines how the message data is organized with respect to the message elements;
• associating the extracted message format with the unique group ID;
• storing, locally, the extracted message format together with the associated unique group ID;
• receiving a second message at the target gateway from the source gateway, the second message being at least partially encoded and having the same group ID as the first message;
• extracting a message format from the second message;
• comparing the extracted message format of the second message to the locally stored message format associated with the unique group ID;
• updating the locally stored message format to reflect differences between the extracted message format of the second message and the locally stored message format;
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• decoding the second message based on the locally stored message format.