Methods and apparatus to bridge communications between devices using low-energy devices
AssigneeFisher Controls International LLC
InventorsKenneth William Junk, Kurtis K. Jensen, Annette Lynn Latwesen
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a field device including a network bridge, the network bridge to convert first data received at a first Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) radio of the network bridge, over a BLE network, from a second BLE radio of a remote device, and formatted according to a BLE communication protocol, into second data formatted according to an industrial communication protocol.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a field device including a network bridge, the network bridge to convert first data received at a first Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) radio of the network bridge, over a BLE network, from a second BLE radio of a remote device, and formatted according to a BLE communication protocol, into second data formatted according to an industrial communication protocol.
A method comprising:
- converting, by executing one or more machine readable instructions via a network bridge of a field device, first data received at a first Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) radio of the network bridge, over a BLE network, from a second BLE radio of a remote device, and formatted according to a BLE communication protocol, into second data formatted according to an industrial communication protocol.
A non-transitory machine readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a network bridge of a field device to at least:
- convert first data received at a first Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) radio of the network bridge, over a BLE network, from a second BLE radio of a remote device, and formatted according to a BLE communication protocol, into second data formatted according to an industrial communication protocol.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.