Method and computing device for converting data received via multiple protocols and outputting the converted data via other protocols
AssigneeDISH Technologies L.L.C.
InventorsWilliam Michael Beals, Nicodemus Henry Nepper, JR.
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Abstract
A method and devices that receive first data in a first format via a first interface using a first protocol; convert the first data into second data of a second format; output the second data in the second format to a second computing device via a second interface using a second protocol; receive third data in a third format via a third interface using a third protocol; convert the third data into fourth data of a fourth format; and output the fourth data in the fourth format to a third computing device via the second interface using a fourth protocol.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a first computing device, first data in a first format via a first interface using a first protocol;
- converting, by the first computing device, the first data into second data of a second format;
- outputting, by the first computing device, the second data in the second format to a second computing device via a second interface using a second protocol;
- receiving, by the first computing device, third data in a third format via a third interface using a third protocol;
- converting, by the first computing device, the third data into fourth data of a fourth format;
- and
- outputting, by the first computing device, the fourth data in the fourth format to a third computing device via the second interface using a fourth protocol.
A computing device, comprising:
- a first interface configured to receive first data in a first format using a first protocol;
- a second interface configured to output data;
- a third interface configured to receive third data in a third format using a third protocol;
- a processor configured to:
- convert the first data into second data of a second format;
- output the second data in the second format to a second computing device via the second interface using a second protocol;
- convert the third data into fourth data of a fourth format;
- and
- output the fourth data in the fourth format to a third computing device via the second interface using a fourth protocol.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.