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US 8,947,199 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for enabling communication between a first device and at least one further device
AssigneeFreescale Semiconductor, Inc.
InventorsRazvan-Mihai Lucaci, Victor Berrios, Bogdan Hobinca, Nicusor Penisoara
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Abstract
A controller node for an entertainment control network, comprises controller logic arranged to be paired with at least one controlled device over a wireless interface. The controller logic is further arranged to provide pairing information for the at lease one controlled device with which it is paired to a further node within the entertainment control network.
Claims16
A controller node for an entertainment control network, the controller node comprising:
- controller logic arranged to be paired with at least one controlled device over a wireless interface;
- wherein the controller logic is further arranged to provide pairing information for the at least one controlled device with which it is paired to a further controller node, wherein the pairing information includes a personal area network identification associated with the at least one controlled device, and to provide the personal area network identification for the at least one controlled device and a medium access control address of the controller node to the further controller node, wherein the further controller node is indistinguishable from the controller node in response to receiving the medium access control address of the controller node, wherein the controller logic is arranged to provide the pairing information for the at least one controlled device to at least one further controlled device within the entertainment control network, wherein the pairing information further includes Device capabilities of the at least one controlled device, wherein the at least one further controlled device is subsequently able to communicate with the at least one controlled device substantially independently of the controller node and wherein the at least one further controlled device is to utilize the capabilities of the at least one controlled device when communicating with the at least one controlled device.
A controlled device of an entertainment control network, the controlled device comprising:
- device logic arranged to be paired with a first controller node of the entertainment control network;
- wherein the device logic is further arranged to receive pairing information for at least one further controlled device from the first controller node, wherein the controlled device is subsequently able to communicate with the at least one further controlled device substantially independently of the first controller node, to communicate with a second controller node without distinguishing between the second controller node and the first controller node in response to the second controller node being a clone of the first controller node with all of the pairing information and a medium access control address of the first controller node, wherein the pairing information includes a personal area network identification associated with the at least one further controlled device, wherein the pairing information further includes Device capabilities of the at least one further controlled device, wherein the controlled device is to utilize the capabilities of the at least one further controlled device when communicating with the at least one further controlled device.
An entertainment control network comprising a controller node, a first controlled device and at least one further controlled device, the controller node being arranged to be paired with the first controlled device and the at least one further controlled device,
- wherein the controller node is further arranged to provide pairing information for the first controlled device to the at least one further controlled device, wherein the pairing information includes a personal area network identification associated with the first controlled device, and to provide pairing information for the at least one further controlled device to the first controlled device, wherein the first controlled device and the at least one further controlled device are subsequently able to communicate with one another substantially independently of the controller node, to provide pairing information including the personal area network identification for the first controlled device and the at least one controlled device with which it is paired to a further controller node, and to provide a medium access control address of the controller node to the further controller node, wherein the further controller node is indistinguishable from the controller node in response to receiving the medium access control address of the controller node, wherein the pairing information provided by the controller node to the at least one further controlled device within the entertainment control network includes Device capabilities of the first controlled device, wherein the at least one further controlled device is to utilize the capabilities of the first controlled device when communicating with the first controlled device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.