Relay device and method for providing device management service
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJi-Hye Lee, Wuk Kim
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Abstract
A method for providing a Device Management (DM) service to various devices by a relay device is provided. In the method, the relay device registers in a DM server a relay function for providing a DM service based on the relay device to at least one device. If at least one device is discovered in a Personal Area Network (PAN) managed by the relay device, the relay device determines a relay mode with the at least one device, and provides a DM service from the DM server to the at least one device according to the determined relay mode.
Claims18
A method for providing, by a relay device, a device management (DM) service, the method comprising:
- detecting at least one device in a personal area network (PAN) managed by the relay device;
- identifying information associated with a relay mode for each of the at least one detected device, in response to a user selection of the relay mode for the at least one detected device;
- providing a DM command from a DM server to the at least one detected device according to the identified information associated with the relay mode;
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- establishing a session with the at least one device based on the identified information associated with the relay mode,
- wherein the information associated with the relay mode includes at least one of:
- a transparent mode where the relay device forwards the DM command to the at least one detected device,
- a proxy mode where the relay device manages the at least one detected device on behalf of the DM server over a DM protocol of the DM server, and
- an adaptation mode where the relay device manages the at least one detected device on behalf of the DM server over a protocol supportable by the at least one detected device.
A relay device for providing a device management (DM) service to at least one device, the relay device comprising:
- a controller for detecting at least one device in a personal area network (PAN) managed by the relay device and identifying information associated with a relay mode for each of the at least one detected device, in response to a user selection of the relay mode for the at least one detected device, and establishing a session with the at least one device based on the identified information associated with the relay mode;
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- an interface unit for providing a DM command from a DM server to the at least one detected device according to the identified information associated with the relay mode,
- wherein the identified information associated with the relay mode includes at least one of:
- a transparent mode where the relay device forwards the DM command to the at least one detected device,
- a proxy mode where the relay device manages the at least one detected device on behalf of the DM server over a DM protocol of the DM server, and
- an adaptation mode where the relay device manages the at least one detected device on behalf of the DM server over a protocol supportable by the at least one detected device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.