US 9,438,443 B2Granted

Method and apparatus for registering remote network devices with a control device

AssigneeEcolink Intelligent Technology, Inc.

InventorsMichael Lamb, Brandon Gruber

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Abstract

A method and apparatus for registering a remote network device with a control device is disclosed. In one embodiment, a registration information message is received by a bridge device from an unregistered remote network device using a first communication protocol. Identification information within the registration information message is stored in a record in a memory. A second registration information message is transmitted to the control device using the second communication protocol, the second registration information message comprising at least some of the identification information. In response, an acknowledgement message is received from the control device, the acknowledgement message comprising an identification code. When subsequent messages are received from the remote network device, the bridge associates these messages with the identification code, then re-transmits the messages to the control device using the identification code.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A method implemented by a bridge device for registering a remote network device with a control device, wherein the remote network device communicates using a first communication protocol and the control device communicates using a second communication protocol, the method comprising:

receiving a registration information message from the remote network device using the first communication protocol, the registration information message comprising identification information relating to the remote network device;
creating a record within a memory, the record for storing at least some of the identification information;
transmitting a second registration information message to the control device using the second communication protocol, the second registration information message comprising at least some of the identification information;
receiving an acknowledgement message from the control device using the second communication protocol, the acknowledgement message comprising an identification code assigned by the control device, the identification code uniquely identifying the remote network device;
storing the identification code in the memory;
associating the identification code with the identification information;
receiving a subsequent message from the remote network device, the subsequent message comprising the identification information;
determining that the identification information is associated with the identification code;
and
re-transmitting the subsequent message to the control device, the re-transmitted subsequent message comprising the identification code.

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An apparatus for registering a remote network device with a control device, wherein the remote network device communicates using a first communication protocol and the control device communicates using a second communication protocol, the apparatus comprising:

a first transceiver for communicating with the remote network device using the first communication protocol;
a second transceiver for communicating with the control device using the second communication protocol;
a processor for executing processor-executable instructions;
and
a memory for storing the processor-executable instructions, the processor-executable instructions causing the apparatus to:
receive a registration information message from an unregistered remote network device using the first communication protocol, the registration information message comprising identification information relating to the unregistered remote network device;
create a record within a memory, the record for storing at least some of the identification information;
transmit a second registration information message to the control device using the second communication protocol, the second registration information message comprising at least some of the identification information;
receive an acknowledgement message from the control device using the second communication protocol, the acknowledgement message comprising an identification code assigned by the control device, the identification code uniquely identifying the remote network device;
store the identification code in the memory;
associate the identification code with the identification information;
receive a subsequent message from the remote network device, the subsequent message comprising the identification information;
determine that the identification information is associated with the identification code;
and
re-transmit the subsequent message to the control device, the re-transmitted subsequent message comprising the identification code.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/734,932Filed 9 Jun 2015 · continuation
Priority: 21 Feb 2012
Published: US 2015/0270984 A124 Sep 2015
Granted: 6 Sep 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification3 codes

H04L 12/2836
Processing of data at an internetworking point of a home automation network: protocol conversion between an external network and a home network
H04L 12/462
LAN interconnection over a backbone network, e.g. Internet, Frame Relay: lAN interconnection over a bridge based backbone
H04L
Digital communication

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Application13/401,687Parent of this continuation · filed 21 Feb 2012
US 9,054,892 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 9 Jun 2015
US 2015/0270984 A1Pre-grant publication · published 24 Sep 2015
US 2013/0215902 A1Published application
US 9,438,443 B2This patent

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