Relay residential gateway between a terminal device and a server
First Claim
1. A method for relaying a message wirelessly received by a residential gateway from a terminal device, said residential gateway forming part of a communication system comprising a plurality of residential gateways connected to a server for which said message is intended, wherein the method comprises:
- determining by said residential gateway whether said terminal device has previously been paired with said residential gateway;
when said terminal device has previously been paired with said residential gateway, wirelessly transmitting by said residential gateway to said terminal device an acknowledgement of said received message and propagating by said residential gateway said received message to said server; and
when said terminal device has not previously been paired with said residential gateway, activating by said residential gateway a timer of predetermined duration at the end of which, when no wirelessly-transmitted acknowledgement of said message has been detected, said residential gateway wirelessly transmits to said terminal device an acknowledgement of said received message and propagates said received message to said server.
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Abstract
A residential gateway wirelessly receives a message from a terminal device. The residential gateway forms part of a communication system comprising a plurality of residential gateways connected to a server for which said message is intended. The residential gateway determines whether said terminal device has previously been paired with said residential gateway. If such is the case, the residential gateway wirelessly transmits an acknowledgement to the terminal device and propagates the message to the server. Otherwise the residential gateway activates a timer of predetermined duration at the end of which, when no wirelessly-transmitted acknowledgement of said message has been detected, the residential gateway wirelessly transmits an acknowledgement to the terminal device and propagates the message to the server.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for relaying a message wirelessly received by a residential gateway from a terminal device, said residential gateway forming part of a communication system comprising a plurality of residential gateways connected to a server for which said message is intended, wherein the method comprises:
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determining by said residential gateway whether said terminal device has previously been paired with said residential gateway; when said terminal device has previously been paired with said residential gateway, wirelessly transmitting by said residential gateway to said terminal device an acknowledgement of said received message and propagating by said residential gateway said received message to said server; and when said terminal device has not previously been paired with said residential gateway, activating by said residential gateway a timer of predetermined duration at the end of which, when no wirelessly-transmitted acknowledgement of said message has been detected, said residential gateway wirelessly transmits to said terminal device an acknowledgement of said received message and propagates said received message to said server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A non-transitory information storage medium, storing a computer program comprising instructions for implementation, by a residential gateway, of a method for relaying a message wirelessly received by the residential gateway from a terminal device, when said program is executed by a processor of said residential gateway, wherein said residential gateway forms part of a communication system comprising a plurality of residential gateways connected to a server for which said message is intended, wherein the method comprises:
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determining whether said terminal device has previously been paired with said residential gateway; when said terminal device has previously been paired with said residential gateway, wirelessly transmitting to said terminal device an acknowledgement of said received message and propagating said received message to said server; and when said terminal device has not previously been paired with said residential gateway, activating a timer of predetermined duration at the end of which, when no wirelessly-transmitted acknowledgement of said message has been detected, said residential gateway wirelessly transmits to said terminal device an acknowledgement of said received message and propagates said received message to said server.
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12. A residential gateway configured for acting as a relay of a wirelessly received message from a terminal device, said residential gateway being configured to form part of a communication system comprising a plurality of residential gateways connected to a server for which said message is intended, wherein said residential gateway comprises:
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a radio interface; and processing circuitry configured to; determine whether said terminal device has previously been paired with said residential gateway; when said terminal device has previously been paired with said residential gateway, cause the radio interface to wirelessly transmit to said terminal device an acknowledgement of said received message and propagate said received message to said server; and when said terminal device has not previously been paired with said residential gateway, activate a timer of predetermined duration at the end of which, when no wirelessly-transmitted acknowledgement of said message has been detected, cause the radio interface to wirelessly transmit to said terminal device an acknowledgement of said received message and propagate said received message to said server. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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