Open service gateway initiative-based home gateway apparatus and device registration method thereof

• US 20060159110A1
• Filed: 12/22/2005
• Published: 07/20/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Sang-do, Choi, Moon-jeong
• Granted Patent: US 8,055,802 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/401
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2818 from a device located outside both the home and the home network access arrangements H04L12/2856; for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025; arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless eletrical link G08C17/00; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with remote control systems H04M11/007
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2836 Protocol conversion between an external network and a home network controlling appliance services of a home automation network from a device located outside the home and the home network H04L12/2818; protocol conversion H04L69/08; adaptation of digital video signals for transport over a specific home network H04N7/24
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/285 Generic home appliances, e.g. refrigerators

Abstract

An OSGi-based home gateway apparatus and a device register method includes a device detecting unit which detects at least one legacy device which does not load acontrollable middleware from a plurality of home devices connected to the home network; an outside network interface which receives drive information of the detected legacy device through the outside network; a bundle creating unit which creates a legacy bundle by combining the input drive information and a predetermined network protocol which can be used in the home network; and a device registering unit which registers the created legacy bundle to the OSGi framework.

Claims

1. An Open Service Gateway Initiative (OSGI)-based home gateway apparatus which performs a matching process of a home network and an outside network, the apparatus comprising:

a device detecting unit which detects at least one legacy device, which does not load a controllable middleware, from a plurality of home devices connected to the home network;

an outside network interface which receives drive information of the detected legacy device through the outside network;

a bundle creating unit which creates a legacy bundle by combining the input drive information and a predetermined network protocol which can be used in the home network; and

a device registering unit which registers the created legacy bundle in the OSGi framework.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the device detecting unit detects the legacy device by using a predetermined discovery protocol.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the discovery protocol is one of a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and an Address Resolution Protocol (ARP).

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the device detecting unit comprises a device interface unit which provides an interface with the detected legacy device.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the device detecting unit receives device information of the detected legacy device through the device interface unit.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the device information comprises at least one of a manufacturing company, a model name and a serial number.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the outside network interface receives meta data of the detected legacy device through the outside network to send the data to the device detecting unit.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the device detecting unit identifies a type of the detected legacy device by the received meta data, and the bundle creating unit determines the predetermined network protocol by the type of the detected legacy device.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the drive information comprises a driver of the detected legacy device.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the network protocol is one of a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP), a Jini and a (Home Audio Video interoperability (HAVi).

11. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a storing unit which stores a network protocol which is set up as a default among a plurality of network protocols.

12. A device registration method of an OSGi-based home gateway apparatus which performs a matching process of a home network and an outside network, the method comprising:

detecting at least one legacy device which does not load a controllable middleware, from a plurality of home devices connected to the home network;

receiving drive information of the detected legacy device through the outside network;

creating a legacy bundle by combining the input drive information and a predetermined network protocol which can be used in the home network; and

registering the created legacy bundle to the OSGI framework.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein in the device detection, the legacy device is detected by using a predetermined discovery protocol.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the discovery protocol is one of a DHCP and an ARP.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein in the legacy device detection, device information is received from the detected legacy device.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the device information comprises at least one of a manufacturing company, a model name and a serial number.

17. The method of claim 12, further comprising receiving the meta data of the detected legacy device through the outside network and identifying a type of the legacy device following the detection of the legacy device.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein in creating the legacy bundle, the predetermined network protocol is determined by the type of the detected legacy device.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein the drive information comprises a driver of the legacy device.

20. The method of claim 12, wherein the network protocol is one of a UPnP, a Jini and a HAVi.

21. The method of claim 12, wherein the bundle creation comprises:

identifying a predetermined network protocol used in the home network;

selecting the identified network protocols from a plurality of network protocols; and

creating the legacy bundle by combining the received drive information and the selected network protocol.