Method and system for aggregating the control of middleware control points
First Claim
1. A method of aggregating control in a first network and a second network, the first network having first devices and the second network having second devices, comprising the steps of:
- establishing a communication channel between the first and second networks;
from the first network discovering the second devices in the second network through the communication channel; and
from the first network controlling a second device in the second network through the communication channel.
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Abstract
A method of aggregating control in a first network and a second network, the first network having first devices and the second network having second devices. A communication channel is established between the first and second networks; from the first network the second devices in the second network are discovered through the communication channel; and from the first network one of the second devices in the second network is controlled through the communication channel. The first and second network can be connected but isolated. Further, the first and second networks can implement different network protocols, or the same network protocol.
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46 Claims
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1. A method of aggregating control in a first network and a second network, the first network having first devices and the second network having second devices, comprising the steps of:
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establishing a communication channel between the first and second networks;
from the first network discovering the second devices in the second network through the communication channel; and
from the first network controlling a second device in the second network through the communication channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of aggregating control in a network including a first control point that controls a first devices and second control point that controls second devices, comprising the steps of:
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providing a first aggregator for the first control point;
providing a second aggregator for the second control point;
establishing a communication channel between the first and second aggregators to enable discovering and controlling a second device by the first control point through the communication channel via the first and second aggregators. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system for aggregating control in a first network and a second network, the first network having a first control point and first devices and the second network having a second control point and second devices, the system comprising:
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a first aggregator for the first network;
a second aggregator for the second network;
wherein the first and second aggregators establish a communication channel therebetween whereby the first control point discovers and controls the second devices in the second network via the communication channel. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A network comprising:
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a first control point for controlling first devices;
a second control point for controlling second devices; and
a system for aggregating control in the network, the system including;
a first aggregator and a second aggregator, wherein the first and second aggregators establish a communication channel therebetween whereby the first control point discovers and controls the second devices in the network via the communication channel. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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