Connection Adapter for Communication Device

• US 20070268921A1
• Filed: 05/22/2007
• Published: 11/22/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sanden Corporation (Hisense Home Appliances Group Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sanden Corporation (Hisense Home Appliances Group Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: IWAZAKI, Wataru
• Application Number:
  US11/751,697
• Publication Number:
  US 20070268921A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/401
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/40 for recovering from a failure of a protocol instance or entity, e.g. service redundancy protocols, protocol state redundancy or protocol service redirection management of faults, events, alarms or notifications in data switching networks H04L41/06

Abstract

A connection adapter is arranged to intervene between a communication device for connection to a radio packet communication network and high-level equipment which performs communication via the communication device. The connection adapter includes a communication controller which controls relay of communication via the radio packet communication network between the high-level equipment and a destination of communication thereof; and an indicator which indicates information on the result of the communication each time the communication terminates.

Claims

1. A connection adapter for communication devices, comprising:

a first interface for connection to a communication device for use in a radio packet communication network;

a second interface for connection to high-level equipment which performs communication utilizing TCP/IP by using said communication device;

a connection controller which controls the connection between said high-level equipment and said radio packet communication network;

a communication controller which relays communication by said high-level equipment using said communication device; and

an indicator which indicates information on the result of said communication each time the communication terminates.

2. The connection adapter for communication devices according to claim 1, wherein:

said indicator further indicates status information such as operation condition and radio wave condition during communication and during standby.

3. The connection adapter for communication devices according to claim 1, wherein:

said result information includes at least information on whether or not communication has normally terminated, and if the communication has abnormally terminated, includes information useful for identifying the cause of the abnormal termination.

4. The connection adapter for communication devices according to claim 1, wherein:

said indicator comprises a plurality of light emitting elements, and indicates result information by way of combination of the lighting or temporal change of lighting patterns of the light emitting elements.