Method, Server, Software, Device, Signal Providing Configuration

• US 20080098011A1
• Filed: 11/14/2005
• Published: 04/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Heerink, Alexander, Guidi, Jarno, Bodlaender, Maarten
• Application Number:
  US11/718,811
• Publication Number:
  US 20080098011A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0856 by backing up or archiving configuration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4541 Directories for service discovery
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

An illumination system has a plurality of light-emitting diodes (R, G, B), at least one light-collimating section (12, 12′) arranged along a longitudinal axis (25) of the illumination system. The light-collimating sections merges into a light-mixing section (3) having a plurality of side-faces along the longitudinal axis (25). Light propagation in the light-mixing section is based on total internal reflection. The light-mixing section is provided with a light-exit window (13) emitting light towards an imaginary projection surface normal to the longitudinal axis. An end-portion (5) of the light-mixing section is provided with a prismatic protrusion portion (7) for obtaining a light distribution at the imaginary projection surface such that illumination at a first part of the imaginary projection surface is relatively low while illumination at a second part of the imaginary projection surface is relatively high, the first part being obtained at the same side of the longitudinal axis as the prismatic protrusion portion of the light-mixing section.

Claims

1. Method of providing information about the configuration of devices (D1, D2, D3) in a network (N) comprising the steps of:

receiving a first query (Q₁) about the configuration of at least a part of the network from a client device (C1), (step 32),

responding (R₁) to the first query with at least partial information about the configuration of said part of the network existing at the time of reception of the first query, (step 34),

receiving a second query (Q₂) about the configuration of said part of the network from said client device (step 36),

determining the difference (CD) in configuration between said part of the network existing at the time of reception of the first query and at the time of reception of the second query, (steps 38, 44), and

responding (R₂) to the second query with information about said difference in configuration, (step 48).

2. Method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

generating a configuration indicator (CI) indicating the configuration of at least a part of the network for each configuration of said part of the network that occurs because of network changes, (steps 14, 24, 28),

storing each configuration indicator together with corresponding configuration information, (steps 16, 30),

wherein the response to the first query comprises a first configuration indicator associated with the configuration existing at the time of reception of the first query, the second query comprises said first configuration indicator and comprising the further steps of;

comparing at least said first configuration indicator with a second configuration indicator associated with the configuration existing at the time of reception of the second query, (step 38),

generating configuration difference data based on the comparison, (steps 42, 46), and

sending said configuration difference data to said device in the response to the second query, (step 48).

3. Method according to claim 2, further comprising the step of setting said configuration difference data as zero if the first and second configuration indicators are equal (step 42).

4. Method according to claim 2, wherein the step of comparing comprises comparing the configurations associated with the first and second configuration indicators (step 44) and further comprising the step of setting the configuration difference data as the difference in configuration between the two configurations (step 46).

5. Method according to claim 2, wherein a configuration indicator is related the whole network.

6. Method according to claim 5, wherein a configuration indicator includes more than one field, where each field is related to a certain part of the network.

7. Method according to claim 2, wherein a configuration indicator is related to a certain part of the network.

8. Method according to claim 2, further comprising the step of:

generating a configuration change indicator for each configuration change that occurs in said part of the network because of network changes,

wherein the response to the first query comprises a first configuration change indicator and the response to the second query comprises a second configuration change indicator.

9. Server (S) for providing information about the configuration of devices (D1, D2, D3) in a network (N) and arranged to:

receive a first query (Q₁) about the configuration of at least a part of the network from a client device (C1),

respond (R₁) to the first query with at least partial information about the configuration of said part of the network existing at the time of reception of the first query,

receive a second query (Q₂) about the configuration of said part of the network from said client device,

determine the difference (CD) in configuration between said part of the network existing at the time of reception of the first query and at the time of reception of the second query, and

respond (R₂) to the second query with information about said difference in configuration.

10. Computer program product (60) for providing information about the configuration of devices (D1, D2, D3) in a network (N), comprising computer program code, to make a computer execute, when said program code is loaded in the computer:

receive a first query (Q₁) about the configuration of at least a part of the network from a client device (C1),

respond (R₁) to the first query with at least partial information about the configuration of said part of the network existing at the time of reception of the first query,

receive a second query (Q₂) about the configuration of said part of the network from said client device,

determine the difference (CD) in configuration between said part of the network existing at the time of reception of the first query and at the time of reception of the second query, and

respond (R₂) to the second query with information about said difference in configuration.

11. Method of receiving information about the configuration of devices (D1, D2, D3) in a network (N), comprising the steps of:

sending a first query (Q₁) about the configuration of at least a part of the network to a server (S), (step 50),

receiving a response (R₁) to the first query with at least partial information about the configuration of said part of the network existing at the time the server received the first query, (step 52),

sending a second query (Q₂) about the configuration of said part of the network to said server, (step 54), and

receiving a response (R₂) to the second query with information about the difference (CD) in configuration between said part of the network existing at the time the server received the first query and at the time the server received the second query, (step 56).

12. Method according to claim 11, wherein

the second query and the response to the first query both comprise a first configuration indicator (CI) associated with the configuration of said part of the network existing at the time the server received the first query, and

the response to the second query comprises configuration difference data that has been generated based on a comparison of at least said first configuration indicator and a second configuration indicator associated with the configuration of said part of the network existing at the time the server received the second query.

13. Method according to claim 12, wherein the response to the first query comprises a first configuration change indicator (CCI) associated with the first configuration indicator and the response to the second query comprises a second configuration change indicator associated with the second configuration indicator.

14. Method according to claim 13, further comprising the step of determining if further network information is needed or not based on the configuration difference response and the first and second configuration change indicators.

15. Method according to claim 11, further comprising the step of updating earlier received configuration information with information about the difference in configuration received in the response to the second query, (step 58).

16. Client device (CI) for receiving information about the configuration of devices (D1, D2, D3) in a network (N) and arranged to:

send a first query (Q₁) about the configuration of at least a part of the network to a server (S),

receive a response (R₁) to the first query with at least partial information about the configuration of said part of the network existing at the time the server received the first query,

send a second query (Q₂) about the configuration of said part of the network to said server, and

receive a response (R₂) to the second query with information about the difference (CD) in configuration between said part of the network existing at the time the server received the first query and at the time the server received the second query.

17. Computer program product (60) for receiving information about the configuration of devices (D1, D2, D3) in a network (N), comprising computer program code, to make a computer execute, when said program code is loaded in the computer:

send a first query (Q₁) about the configuration of at least a part of the network to a server (S),

receive a response (R₁) to the first query with at least partial information about the configuration of said part of the network existing at the time the server received the first query,

send a second query (Q₂) about the configuration of said part of the network to said server, and

receive a response (R₂) to the second query with information about the difference (CD) in configuration between said part of the network existing at the time the server received the first query and at the time the server received the second query.

18. Network (N) of computing devices (S, D1, D2, D3) comprising:

a server (S) for providing information about the configuration of devices (D1, D2, D3) in the network and arranged to;

receive a first query (Q₁) about the configuration of at least a part of the network from a client device (C1),

respond (R₁) to the first query with at least partial information about the configuration of said part of the network existing at the time of reception of the first query,

receive a second query (Q₂) about the configuration of said part of the network from said client device,

determine the difference (CD) in configuration between said part of the network existing at the time of reception of the first query and at the time of reception of the second query, and

respond (R₂) to the second query with information about said difference in configuration, and

a client device (C1) for receiving information about the configuration of devices in the network and arranged to;

send said first query,

receive said response to the first query,

send said second query, and

receive said response to the second query.

19. Signal (R₂) for providing information about the configuration of devices (D1, D2, D3) in a network (N) and comprising information about the difference (CD) in configuration between at least a part of the network existing at the time a server (S) received a first query (Q₁) and at the time said server received a second query (Q₂), where the signal is a response to said second query.