Machine, Program Product, and Computer-Implemented Methods for a Hybrid Command Management Aggregator

• US 20110122890A1
• Filed: 04/30/2010
• Published: 05/26/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Orbit-Matrix, LLC
• Original Assignee: Orbit-Matrix, LLC
• Inventors: Mayer, Kevin, Johnson, Jesse, Fernandez, Jose, Vowell, Stephen
• Granted Patent: US 9,686,097 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/468
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2816 Controlling appliance services of a home automation network by calling their functionalities arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station; in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom H04Q9/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/413 with random access, e.g. carrier-sense multiple-access with collision detection [CSMA-CD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/6418 Hybrid transport
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/6421 Medium of transmission, e.g. fibre, cable, radio, satellite
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0044 allocation of payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/543 based on requested quality, e.g. QoS

Abstract

A machine, program product, and method for enabling interoperable and low-latency networking among service devices. The machine, program product and methods perform the tasks of automatically matching, upon the receipt of the incoming data transmission, the data transmission to a plurality of analog device protocols to determine the necessary instructions and transmission media to command and control the plurality of analog service devices according to the data transmission or a plurality of digital device protocols to determine the necessary instructions and transmission media to command and control the plurality of digital service devices according to the data transmission, determining an outgoing transmission media for the incoming data transmission, constructing outgoing data transmissions between any of the analog service devices and any of the digital service devices responsive to the matching of the analog and digital device protocols and the identification of the outgoing transmission media, and dynamically allocating frequency spectrum for data transmissions between any of the analog service devices and any of the digital service devices, the dynamic allocation being responsive to any of a service type, service demand, and quality of service threshold for the outgoing transmission media and digital and analog device protocols.

Claims

1. A hybrid communications machine defining a computer having a non-transitory computer memory and a computer processor, the hybrid communications machine enabling interoperable and low-latency networking among service devices, the hybrid communications machine comprising:

an I/O device for receiving a plurality of incoming data transmissions, the incoming data transmissions including a plurality of analog data transmissions via one of an impedance-matched twisted-pair copper wire or optical media, the plurality of analog data transmissions media defining VUTP media, and farther including a plurality of digital data transmissions via one of a fiber medium, twisted pair copper wire, or wireless medium, the plurality of digital data transmissions defining Ethernet transmission media, each of the analog data transmissions being received from a plurality of analog service devices implementing a unique device protocol and each of the digital data transmissions being received from a plurality of digital service devices implementing a unique device protocol; and

a computer program product, stored in the non-transitory computer memory and operable on the computer for performing a process of controlling the digital service devices and analog service devices and a process of allocating a frequency spectrum for outgoing data transmissions, the computer program product comprising the instructions of;

matching, upon receipt of the incoming data transmission, the incoming data transmission to a plurality of analog device protocols to determine the necessary instructions and transmission media to command and control the plurality of analog service devices according to the incoming data transmission or a plurality of digital device protocols to determine the necessary instructions and transmission media to command and control the plurality of digital service devices according to the incoming data transmission,

determining an outgoing transmission media for the incoming data transmission,

constructing outgoing data transmissions between any of the analog service devices and any of the digital service devices responsive to the matching of the analog and digital device protocols and the identification of the outgoing transmission media, and

dynamically allocating frequency spectrum for data transmissions between any of the analog service devices and any of the digital service devices, the dynamic allocation being responsive to any of a service type, service demand, and quality of service threshold for the outgoing transmission media, digital device protocols, and analog device protocols.

2. A machine as defined in claim 1, wherein the plurality of analog service devices include service devices for at least one of the following services:

HVAC, lighting, doors, security, mechanical, engineering, and fire.

3. A machine as defined in claim 1, wherein the computer program product further includes the instruction of:

configuring, responsive to user input, at least one of the following;

timers, on/off scheduling, and alert parameters for at least one of a plurality of analog or digital service devices.

4. A machine as defined in claim 1, wherein the transmission media and analog and digital device protocols are stored in device libraries, the device libraries defining the following properties of the device:

device name, device type, manufacturer, interface media type, scheduling information.

5. A machine as defined in claim 1, wherein the frequency spectrum is allocated according to at least one of the following:

quality-of-service thresholds, service demands, and service types.

6. A computer program product, stored in a non-transitory computer memory and operable on a computer, the computer program product performing a process of controlling digital service devices and analog service devices and a process of allocating a frequency spectrum for data transmissions, the computer program product comprising the instructions of:

matching, upon receipt of an incoming data transmission from a plurality of analog service devices and a plurality of digital service devices, the incoming data transmission to a plurality of analog device protocols to determine the necessary instructions and transmission media to command and control the plurality of analog service devices according to a format of the incoming data transmission or a plurality of digital device protocols to determine the necessary instructions and transmission media to command and control the plurality of digital service devices according to the incoming data transmission;

determining an outgoing transmission media for the incoming data transmission;

constructing outgoing data transmissions between any of the analog service devices and any of the digital service devices responsive to the matching of the analog and digital device protocols and the identification of the outgoing transmission media; and

dynamically allocating frequency spectrum for outgoing data transmissions between any of the analog service devices and any of the digital service devices, the dynamic allocation being responsive to any of a service type, service demand, and quality of service threshold for the outgoing transmission media, digital device protocols, and analog device protocols.

7. A computer program product as defined in claim 6, wherein the plurality of analog service devices include service devices for at least one of the following services:

HVAC, lighting, doors, security, mechanical, engineering, and fire.

8. A computer program product as defined in claim 6, wherein the computer program product further includes the instruction of:

configuring, responsive to user input, at least one of the following;

timers, on/off scheduling, and alert parameters for at least one of a plurality of analog or digital service devices.

9. A computer program product as defined in claim 6, wherein the incoming and outgoing transmission media and analog and digital device protocols are stored in device libraries, the device libraries defining the following properties of the device:

device name, device type, manufacturer, interface media type, scheduling information.

10. A computer program product as defined in claim 6, wherein the frequency spectrum is allocated according to at least one of the following:

quality-of-service thresholds, service demands, and service types.

11. A computer-implemented method, implemented on a computer having non-transitory computer memory, the computer-implemented method performing a process of controlling digital service devices and analog service devices and a process of allocating a frequency spectrum for data transmissions, the computer-implemented method performing the steps of:

matching, upon receipt of an incoming data transmission from a plurality of analog service devices and a plurality of digital service devices, the incoming data transmission to a plurality of analog device protocols to determine the necessary instructions and transmission media to command and control the plurality of analog service devices according to a format of the incoming data transmission or a plurality of digital device protocols to determine the necessary instructions and transmission media to command and control the plurality of digital service devices according to the incoming data transmission;

determining an outgoing transmission media for the incoming data transmission;

constructing outgoing data transmissions between any of the analog service devices and any of the digital service devices responsive to the matching of the analog and digital device protocols and the identification of the outgoing transmission media; and

dynamically allocating frequency spectrum for outgoing data transmissions between any of the analog service devices and any of the digital service devices, the dynamic allocation being responsive to any of a service type, service demand, and quality of service threshold for the outgoing transmission media, digital device protocols, and analog device protocols.

12. A computer-implemented method as defined in claim 11, wherein the plurality of analog service devices include service devices for at least one of the following services:

HVAC, lighting, doors, security, mechanical, engineering, and fire.

13. A computer-implemented method as defined in claim 11, wherein the computer program product further includes the instruction of:

configuring, responsive to user input, at least one of the following;

timers, on/off scheduling, and alert parameters for at least one of a plurality of analog or digital service devices.

14. A computer-implemented method as defined in claim 11, wherein the incoming and outgoing transmission media and analog and digital device protocols are stored in device libraries, the device libraries defining the following properties of the device:

device name, device type, manufacturer, interface media type, scheduling information.

15. A computer-implemented method as defined in claim 11, wherein the frequency spectrum is allocated according to at least one of the following:

quality-of-service thresholds, service demands, and service types.