METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REPACKAGING WIRELESS DATA

• US 20110255454A1
• Filed: 04/19/2011
• Published: 10/20/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZOMM, LLC
• Original Assignee: ZOMM, LLC
• Inventors: Hauser, Peter Edmund Heinrich, Hillyard, Jason Edward Robert
• Granted Patent: US 8,976,724 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/311
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/28 Discontinuous transmission [DTX]; Discontinuous reception [DRX]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

The present disclosure may include a method for repackaging data in a communications system. The method may include receiving low-power RF data at a wireless relay device from one or more low power wireless devices and translating the low-power RF data at the wireless relay device into one or more translated packets. The method may further include synchronizing the translated low-power RF data with one or more wireless links and transmitting the synchronized low-power RF data to a host device. The method may further include receiving wireless communications from a host device, translating the parsing the wireless packets, synchronizing the translated packets with one or more low-power RF connections, and transmitting the synchronized packets to one ore more low-power RF devices. The method may further include managing the network topology of the communications system via commands to the wireless relay device.

Claims

1. A method for repackaging data in a communications system comprising:

receiving low-power RF data at a wireless relay device from one or more low power wireless devices;

translating the low-power RF data at the wireless relay device into one or more translated packets;

synchronizing the translated low-power RF data with one or more wireless links; and

transmitting the synchronized low-power RF data to a host device.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more wireless links includes at least one of a Bluetooth wireless link, an 802.11 (WiFi) wireless link, a Bluetooth Low Energy wireless link, an ANT+ wireless link, and an IEEE 802.15.4 (ZigBee) wireless link.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the host device includes at least one of a mobile phone, personal computing device, a television, and a tablet device.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more low energy devices includes at least one of an RF tag, a wireless sensing device, a wireless fitness device, a medical sensor, and a proximity sensor.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein translating includes, at least in part, encapsulating the low-power RF data with one or more Bluetooth or 802.11 (WiFi) packets.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein translating includes, at least in part, at least one of Bluetooth Hands-Free Profile (HFP), Bluetooth Human Interface Device (HID) profile, MFI protocol and Serial Port Protocol (SPP).

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the host device includes one or more applications configured to present some or all of the low-power RF data from the one or more low power wireless devices.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising negotiating a plurality of communication intervals at the wireless relay device.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein negotiating incorporates, at least in part, one or more sniff parameters.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising generating a challenge at one of the host device and the wireless relay device.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising determining if one of the host device and the wireless relay device supports a particular protocol, based upon at least in part, a received challenge.

12. The method of claim 1 further comprising generating an activation event using at least one of the host device, the wireless relay device, and the one or more devices.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein the wireless relay device further include an LED configured for association with a specific low power RF link.

29. The method of claim 1 wherein the wireless relay device is configured to store data when connections are interrupted, and send the data to the intended device once the connection is reestablished.

14. A communications system comprising:

one or more low energy devices;

a host device; and

a wireless relay device configured to receive low power RF data from the one or more low energy devices, the wireless relay device further configured to translate the low-power RF data at the wireless relay device into one or more translated packets, the wireless relay device further configured to synchronize the translated low-power RF data with one or more wireless links, the wireless relay device further configured to transmit the synchronized low-power RF data to a host device.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein the one or more wireless links includes at least one of a Bluetooth wireless link, an 802.11 (WiFi) wireless link, an ANT+ wireless link, a Bluetooth Low Energy wireless link, and an IEEE 802.15.4 (ZigBee) wireless link.

16. The system of claim 14 wherein the host device includes at least one of a mobile phone, personal computer, a television and a tablet device.

17. The system of claim 14 wherein the one or more low energy devices includes at least one of an RF tag, a wireless sensing device, a wireless fitness device, a medical sensor, and a proximity sensor.

18. The system of claim 14 wherein translating includes, at least in part, encapsulating the low-power RF data with one or more Bluetooth packets.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein translating includes, at least in part, at least one of Bluetooth Hands-Free Profile (HFP), Bluetooth Human Interface Device (HID), and MFI protocol, and Serial Port Protocol (SPP).

20. The system of claim 14 wherein the host device includes one or more applications configured to present some or all of the low-power RF data from the one or more low power wireless devices.

21. The system of claim 14 wherein the wireless relay device is further configured to negotiate a plurality of communication intervals.

22. The system of claim 21 wherein negotiating incorporates, at least in part, one or more sniff parameters.

23. The system of claim 14 wherein at least one of the host device and the wireless relay device is configured to generate a challenge.

24. The system of claim 23 wherein at least one of the host device and the wireless relay device is configured to determine if one of the host device and the wireless relay device supports a particular protocol, based upon at least in part, a received challenge.

25. The system of claim 14 wherein at least one of the host device, the wireless relay device, and the one or more devices is configured to generate an activation event.

30. The system of claim 14 wherein the wireless relay device is configured to store data when connections are interrupted, and send the data to the intended device once the connection is reestablished.

26. A method for parsing data in a communications system comprising:

receiving encapsulated low power RF data within one or more wireless protocol packets;

translating the low-power RF data at a wireless relay device into one or more translated packets;

synchronizing the translated low-power RF data with one or more wireless links; and

transmitting the synchronized low-power RF data to a low-power RF device.

27. The method of claim 26 further comprising generating an activation event using at least one of a host device, the wireless relay device, and the low-power RF device.

28. A method for parsing data in a communications system comprising:

receiving data on a relay device from a host device;

repackaging the data in the communications system;

synchronizing the data with one or more low-power RF connections;

sending the data to one or more low-power RF devices; and

managing a network topology of the communications system by dynamically adding or removing network devices using one or more commands sent to the wireless relay device from the host device.