MULTI-DEVICE MONITORING AND CONTROL USING INTELLIGENT DEVICE CHANNEL SHARING
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Abstract
A shared logical device physical network address is assigned to each of a set of wireless physical devices. The set of wireless physical devices forms a logical device group addressable over a single wireless communication channel using the shared logical device physical network address within a wireless network. In response to receipt of a data packet addressed to a physical network address of one of the set of wireless physical devices from an application server, the physical network address is translated to the shared logical device physical network address with which the wireless physical device is logically grouped. The physical network address of the wireless physical device is embedded within the data packet addressed to the shared logical device physical network address. The data packet is sent to the shared logical device physical network address.
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25 Claims
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9. A system, comprising:
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a communication module; and a processor programmed to; assign a shared logical device physical network address to each of a plurality of wireless physical devices, where the plurality of wireless physical devices form a logical device group addressable over a single wireless communication channel via the shared logical device physical network address within a wireless network; translate, in response to receipt of a first data packet addressed to a physical network address of one of the plurality of wireless physical devices from an application server, the physical network address to the shared logical device physical network address with which the one of the plurality of wireless physical devices is logically grouped; embed the physical network address of the one of the plurality of wireless physical devices within the first data packet addressed to the shared logical device physical network address; and send, via the communication module, the first data packet to the shared logical device physical network address. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium including computer readable program code, where the computer readable program code when executed on a computer causes the computer to:
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assign a shared logical device physical network address to each of a plurality of wireless physical devices, where the plurality of wireless physical devices form a logical device group addressable over a single wireless communication channel via the shared logical device physical network address within a wireless network; translate, in response to receipt of a first data packet addressed to a physical network address of one of the plurality of wireless physical devices from an application server, the physical network address to the shared logical device physical network address with which the one of the plurality of wireless physical devices is logically grouped; embed the physical network address of the one of the plurality of wireless physical devices within the first data packet addressed to the shared logical device physical network address; and send the first data packet to the shared logical device physical network address. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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