NETWORK GATEWAY SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A system, comprising:
- a network gateway having a first network connection with a first network protocol and a second network connection with a second network protocol;
a device manager application operating in a remote location and connected across a public network to the network gateway;
a communications module connected to the network gateway over the second network; and
a device connected to the communications module, wherein the device receives commands from the communications module and returns status information;
wherein the network gateway receives data from the device in the form of channels, transmits control information to the device in the form of channels and stores data representing activity on the channels in a channel database; and
wherein channel information stored in the channel database is accessible by users via queries to the device manager application and wherein the queries result in the transfer of data from the channel database to the user via the device manager application.
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Abstract
A system and method for adding a gateway to a first device having a first network connector. An embedded gateway module includes a processor, a memory connected to the processor and first and second network interfaces, wherein the first network connection uses a first network protocol and the second network connection uses a second network protocol. The embedded gateway module is installed in the first device, wherein installing includes sharing the first device'"'"'s first network connector. The gateway then connects the gateway through the first network to a device manager application at a remote location, connects the gateway module to the second network, installs gateway program data for receiving data from a second device over the second network and storing the received data as channels of data and installs presentation program data for presenting the channel data to applications running on the cloud.
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22 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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a network gateway having a first network connection with a first network protocol and a second network connection with a second network protocol; a device manager application operating in a remote location and connected across a public network to the network gateway; a communications module connected to the network gateway over the second network; and a device connected to the communications module, wherein the device receives commands from the communications module and returns status information; wherein the network gateway receives data from the device in the form of channels, transmits control information to the device in the form of channels and stores data representing activity on the channels in a channel database; and wherein channel information stored in the channel database is accessible by users via queries to the device manager application and wherein the queries result in the transfer of data from the channel database to the user via the device manager application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A network gateway, comprising:
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a device having a first network connection, wherein the first network connection uses a first network protocol; and an embedded network gateway installed in the device, wherein the embedded network gateway includes; a processor; a memory connected to the processor; and first and second network interfaces, wherein the first network connection uses the first network protocol and the second network connection uses a second network protocol; wherein the first network interface of the embedded network gateway is communicatively coupled to the first network connection of the device such that they share a first network connector. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A garage door opener, comprising:
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a network gateway having a first network connection with a first network protocol and a second network connection with a second network protocol; a device manager application located in a remote location and connected across a public network to the network gateway; a communications module connected to the network gateway over the second network; and an automatic garage door opener connected to the communications module, wherein the device receives commands from the communications module and returns status information; wherein the network gateway receives data from the device in the form of channels, transmits control information to the device in the form of channels and stores data representing activity on the channels in a channel database; and wherein channel information stored in the channel database is accessible by users via queries to the device manager application and wherein the queries result in the transfer of data from the channel database to the user via the device manager application. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of adding a gateway to a first device having a first network connector, the method comprising:
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providing an embedded gateway module, wherein the embedded gateway module includes; a processor; a memory connected to the processor; and first and second network interfaces, wherein the first network connection uses a first network protocol and the second network connection uses a second network protocol; installing the embedded gateway module into the first device, wherein installing includes sharing the first device'"'"'s first network connector; connecting the gateway through the first network to a device manager application at a remote location; connecting the gateway module to the second network; installing gateway program data for receiving data from a second device over the second network and storing the received data as channels of data; and installing presentation program data for presenting the channel data to applications running on the cloud. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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