METHOD AND A WIRELESS DEVICE FOR COLLECTING SENSOR DATA FROM A REMOTE DEVICE HAVING A LIMITED RANGE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CAPABILITY

• US 20170026926A1
• Filed: 10/03/2016
• Published: 01/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Inventors: MURRAY, JOSEPH M., GAUVREAU, JEAN-LOUIS, DI GIROLAMO, ROCCO, LYNCH, KENNETH F., CHITRAPU, PRABHAKAR R., HERGENHAN, SCOTT C., DIFAZIO, ROBERT A.
• Granted Patent: US 10,743,278 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/04 using triggered events
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/02 Inter-networking arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A device and method for registering devices on advanced networks as well as providing operative communications between a legacy device and a advanced network. The legacy device may contain data, such as sensor data, which is being collected on a network outside the communication range/abilities of the legacy device. An intermediary device may receive the data via a first communication scheme and send the device to a server collecting the data via a second communication scheme.

Claims

1-23. -23. (canceled)

24. A method of registering devices on a network, the method comprising:

identifying a remote device incapable of communicating with a central gateway, wherein the central gateway maintains a database of device registration information for devices accessible on a network, the remote device having a limited range wireless communication capability and the WTRU having the limited range wireless communication capability and an advanced range wireless communication capability;

receiving registration information from the remote device; and

sending the registration information of the remote device to the central gateway.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the registration information includes at least one of identification information of the remote device, capabilities of the remote device, or a content listing of the remote device.

26. The method of claim 24, further comprising bridging a wireless communication range gap between the central gateway and the remote device.

27. The method of claim 24, further comprising providing translation between a wireless communication scheme of the central gateway and a wireless communication scheme of the remote device.

28. The method of claim 24, further comprising:

receiving data from a device on the network that is registered with the central gateway; and

sending the data to the remote device.

29. The method of claim 24, further comprising:

receiving data from the remote device; and

sending the data to a device on the network that is registered with the central gateway.

30. The method of claim 24, wherein the registration information is received via a first wireless communications scheme, and the registration information is sent via a second wireless communications scheme.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein the first wireless communications scheme is Bluetooth and the second wireless communications scheme is IEEE 802.11.

32. The method of claim 24, further comprising:

receiving a content listing for a plurality of network devices from the central gateway.

33. A device for registering remote devices on a network, the device comprising:

a processor configured to;

identify a remote device; and

identify a central gateway that maintains a database of device registration information for devices contained on a network; and

a transceiver configured to;

register information from the remote device; and

send the registration information to the central gateway, the remote device being incapable of communicating directly with the central gateway, the remote device having a limited range wireless communication capability and the device having the limited range wireless communication capability and an advanced range wireless communication capability.

34. The device of claim 33, wherein the registration information includes at least one of identification information of the remote device, capabilities of the remote device, or a content listing of the remote device.

35. The device of claim 33, wherein the transceiver is further configured to bridge a wireless communication range gap between the central gateway and the remote device.

36. The device of claim 33, wherein the processor is further configured to provide translation between a wireless communication scheme of the central gateway and a wireless communication scheme of the remote device.

37. The device of claim 33, wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive data from a device on the network that is registered with the central gateway and sends the data to the remote device.

38. The device of claim 33, wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive data from the remote device and sends the data to a device on the network that is registered with the central gateway.

39. The device of claim 33, wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive the registration information via a first wireless communications scheme, and the transceiver sends the registration information via a second wireless communications scheme.

40. The device of claim 39, wherein the first wireless communications scheme is Bluetooth and the second wireless communications scheme is IEEE 802.11.

41. The device of claim 33, wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive a content listing for a plurality of devices accessible on the network from the central gateway.