ASSEMBLY OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES INTENDED TO BE CONNECTED TO AT LEAST ONE COMPUTER NETWORK AND METHOD OF TRANSFERRING DIGITAL DATA IN THIS ASSEMBLY

• US 20170195172A1
• Filed: 04/14/2015
• Published: 07/06/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Devialet
• Original Assignee: Devialet
• Inventors: COQUERET, Charles, CALMEL, Pierre-Emmanuel
• Application Number:
  US15/310,507
• Publication Number:
  US 20170195172A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 3/54 Systems for transmission via power distribution lines
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2807 Exchanging configuration information on appliance services in a home automation network arrangements for maintenance or administration involving network analysis for automatically determining the actual topology of a network H04L41/12; hardware or software tools for network management using graphical user interfaces H04L41/22; address allocation H04L61/50
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2841 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2843 Mains power line
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2849 Audio/video appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0853 using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving additional secure or trusted devices H04L9/3234
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/18 using different networks or channels, e.g. using out of band channels cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key distribution involving distinctive intermediate devices or communication paths H04L9/0827; cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for authentication using a plurality of channels H04L9/3215
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3215 using a plurality of channels network architectures or network communication protocols using different networks H04L63/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/50 Secure pairing of devices
• 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 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

An assembly of electronic devices connected to a computer network comprises a digital data sender device comprising a short-range radioelectric main communication module and a secondary communication module, and a digital data receiver device comprising a short-range radioelectric main communication module and a secondary communication module. The assembly furthermore comprises a digital data transmitter device comprising a processor, a memory for storing the digital data, and a short-range radioelectric communication module able to communicate with the secondary module of the sender device when the transmitter device is in proximity to the sender device, and with the secondary module of the receiver device when the transmitter device is in proximity in the receiver device.

Claims

1. An assembly of electronic devices intended to be connected to at least one computer network comprising:

a device emitting digital data comprising a main communication module with the computer network and a secondary short range radioelectric communication module, the emitting device being able to generate digital data;

at least one receiving device for digital data comprising a main communication module with the computer network and a secondary short range radioelectric communication module, the receiving device being able to use the digital data generated by the emitting device;

wherein the assembly further comprises a portable transmitter device for digital data and comprising;

a processor;

a memory able to store the digital data and at least one piece of control software of the transmitter device, executed by the processor; and

a unique short range radioelectric communication module able to communicate with the secondary communication module of the emitting device for recovering the digital data generated by the emitting device in order to store the digital data in the memory when the transmitter device is in proximity to the emitting device, and with the secondary communication module of the receiving device for transmitting to the receiving device at least some of the digital data stored in the memory when the transmitter device is in proximity to the receiving device;

2. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein the transmitter device further comprises an electric power supply source of the processor, of the memory and of the communication module.

3. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein the unique communication module of the transmitter device and the secondary communication modules of the emitting device and of the receiving device are compatible with a communication protocol compliant with the IEEE 802.15.4 standard.

4. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein the unique communication module of the transmitter device is able to communicate with each of the secondary radioelectric of the transmitter device and of the receiver device from a distance of less than 10 cm.

5. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein each of the unique communication module and of the secondary communication modules is able to define a coverage field in which this communication module is able to communicate with the other communication modules via radioelectric waves.

6. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein:

each of the emitting device and the receiving device includes a contact area; and

the unique communication module of the transmitter device is able to communicate with each of the secondary radioelectric communication modules of the emitting device and of the receiving device while being in contact with the contact area of the emitting device or of the receiving device.

7. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein the main communication modules of the emitting device and of the receiving device are compatible with a communication protocol compliant with the IEEE 802.11 standard.

8. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein the main communication modules of the emitting device and of the receiving device are compatible with a communication protocol of the Program Line Communication (PLC) type.

9. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein the digital data generated by the emitting device comprise configuration data of the computer network allowing the receiving device to establish a secured connection with the computer network.

10. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein:

the emitting device is able to send digital data to the receiving device via the computer network; and

in that the receiving device comprises an acoustic chamber able to emit sound waves from the digital data stemming from the emitting device and delivered by the computer network.

11. A method for transferring digital data in the assembly of electronic devices according to claim 1, wherein the method comprises the steps of:

generating digital data by the emitting device;

recovering digital data with the transmitter device and storing them digital data in the memory after bringing the transmitter device closer to the emitting device, carried out by a user;

recovering digital data with the receiving device after bringing the transmitter device closer to the receiving device, carried out by the user; and

using the digital data with the receiving device having received these digital data.