Universal Protocol Translator
First Claim
1. A universal translator device for translating protocols, the device comprising:
- one or more peripheral device interfaces through which communication from one or more peripheral devices is received using any of a plurality of protocols;
a protocol translator that is (i) preconfigured with translation mappings to translate between each possible permutation of the plurality of protocols and (ii) programmed to translate, using the translation mappings, signals received from the peripheral devices into at least one target protocol; and
a wireless interface that is configured to transmit wireless signals in the target protocol, the wireless signals having been translated into the target protocol by the protocol translator.
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Abstract
In one implementation, a universal translator device for translating protocols, the device includes one or more peripheral device interfaces through which communication from one or more peripheral devices is received using any of a plurality of protocols; a protocol translator that is (i) preconfigured with translation mappings to translate between each possible permutation of the plurality of protocols and (ii) programmed to translate, using the translation mappings, signals received from the peripheral devices into at least one target protocol; and a wireless interface that is configured to transmit wireless signals in the target protocol, the wireless signals having been translated into the target protocol by the protocol translator.
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29 Claims
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1. A universal translator device for translating protocols, the device comprising:
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one or more peripheral device interfaces through which communication from one or more peripheral devices is received using any of a plurality of protocols; a protocol translator that is (i) preconfigured with translation mappings to translate between each possible permutation of the plurality of protocols and (ii) programmed to translate, using the translation mappings, signals received from the peripheral devices into at least one target protocol; and a wireless interface that is configured to transmit wireless signals in the target protocol, the wireless signals having been translated into the target protocol by the protocol translator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 28, 29)
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11. A universal wireless system translator:
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configured to receive wireless transmissions from wireless sensor-transmitters utilizing any of multiple different wireless transmission protocols, and communicate translated wireless sensor-transmissions to a control panel utilizing any of multiple different wireless transmission protocols; and utilizing an intermediate protocol in a process of translating a wireless transmission received from a sensor-transmitter in a first wireless transmission protocol to a wireless transmission sent to a control panel in a second wireless transmission protocol. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A universal wireless system translator:
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configured to receive wireless transmissions from wireless sensor-transmitters utilizing any of multiple different wireless transmission protocols, and communicate translated wireless sensor-transmissions to a control panel utilizing any of multiple different wireless transmission protocols; and having a multiple channel buffering structure, wherein each channel of the multiple channel buffering structure is configured to store transmissions from one of a plurality of sensor-transmitters before translating a received wireless transmission from a sensor-transmitter in a first wireless transmission protocol to a wireless transmission to be sent to a control panel in a second wireless transmission protocol. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of enrolling a multiple-input sensor-transmitter into a translator device that receives wireless transmissions from wireless sensor-transmitters utilizing a first wireless transmission protocol and communicates translated wireless sensor-transmissions to a control panel utilizing a second wireless transmission protocol, the method comprising:
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enrolling a multiple-input sensor-transmitter into a translator device using a wireless transmission in a first wireless transmission protocol sent from the multiple-input sensor-transmitter, wherein the first wireless transmission protocol includes multiple different fields each corresponding to one of multiple different sensor inputs for a multiple-input sensor-transmitter; and after enrollment of the multiple-input sensor-transmitter, the translator determining whether the multiple different fields in subsequent wireless transmissions include a state change, and if so further storing in the translator configuration information indicating which of the inputs of the multiple-input sensor is being utilized.
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20. A method of configuring a wireless system comprising a control panel and one or more wireless sensor-transmitters, comprising:
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placing an assistance device in a user selectable assist mode in which the assistance device is operable to assist in configuring a wireless sensor-transmitter into a control panel; receiving at the assistance device a first wireless transmission from a sensor-transmitter when the assistance device is placed in the user selectable assist mode; and upon receiving the first wireless transmission, transmitting, by the assistance device, subsequent wireless transmissions on behalf of the sensor-transmitter and for receipt by the control panel, the subsequent wireless transmissions having a predefined characteristic that causes a configuration process to be performed with respect to the sensor-transmitter in the control panel. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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