ROAMING OF A DEVICE BETWEEN STATIONARY DEVICES AND MOBILE DEVICES

• US 20190132888A1
• Filed: 10/31/2017
• Published: 05/02/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ayla Networks, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Ayla Networks, Inc.
• Inventors: Myers, III, Daniel J., Hunt, Peter, Gupta, Pankaj K., Wang, Yipei
• Granted Patent: US 11,044,764 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/148 Migration or transfer of sessions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• 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 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/30 Connection release
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/12 between location registers or mobility servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/045 using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

A mobile computing device includes one or more interfaces to connect to one or more devices, and one or more processing devices, connected with the one or more interfaces. The one or more processing devices are to establish a first wireless connection with a first device. The first device lacks resources to connect to a cloud service directly. The one or more processing devices are also to receive data from the first device, provide the data to the cloud service, and in response to detecting a migration condition, disconnect the first wireless connection to allow establishment of a second wireless connection between the first device and a second device such that the second device receives subsequent data from the first device and provides the subsequent data to the cloud service.

Claims

1. A mobile computing device comprising:

one or more interfaces to connect to one or more devices; and

one or more processing devices, connected with the one or more interfaces, the one or more processing devices to;

establish a first wireless connection with a first device, wherein the first device lacks resources to connect to a cloud service directly;

receive data from the first device;

provide the data to the cloud service; and

in response to detecting a migration condition, disconnect the first wireless connection to allow establishment of a second wireless connection between the first device and a second device such that the second device receives subsequent data from the first device and provides the subsequent data to the cloud service.

2. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the one or more processing devices are further to register, on behalf of the first device, the first device with the cloud service.

3. The mobile computing device of claim 2, wherein to register the second device with the cloud service, the one or more processing devices are further to:

obtain, from the first device, device data pertaining to the first device, wherein the device data comprises a unique hardware identifier of the first device; and

provide the device data of the first device to the cloud service for creation of a virtual device of the first device, wherein the virtual device is associated with the unique hardware identifier of the first device, and the virtual device is used by the cloud service when the mobile computing device provides access to the first device and when the second device provides access to the first device.

4. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the one or more processing devices are further to authenticate the first device with the cloud service using user credentials of a user account associated with the mobile computing device.

5. The mobile computing device of claim 4, wherein the second connection between the first device and the second device causes authentication of the first device with the cloud service using device credentials of the second device.

6. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the migration condition comprises at least one of:

the mobile computing device exiting a defined proximity to the first device;

the first device entering a defined proximity to the mobile computing device;

the first device entering a defined proximity to the second device;

the first device exiting a defined proximity to the second device;

the mobile computing device entering a defined proximity to the second device;

or

the mobile computing device reaching a threshold number of connections to devices.

7. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the one or more processing devices are further to:

transmit a request to the first device for properties related to a communication protocol used by the first device;

receive the properties related to the communication protocol used by the first device;

transmit the properties related to the communication protocol used by the first device to the cloud service for generation of a template that maps the properties related to the communication protocol used by the first device to properties used by the cloud service; and

receive the template from the cloud service.

8. The mobile computing device of claim 7, wherein the data is included in one or more packets and the one or more processing devices are further to:

translate the one or more packets using the template; and

provide the one or more packets to the cloud service.

9. The mobile computing device of claim 7, wherein the one or more processing devices are further to:

receive one or more packets from the cloud service;

translate the one or more packets using the template; and

provide the one or more packets to the first device.

10. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the first device is unaware of its data being provided to the cloud service.

11. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the one or more processing devices are further to, in response to detecting a second migration condition, reestablish the first connection with the first device, wherein reestablishing the first connection causes the second connection to disconnect.

12. A method, comprising:

receiving, at a server computing device from a first device, a first notification of a first connection between the first device and a second device, wherein the second device lacks resources to connect to the server computing device directly, and the first notification comprises a unique hardware identifier of the second device;

creating, at the server computing device, a virtual device for the second device;

associating the virtual device with the unique hardware identifier;

receiving, from the first device, first data obtained by the first device from the second device;

storing the first data for the second device;

receiving, at the server computing device from a third device, a second notification of a second connection between a third device and the second device after the third device connects to the second device in response to an occurrence of a migration condition, wherein the second notification comprises the unique hardware identifier of the second device;

receiving, from the third device, second data obtained by the third device from the second device; and

storing the second data for the second device.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the first device is a mobile computing device operating as a mobile gateway and the third device is a stationary gateway.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

authenticating the mobile computing device based on user credentials of a user account associated with the mobile computing device; and

authenticating the second device based on the user credentials of the user account associated with the mobile computing device responsive to the first notification.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

authenticating the stationary gateway based on device credentials of the stationary gateway; and

authenticating the second device based on the device credentials of the stationary gateway responsive to the second notification.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the migration condition comprises at least one of:

the first device exiting a defined proximity to the third device;

the second device entering a defined proximity to the first device;

the second device entering a defined proximity to the third device;

the second device exiting a defined proximity to the third device;

the first device entering a defined proximity to the third device;

or

the first device reaching a threshold number of connections to devices.

17. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

performing analytics for the second device based on at least one of the first data or the second data.

18. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving, at the server computing device from a fourth device, a third notification of a third connection between the fourth device and the second device after the fourth device connects to the second device in response to occurrence of another migration condition, wherein the third notification comprises the unique hardware identifier of the second device, and the fourth device comprises a mobile computing device operating as a mobile gateway;

receiving, from the fourth device, third data obtained by the fourth device from the second device, wherein first data is associated with an owner account logged into the first device, and the third data is associated with a guest user account logged into the fourth device;

storing the third data for the second device; and

in response to a request, transmitting the first data and the third data for display together in a user interface.

19. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

registering a user account with the virtual device, wherein the user account is associated with the mobile computing device.

20. A server computing device comprising:

one or more interfaces to connect to one or more devices; and

one or more processing devices, connected with the one or more interfaces, the one or more processing devices to;

receive, from a first device, a first notification of a first connection between the first device and a second device, wherein the second device lacks resources to connect to the server computing device directly, and the first notification comprises a unique hardware identifier of the second device;

create a virtual device for the second device;

associating the virtual device with the unique hardware identifier;

receiving, from the first device, first data obtained by the first device from the second device;

storing the first data for the second device;

receiving, from a third device, a second notification of a second connection between the third device and the second device after the third device connects to the second device in response to occurrence of a migration condition, wherein the second notification comprises the unique hardware identifier of the second device;

receiving, from the third device, second data obtained by the third device from the second device; and

storing the second data for the second device.