Generic communications protocol translator

• US 8,341,281 B2
• Filed: 09/03/2010
• Issued: 12/25/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mineral Lassen LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Lubec Campobello LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Taylor, Rebecca S.
• Primary Examiner(s): JEAN GILLES, JUDE
• Application Number:
  US12/875,993
• Publication Number:
  US 20110004694A1
• Time in Patent Office: 844 Days
• Field of Search: 709/230, 709/246, 709/219, 709/227, 709/225, 709/250
• US Class Current: 709/230
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/03 Protocol definition or specification protocol conformance testing H04L1/244
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/16 Implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/161 Implementation details of TCP/IP or UDP/IP stack architecture; Specification of modified or new header fields
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/162 involving adaptations of sockets based mechanisms secure socket layer H04L63/168
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/169 Special adaptations of TCP, UDP or IP for interworking of IP based networks with other networks protocols for interworking, protocol conversion H04L69/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/18 Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

The present invention discloses a generic protocol translator (32) that translates information from a source device to a destination device. The generic protocol translator (32) includes a receiver circuit manager (92) that receives information from a source device that is intended for a destination device through one or more interface sockets (104). The present invention also includes one or more receivers (106) receive information from the receiver circuit manager. Further included are one or more message converters (110) that convert the information to the destination format using a conversion process. Additionally included is a message router (112) that determines which destination protocol is appropriate for the information. And, the present invention includes one or more message senders (114) that transfer the information in the destination format and protocol to the destination device.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

a communication device receiving a message that includes first content specified in a first language;

the communication device generating second content that is specified in a second language, wherein said generating second content includes translating the first content from the first language to the second language using a poly-dimensional finite state machine having three or more different inputs, and wherein the three or more different inputs include an input that is indicative of the second language; and

the communication device sending a message that includes the generated second content.

2. The method of claim 1,

wherein the received message further includes a first header indicative of a first data format;

and

wherein the sent message further includes a second header that is the same as the first header.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first data format is selected from the group consisting of 2-byte character, unsigned 32-bit integer, little endian, and IEEE floating point.

4. The method of claim 1,

wherein the received message further includes a first header indicative of a first protocol;

and

wherein the sent message further includes a second header indicative of a second protocol that is distinct from the first protocol.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

the communication device using the poly-dimensional finite state machine to generate the second header based at least in part on the first header.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the first protocol is a wireless communication protocol.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first language is a markup language.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first language is an application-specific language.

9. The method of claim 1,

wherein the received message further includes a first header that is indicative of a first data format;

wherein said generating second content comprises translating the first content from the first language to the second language using a content translation stage of the poly-dimensional finite state machine; and

wherein the sent message further includes a second header that indicates a second data format that is distinct from the first data format, wherein the second header is generated by a header generation stage of the poly-dimensional finite state machine.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein said generating second content comprises the content translation stage of the poly-dimensional finite state machine using, as an input, an output of the header generation stage of the poly-dimensional finite state machine.

11. A device, comprising:

a processor; and

memory coupled to the processor, the memory having instructions stored thereon that are executable by the device to cause the device to perform operations including;

receiving a first message that includes a first header and a first content body;

generating a second content body by translating the included first content body using a poly-dimensional finite state machine having three or more different inputs; and

transmitting a second message that includes the generated second content body.

12. The device of claim 11,

wherein the operations further include generating a second header that is distinct from the first header;

and

wherein the second message further includes the generated second header.

13. The device of claim 12,

wherein the first header is indicative of a first data format;

and

wherein the operations include generating a second header that is indicative of a second data format that is distinct from the first data format.

14. The device of claim 12,

wherein the first header is indicative of a first protocol;

and

wherein the operations include generating a second header that is indicative of a second protocol that is distinct from the first protocol.

15. The device of claim 11,

wherein the poly-dimensional finite state machine includes a plurality of stages;

and

wherein the operations include generating the second content body by translating the first content body using a content translation stage of the poly-dimensional finite state machine.

16. The device of claim 15,

wherein the first header is indicative of a first protocol;

wherein the operations further include using a protocol translation stage of the poly-dimensional finite state machine to generate a second header that is indicative of a second protocol that is distinct from the first protocol; and

wherein the transmitted second message further includes the generated second header.

17. The device of claim 16,

wherein the first header is further indicative of a first data format;

and

wherein the operations further include using a format translation stage of the poly-dimensional finite state machine to generate a portion of the second header that is indicative of a second format that is distinct from the first format.

18. The device of claim 17, wherein the generating the second content body includes the content translation stage of the poly-dimensional finite state machine using, as an input, an output of the protocol translation stage of the poly-dimensional finite state machine.

19. The device of claim 18, wherein the generating the second header includes the protocol translation stage of the poly-dimensional finite state machine using, as an input, an output of the format translation stage of the poly-dimensional finite state machine.

20. The device of claim 11,

wherein the generating the second content body includes translating the first content body from a first language to a second language;

and

wherein the three or more different inputs include an input that is indicative of the second language.

21. An article of manufacture including a non-transitory computer-readable memory medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a device, cause the device to perform operations comprising:

receiving a message that includes first content specified in a first language;

generating second content that is specified in a second language, wherein said generating includes translating the included first content from the first language to the second language using a poly-dimensional finite state machine having three or more different inputs, and wherein the three or more different inputs include an input that is indicative of the second language; and

sending a message that includes the generated second content.

22. An apparatus comprising:

first means for receiving a first message that includes a first header and a first content body;

second means for generating a second content body by translating the included first content body using a poly-dimensional finite state machine that is configured to translate the included first content body based at least in part on three or more different inputs; and

third means for transmitting a second message that includes the generated second content body.