Communications system including protocol interface device providing enhanced operating protocol selection features and related methods
First Claim
1. A communications system comprising:
- a storage device configured to communicate using a plurality of operating protocols;
a mobile wireless communications device configured to communicate using one of the operating protocols; and
a protocol interface device comprisinga proxy configured to interface with the mobile wireless communications device, anda protocol engine coupled to the proxy and configured to select a desired operating protocol to communicate with the storage device based upon a total number of protocol-supported elements of each of the operating protocols.
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Abstract
A communications system may include data storage devices each using at least one of a plurality of different operating protocols. Further, at least one of the data storage devices may operate using multiple operating protocols. The system may also include mobile wireless communications devices for accessing the at least one data storage device, and each may use at least one of the plurality of operating protocols. Moreover, the system may further include a protocol interface device. The protocol interface device may include a front-end proxy module for communicating with the plurality of mobile wireless communications devices using respective operating protocols. The protocol interface may also include a protocol engine module for communicating with the data storage devices using respective operating protocols. The protocol engine module may also select a desired operating protocol for communicating with the at least one data storage device from the multiple operating protocols.
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22 Claims
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1. A communications system comprising:
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a storage device configured to communicate using a plurality of operating protocols; a mobile wireless communications device configured to communicate using one of the operating protocols; and a protocol interface device comprising a proxy configured to interface with the mobile wireless communications device, and a protocol engine coupled to the proxy and configured to select a desired operating protocol to communicate with the storage device based upon a total number of protocol-supported elements of each of the operating protocols. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A protocol interface device for a communications system comprising a storage device configured to communicate using a plurality of operating protocols, and a mobile wireless communications device configured to communicate using one of the operating protocols, the protocol interface device comprising:
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a proxy, to be executed by a processor and a memory coupled thereto, and configured to interface with the mobile wireless communications device; and a protocol engine, to be executed by the processor and the memory coupled thereto, and configured to cooperate with the proxy and interface with the data storage device to select a desired operating protocol to communicate with the storage device based upon a total number of protocol-supported elements of each of the operating protocols. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for interfacing a mobile wireless communications device with a storage device configured to communicate using a plurality of operating protocols, the method comprising:
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using a proxy to interface with the mobile wireless communications device; and using a protocol engine coupled to cooperate with the proxy and interface with the data storage device to select a desired operating protocol to communicate with the storage device based upon a total number of protocol-supported elements of each of the operating protocols. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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