Communication device and communication management system

• US 8,750,834 B2
• Filed: 12/06/2007
• Issued: 06/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sanden Retail Systems Corporation
• Original Assignee: Sanden Corporation (Hisense Home Appliances Group Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Suga, Masakazu, Ookawara, Norio
• Primary Examiner(s): PATEL, MAHENDRA R
• Application Number:
  US11/951,432
• Publication Number:
  US 20080137571A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,378 Days
• Field of Search: 370/310, 370/235, 370/319, 370/353, 370/341, 370/420, 455/428, 455/427, 455/12.1, 455/411, 455/430, 455/410, 455/412.1, 455/412.2, 455/465.5, 380/249, 380/247, 379/203.01, 379/67.1, 379/88.2, 705/65
• US Class Current: 455/412.1
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/28 the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services

Abstract

A communication device having a communication module as data circuit-terminating equipment connecting to a wireless packet communication network, and a controller interposed between the communication module and a data terminal equipment. The controller controls communication performed by the data terminal equipment using the communication module. The controller extracts, from a communication message sent from the data terminal equipment to a first management server, identification information of the data terminal equipment, stores the extracted identification information in a storage, and transmits the extracted identification information to a second management server by using the communication module when communication is not performed between the data terminal equipment and the first management server.

Claims

1. A communication device comprising a communication module, as data circuit-terminating equipment, for connecting to a wireless packet communication network, and a controller being interposed between the communication module and data terminal equipment, the controller configured for controlling communication performed by the data terminal equipment through the communication module to the wireless communication packet network, wherein:

the controller being configured to extract, from a communication message sent from the data terminal equipment to a first management server, identification information of the data terminal equipment, store the extracted identification information into a storage, and transmit the extracted identification information to a second management server via the communication module during when communication by said data terminal equipment is not performed between the data terminal equipment and the first management server, wherein the controller obtains position information about an installation place by using a position information service offered in the wireless packet communication network, stores the position information into the storage together with the identification information, and transmits the position information to the second management server together with the identification information.

2. The communication device according to claim 1, further comprising position information obtaining means for obtaining position information about an installation place,

wherein the controller obtains position information from the position information obtaining means, stores the position information into the storage together with the identification information, and transmits the position information to the second management server together with the identification information.

3. The communication device according to claim 1 wherein the identification information comprises information for identification of the data terminal equipment in communication between the data terminal equipment and the first management server, and the communication corresponds to an application layer of an OSI reference model.

5. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the position information is associated with Global Position Service information.

6. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the identification information of the communication device and the identification information of the data terminal equipment received from the communication device and the position information is processed by the second management server for centralized control of the communication device.

4. A communication management system comprising:

a communication device including a communication module as data circuit-terminating equipment connecting to a wireless packet communication network, and a controller configured for controlling data communication through the communication module to the wireless packet communication network;

data terminal equipment which performs communication to the wireless packet communication network with the communication device;

a first management server which performs centralized control of the data terminal equipment; and

a second management server which performs centralized control of the communication device,

wherein the controller extracts, from a communication message sent from the data terminal equipment to the first management server, identification information of the data terminal equipment, stores the extracted identification information into a storage, and transmits the extracted identification information to the second management server by using the communication module when communication is not performed between the data terminal equipment and the first management server, and

wherein the second management server stores, into a storage, identification information of the communication device and the identification information of the data terminal equipment received from the communication device relationally;

wherein the controller obtains position information about an installation place by using a position information service offered in the wireless packet communication network, stores the position information into the storage together with the identification information, and transmits the position information to the second management server together with the identification information.

7. The communication system according to claim 4, wherein the identification information comprises information for identification of the data terminal equipment in communication between the data terminal equipment and the first management server, and the communication corresponds to an application layer of an OSI reference model.

8. The communication management system according to claim 4, wherein the identification information of the communication device and the identification information of the data terminal equipment received from the communication device and the position information is processed by the second management server for control of the communications device.

9. A method comprising:

providing a communication device including a communication module as data circuit-terminating equipment connecting to a wireless packet communication network, and a controller configured for controlling data communication through the communication module to the wireless packet communication network;

providing a data terminal equipment which performs communication to the wireless packet communication network with the communication device;

providing a first management server which performs centralized control of the data terminal equipment; and

providing a second management server which performs centralized control of the communication device,

wherein the controller extracts, from a communication message sent from the data terminal equipment to the first management server, identification information of the data terminal equipment, stores the extracted identification information into a storage, and transmits the extracted identification information to the second management server by using the communication module when communication is not performed between the data terminal equipment and the first management server, and

wherein the second management server stores, into a storage, identification information of the communication device and the identification information of the data terminal equipment received from the communication device relationally;

wherein the controller obtains position information about an installation place by using a position information service offered in the wireless packet communication network, stores the position information into the storage together with the identification information, and transmits the position information to the second management server together with the identification information.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the controller extracts said identification information of the data terminal equipment responsive to a request.