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Multi-device monitoring and control using intelligent device channel sharing

  • US 9,398,479 B2
  • Filed: 09/25/2014
  • Issued: 07/19/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • translating, in response to receipt of a first data packet addressed to a physical network address of one of a plurality of wireless customer-premise monitoring devices from an application server, the physical network address to a shared logical device physical network address that forms a logical device group and that physically addresses each of the plurality of wireless customer-premise monitoring devices over a single wireless communication channel;

    embedding the physical network address of the one of the plurality of wireless customer-premise monitoring devices within the first data packet addressed to the shared logical device physical network address;

    sending the first data packet to the shared logical device physical network address;

    embedding the physical network address of the one of the plurality of wireless customer-premise monitoring devices within a broadcast data packet addressed to the shared logical device physical network address;

    embedding a physical network address of at least one additional wireless customer-premise monitoring device of the plurality of wireless customer-premise monitoring devices within the broadcast data packet addressed to the shared logical device physical network address; and

    sending the broadcast data packet to the shared logical device physical network address.

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