Method and a wireless device for collecting sensor data from a remote device having a limited range wireless communication capability

• US 10,743,278 B2
• Filed: 10/03/2016
• Issued: 08/11/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Inventors: Murray, Joseph M., Gauvreau, Jean-Louis, Di Girolamo, Rocco, Lynch, Kenneth F., Chitrapu, Prabhakar R., Hergenhan, Scott C., DiFazio, Robert A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Duong, Oanh
• Application Number:
  US15/283,476
• Publication Number:
  US 20170026926A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,408 Days
• 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 60/04 using triggered events
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/02 Inter-networking arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A device and method for registering devices on advanced networks as well as providing operative communications between a legacy device and a advanced network. The legacy device may contain data, such as sensor data, which is being collected on a network outside the communication range/abilities of the legacy device. An intermediary device may receive the data via a first communication scheme and send the device to a server collecting the data via a second communication scheme.

Claims

1. A method of registering devices on a network performed by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising:

identifying a remote device that does not have a connection to a network node, the remote device having a limited range wireless communication capability and the WTRU having the limited range wireless communication capability and an advanced range wireless communication capability;

receiving, from the remote device, a broadcast message directed to one or more devices with a subscription to communicate;

receiving device registration information from the remote device, the device registration information comprising identification information for the remote device, sensor data from the remote device, and a capability of the remote device; and

sending the device registration information of the remote device to the network node.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the device registration information further comprises a content listing of the remote device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising bridging a wireless communication range gap between the network node and the remote device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing translation between a wireless communication scheme of the network node and a wireless communication scheme of the remote device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the device registration information is received via a first wireless communications scheme, and the device registration information is sent via a second wireless communications scheme.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the first wireless communications scheme is Bluetooth and the second wireless communications scheme is IEEE 802.11.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a content listing for a plurality of network devices from the network node.

8. A device for registering remote devices on a network, the device comprising:

a memory;

a processor configured to;

identify a remote device that does not have a connection to a network node; and

receive, from the remote device, a broadcast message directed to one or more devices with a subscription to communicate;

receive device registration information from the remote device, the device registration information comprising identification information for the remote device, sensor data from the remote device, and a capability of the remote device; and

send the device registration information to the network node, the remote device having a limited range wireless communication capability and the device having the limited range wireless communication capability and an advanced range wireless communication capability.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the device registration information further comprises a content listing of the remote device.

10. The device of claim 8, wherein the device further comprises a transceiver that is configured to bridge a wireless communication range gap between the network node and the remote device.

11. The device of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to provide translation between a wireless communication scheme of the network node and a wireless communication scheme of the remote device.

12. The device of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to receive the device registration information from the remote device via a first wireless communications scheme, and send the device registration information to the network node via a second wireless communications scheme.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the first wireless communications scheme is Bluetooth and the second wireless communications scheme is IEEE 802.11.

14. The device of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to receive a content listing for a plurality of devices accessible on the network from the network node.