Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Proxy-bridge for connecting different types of devices
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Application No.: US12308018Application Date: 2007-06-05
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Publication No.: US08406167B2Publication Date: 2013-03-26
- Inventor: Frank Theodoor Henk Den Hartog , Franklin Selgert , Archi Delphinanto , António José Pinto Soares Madureira
- Applicant: Frank Theodoor Henk Den Hartog , Franklin Selgert , Archi Delphinanto , António José Pinto Soares Madureira
- Applicant Address: NL The Hague
- Assignee: Koninklijke KPN N.V.
- Current Assignee: Koninklijke KPN N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL The Hague
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
- Priority: EP06011614 20060606
- International Application: PCT/EP2007/004960 WO 20070605
- International Announcement: WO2007/140981 WO 20071213
- Main IPC: H04W92/00
- IPC: H04W92/00

Abstract:
A proxy-bridge for connecting Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) compliant devices with Bluetooth (BT) compliant devices, and includes SSDP support for discovery of available UPnP compliant devices and services; a Bluetooth SDP client for discovery of available Bluetooth devices and available Bluetooth services and a Bluetooth SDP server for communicating with Bluetooth SDP clients in the available Bluetooth devices. The proxy-bridge has a converter for converting the discovered Bluetooth devices and services into associated UPnP device and service information, and the discovered UPnP compliant devices and services into associated Bluetooth device, service, and/or profile information. A device and service announcer advertises device availability at regular intervals. A UPnP adapter represents the Bluetooth devices towards the UPnP devices and a Bluetooth adapter represents the UPnP compliant devices towards the Bluetooth compliant devices.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090303926A1 Proxy-bridge for connecting different types of devices Public/Granted day:2009-12-10
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