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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2018
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jay D. Logue, San Jose, CA (US);
Grant M. Erickson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Zachary B. Smith, San Francisco, CA (US);
Osborne B. Hardison, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Richard J. Schultz, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sunny P. Gujjaru, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Matthew G. Neeley, San Mateo, CA (US);
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods relating to communication within a fabric network are presented. The fabric network includes one or more logical networks that enables devices connected to the fabric to communicate with each other using various profiles known to the devices. A device sending a message may follow a general message format to encode the message so that other devices in the fabric may understand the message regardless of which logical networks the devices are connected to. Within the message format, a payload of data may be included for the receiving device to forward, store, or process the message. The format and the contents of the payload may vary according to a header within the payload that indicates a profile and a message type within the profile. Using the profile and message type, the receiving devices may decode the message to process the message.