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Patent No.:

US 10855367 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 27, 2018

Methods and apparatus to bridge communications between devices using low-energy devices

Applicant:

Fisher Controls International Llc, Marshalltown, IA (US);

Inventors:

Kenneth William Junk, Marshalltown, IA (US);

Kurtis K. Jensen, Marshalltown, IA (US);

Annette Lynn Latwesen, Marshalltown, IA (US);

Assignee:

FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLC, Marshalltown, IA (US);

Attorney:

Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

Primary Examiner:

Zhitong Chen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04W 12/10 (2009.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 4/18 (2009.01); H04L 12/66 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/26 (2013.01); G05B 19/4186 (2013.01); H04L 12/4625 (2013.01); H04L 12/66 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 69/08 (2013.01); H04W 4/18 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 12/10 (2013.01); G05B 19/0423 (2013.01); G05B 2219/13164 (2013.01); G05B 2219/23406 (2013.01); G05B 2219/25186 (2013.01); G05B 2219/25232 (2013.01); G05B 2219/25428 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a field device including a network bridge, the network bridge to convert first data received at a first Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) radio of the network bridge, over a BLE network, from a second BLE radio of a remote device, and formatted according to a BLE communication protocol, into second data formatted according to an industrial communication protocol.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Junk, Kenneth. (2020). Methods and apparatus to bridge communications between devices using low-energy devices (U.S. Patent No. 10855367). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10855367

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