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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
May. 12, 2017
Applicant:
Orange, Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ORANGE, Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0266 (2013.01); H04L 12/2818 (2013.01); H04L 12/2898 (2013.01); H04L 41/0213 (2013.01); H04L 41/0273 (2013.01); H04L 41/0803 (2013.01); H04L 41/0886 (2013.01); H04L 61/2553 (2013.01); H04L 61/2575 (2013.01); H04L 41/0233 (2013.01); H04L 61/2567 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for controlling selection of a communication method between an equipment control device belonging to a wide-area communication network and equipment belonging to a local communication network. The method includes the following steps relating to the control device: requesting the equipment to initiate a connection to the control device, the request being sent at the time of a routine connection of the equipment to the control device; determining whether the equipment can be reached by the control device using a direct method; and configuring the equipment if the equipment cannot be reached using a direct method.