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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2012
Applicant:
Schneider Electric Buildings, Llc, Palatine, IL (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Schneider Electric Buildings, LLC, Palatine, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0836 (2013.01); H04L 41/0806 (2013.01); H04L 41/0886 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 43/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
An auto-configuring multi-layer network including different communication protocols, namely both wired and wireless protocols, interchangeably and indifferently to interconnect various devices such as, for example, controllers, actuators, alarms, sensors, interfaces, etc. The auto-configuring multi-layer network uses a virtualization functionality that mirrors devices from one layer having a given communication protocol unto another layer having a different communication protocol.