Wireless internet product system

Abstract

Low resource internet devices such as consumer electronics products connect to web service by means of a proxy method where the connected device does not need to maintain the expensive and fragile web service interface itself, but rather uses simple low level protocols to communicate through a gateway that executes software to translate a low level proprietary wireless protocol to a proprietary low level internet protocol that can pass through a firewall to proxy servers that translate the low level protocols thus presenting an interface that makes the internet device appear to have a full web service interface to enable communication between the internet devices and the web server.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12 / 489,154 filed Jun. 22, 2009, and entitled “Wireless Internet Product System”; which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 074,484 filed Jun. 20, 2008, both of which are hereby incorporated by reference for all purposes.BACKGROUND[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]Invention relates to networked communication systems, particularly to systems enabling simple electronic devices having web service connectivity.[0004]2. Related Art[0005]It is desirable to create a wireless internet system to connect products that can communicate with each other and web applications. The adoption of these systems has been held back by the cost of the devices themselves to support internet protocols because current methods require robust and relatively expensive radio, memory and microprocessor systems as compared to non-networked products. Adoption of internet connec...

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Benefits of technology

[0008]Firewall table entry timeout time which blocks IMS transfer from proxy server to electronic devices or internet products is avoided by electronic device or proxy server software which determines approximation short of timeout time and is used to send IMS packet periodically to firewall preventing timeout and permitting communication with reduced system overhead.

[0009]In alternative embodiments; gateway or PC stores IMS or CRP packet sent until one or more internet products periodically wake up from low power sleep mode to receive packet to reduce power consumption in internet products, or alternatively, low power wireless circuit determines reduced signal strength condition which initiates resynchronization scan to gateway, or alternatively, firewall is with network address translation.

[0011]Using more compact packet protocols than web service protocols within internet product system enables simpler and cheaper hardware throughout system and resulting operational efficiencies enable many more internet products to be connected than prior art techniques while also reducing cost of server infrastructure. Translating back to web service protocol at web application server also provides standardized web service interface helping application developers bring applications online more efficiently. Using unique identifier addressing enables efficient detection and access of electronic devices or internet products thru firewalls otherwise difficult to achieve using prior art IP based addressing. Embodiments described above enable many internet product connected applications that would otherwise be too expensive using prior art techniques.

Problems solved by technology

The adoption of these systems has been held back by the cost of the devices themselves to support internet protocols because current methods require robust and relatively expensive radio, memory and microprocessor systems as compared to non-networked products.

Adoption of internet connected products have also been held back by the cost to support application servers that provide web or internet functionality for the device because the product provider is burdened with back-end infrastructure costs that increase the cost of the product.

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