Patent ID: 11968247
Assignee: PANDUIT CORP.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 5:
6. An audio/video gateway device (AV gateway device) comprising:
a network interface configured to communicate with one or more audio/video equipment devices (AV equipment devices) included in an audio/video local area network (AV LAN), wherein the AV LAN, the AV gateway device, and the AV equipment devices all reside behind a security firewall;
a processor; and
a storage device configured to store machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to:
receive, from a remote gateway service, a control command input from a user device running a web browser visiting a website, wherein the control command corresponds to a control command option included in the website, and wherein the remote gateway service is a proxy cloud shuttle hosted on a cloud platform;
execute the control command with respect to one or more of the AV equipment devices included in the AV LAN; and
when the control command has been implemented, generate a response message including a confirmation the control command was executed; and
submit the response message to a shuttle proxy residing behind the security firewall, wherein the shuttle proxy is configured to communicate the response message to the cloud shuttle proxy, and wherein the cloud shuttle proxy is configured to communicate the response message to the website.