Patent ID: 9325814
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A Simple Network Management Protocol gateway comprising: a machine-to-machine device interface connecting the gateway to machine-to-machine devices using protocols native to each machine-to-machine device over wireless networks; an internet interface connecting the gateway to an SNMP management platform; and a translator function connected to a management information base, wherein the management information base contains information relating to each machine-to-machine device and its native protocol; wherein the gateway is operable to allow the SNMP network management platform to monitor and manage remote disparate machine-to-machine devices over multiple, disparate, wireless networks and wherein the gateway is operable to provide flow control and acknowledgement of receipt services required by the SNMP network management platform; and wherein the protocols native to each machine-to-machine device are more efficient than a SNMP protocol.