Patent ID: 9391797
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for converting data objects to a host data, the method comprising: storing, in a memory device of a communications device, a first profile image of a plurality of profile images, wherein each profile image of the plurality of profile images is based on characteristics of a different host device and includes a different configuration data object and wherein each profile image is associated with a different host type and wherein each profile image is enabled for reconfiguring an existing firmware operating on the communications device without changing the existing firmware to a different firmware; accessing, by the communications device, the first profile image from the memory device; reconfiguring, by the communications device, the existing firmware operating on the communications device, without changing the existing firmware to a different firmware, in accordance with a configuration data object included in the first profile image; exchanging a first message between the communications device and a first networked device communicatively coupled to the communications device via a network interface, the first message containing a first network data object and wherein the network interface is configured to interface with at least one fieldbus network and configured for exchanging at least the first message with the first network device via the at least one fieldbus network; mapping, by the communications device in accordance with the configuration data object of the first profile image, the first network data object received from the first networked device to first host data utilizing characteristics of a first host device from the first profile image for exchange with the first host device, wherein the first host device is characterized by a first host type; and exchanging the first host data between the first host device and the communications device.