Patent ID: 7814215
Filing Date: 2010-10-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for controlling devices connected to a control gateway, said system comprising: one or more devices, each of said one or more devices having a piece of device information and operating in a first device service form; a control gateway, electrically coupled to said one or more devices, and having a piece of device type information; a server, providing a plurality of control gateway base drivers; and an open platform, electrically coupled to said control gateway, automatically downloading a control gateway base driver from said server according to said device type information, also having a mechanism with capability of automatic conversion and generation of a second device service form from said first device service form according to said device information; wherein said control gateway uses said first device service form to communicate with and control said one or more devices; wherein said open platform further includes: a control gateway wire administration module, for detecting the presence of said control gateway, downloading said control gateway base driver according to said device type information, and activating said control gateway base driver; a service proxy, having a form-dependent device service content, responsible for converting said first device service form to said second device service form; and an instruction management module, for generating device service content corresponding to said one or more devices on said open platform, registering said device service content on said open platform, and converting said device service content to an instruction acceptable to said control gateway, and using a communication protocol to transmit said instruction to said control gateway for controlling said devices.