Patent ID: 8755404

Claim:
A system comprising: a resource-constrained device; a wireless communication terminal; and a link device communicatively coupled to said resource-constrained device by a wired path and to said wireless communication terminal by a wireless path, said link device to receive a first message over a first protocol which provides for specifying a resource and an operation to be performed on said resource in the form of text, wherein said first message contains a first text according to said first protocol specifying a first operation on a first resource of said resource-constrained device, said link device forming a second message by translating the content of said first message into a second protocol, said second message containing a second text according to said second protocol to specify said first resource and said first operation, wherein said translating comprises parsing said first text of said first message in forming said second text of said second message, said link device to send said second message according to said second protocol to said resource-constrained device on said wired path, wherein said resource constrained device parses said second text to identify said first operation and said first resource, and in response to said identifying of said first operation and said first resource, executes said first operation with respect to said first resource, wherein said second message formed by said link device and sent on said wired path does not contain headers corresponding to internet protocols such that said resource constrained device does not implement parsing corresponding to said internet protocols in processing of said second message, wherein said second message is formed according to said second protocol irrespective of a manufacturer or vendor of said resource constrained device such that any manufacturer or vendor of said resource constrained device is required to process packets in accordance with second protocol only.