Patent application EP20181768A (EP), filed 2020-06-23
Publication number: EP3758336A1
Title: GATEWAY DEVICE FOR A FIRE CONTROL SYSTEM
Abstract: A gateway device for a fire control system is described herein. The gateway device can comprise a processor and a memory having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to detect that a network interface of the gateway device is connected to a network, receive data associated with the fire control system, and determine a data management scheme for the gateway device based on the type of detected network interface and the received data.
IPC codes: H04L  29/    08            A I
G08B  25/    00            A I
G08B  29/    00            A I
H04L  41/  0896            A I
H04L  43/    08            A I
H04L  43/    20            A I
H04L  67/   564            A I
H04L  67/   567            A I
Claims: number: 1
text: A gateway device (101, 201, 501) for a fire control system (220), comprising:
number: 2
text: The gateway device (101, 201, 501) of claim 1, wherein the gateway device (101, 201, 501) includes an interface scanning engine (106-1) configured to detect that one of a plurality of control panel interfaces (102) is connected to the fire control panel of the fire control system (220).
number: 3
text: The gateway device (101, 201, 501) of claim 1, wherein the gateway device (101, 201, 501) includes a bandwidth optimizer engine (106-2, 406-2) configured to receive data associated with the fire control system (220) and the type of detected network interface (104) to determine the data management scheme for the gateway device (101, 201, 501).
number: 4
text: The gateway device (101, 201, 501) of claim 1, wherein the gateway device (101, 201, 501) includes a network connector engine (106-3) configured to detect that one a plurality of network interfaces (104) is connected to the network (214).
number: 5
text: The gateway device (101, 201, 501) of claim 1, wherein the data associated with the fire control system (220) includes maximum bandwidth data.
number: 6
text: The gateway device (101, 201, 501) of claim 1, wherein the data associated with the fire control system (220) includes a feature priority table data.
number: 7
text: The gateway device (101, 201, 501) of claim 6, wherein the feature priority table data includes information associated with cloud services a user has subscribed to.
number: 8
text: The gateway device (101, 201, 501) of claim 1, wherein the data management scheme is associated with a number of cloud services subscribed to by a user.
number: 9
text: The gateway device (101, 201, 501) of claim 1, wherein the data management scheme facilitates how available bandwidth is utilized by the gateway device (101, 201, 501) for a particular feature of a subscribed-to cloud service while ensuring a quality of service (QoS) for the particular feature.
number: 10
text: A method of operating a gateway device (101, 201, 501) for a fire control system, comprising (220):
number: 11
text: The method of claim 10, wherein detecting the network interface (104) is connected to the network (214) includes scanning each of a plurality of network interfaces (104) of the gateway device (101, 201, 501) to determine which of the plurality of network interfaces (104) is connected to the network (214).
number: 12
text: The method of claim 11, wherein the plurality of network interfaces (104) include:
number: 13
text: The method of claim 11, wherein the method includes notifying a user of the determined data management scheme.
number: 14
text: The method of claim 13, wherein the notification includes details about the data management scheme, including, information indicating how to utilize an available bandwidth.
number: 15
text: The method of claim 10, wherein the method includes detecting that the network interface (104) is connected to the network (214) upon a powering on of the gateway device (101, 201, 501).
Office action: search_report, dated 2020-12-30
Rejection reasons: novelty_epc_54
Prior art cited: ref_id: US2016050264A1
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: US10084868B2
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: US2016050264
ref_type: patent
severity: novelty_destroying
ref_id: US10084868
ref_type: patent
severity: background
Final disposition: pending (2020-12-30)