RESOURCE-LIMITED DEVICE INTERACTIVITY WITH CLOUD-BASED SYSTEMS

摘要

Resource limited devices may be provided with a communications module enabling the resource limited device to communicate with a more powerful user computing system using a personal area networking protocol. The communications with the user computing system may be used to configure the resource limited device and/or its communications module to communicate with a remote computing system using a local or wide area networking protocol. This technology may shift processing functions that cannot be performed by resource-limited processors of the electronic device to more powerful computing systems, including, but not limited to cloud based systems. Bridges may also coordinate communications between multiple resource limited devices and the more powerful computing systems. Shifting these processing functions to more powerful computing systems may avoid the need for device manufacturers to include more expensive processors and may reduce device manufacturing costs. Devices and methods are provided.

主权项

1. A communication module comprising:
an interface to a microcontroller of a resource limited device; and a transmitter-receiver configured to initially receive configuration data from a first computing system using a first communications protocol, and thereafter transmit resource limited device data obtained from the interface to a second computing system using a second communications protocol; wherein the configuration data specifies at least one configuration setting for communicating with the second computing system using the second communications protocol.