General middleware bridge for e.g. home network middleware has message converter for interconverting messages from middleware devices based on message conversion rules, and then transfers converted message for each message type

摘要

The general middleware bridge comprises a conversion rule collector, which is configured for collecting message conversion rules for an interoperability operation between different middleware devices. A conversion rule register is adapted for registering message over conversion rules (20) for each message type. A message converter is configured for interconverting messages from the middleware devices based on the message conversion rules, and then transfers the converted message for each message type. An independent claim is included for the general middleware bridge method.