Host-neutral gateway processing system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11291081-B2
Application number	US-201916697785-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 27, 2019
Priority date	Nov 30, 2018
Publication date	Mar 29, 2022
Grant date	Mar 29, 2022

Abstract

Various embodiments of a host-neutral gateway device are presented herein. A host-neutral gateway device can include a plurality of local wireless communication interfaces that communicate with a plurality of sets of wireless devices. The host-neutral gateway device can include a plurality of long-range wireless communication interfaces that communicate with one or more remote server systems. The host-neutral gateway device can be programmed to execute a plurality operator-specific applications. Each operator-specific application may be mapped to a corresponding set of wireless devices of the plurality of sets of wireless devices.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A host-neutral gateway device, comprising:
a plurality of local wireless communication interfaces that communicate with a plurality of sets of wireless devices, wherein each set of wireless devices of the plurality of sets of wireless devices is operated by a different operator;
a plurality of long-range wireless communication interfaces that communicate with one or more remote server systems;
one or more processors configured to:
execute a plurality operator-specific applications, wherein:
each operator-specific application is mapped to a corresponding set of wireless devices of the plurality of sets of wireless device;

receive, via the plurality of local wireless communication interfaces, a message from a wireless device of the plurality of sets of wireless devices;
analyze a message header of the message;
determine, based on the analyzed message header of the message, to process the message using an operator-specific application of the plurality of operator-specific applications; and
process the message using the operator-specific application of the plurality of operator-specific applications specific to the set of wireless devices that comprises the wireless device;

a housing that houses the plurality of local wireless communication interfaces; the plurality of long-range communication interfaces; and the one or more processors;
a door that provides access to an internal region of the housing; and
a door sensor, which, when activated by the door being opened, disables execution of the plurality of operator-specific applications.

2. The host-neutral gateway device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: cause a response to be transmitted to the wireless device based on the processed message via a local wireless communication interface of the plurality of local wireless communication interfaces through which the message was received.

3. The host-neutral gateway device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause data based on the processed message to be transmitted to a remote server via the plurality of long-range wireless communication interfaces.

4. The host-neutral gateway device of claim 3 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to, based on the message header, select a long-range communication interface from the plurality of long-range communication interfaces to transmit the data based on the processed message to the remote server.

5. The host-neutral gateway device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
receive, via the plurality of local wireless communication interfaces, a second message from a second wireless device of the plurality of sets of wireless devices;
analyze a second message header of the second message;
determine, based on the analyzed second message header of the second message, to route the second message without local processing; and
transmit the second message to a second server system without processing being performed by any of the plurality of the operator-specific applications.

6. The host-neutral gateway device of claim 5 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to, based on the second message header, select a long-range communication interface from the plurality of long-range communication interfaces to transmit the data based on the processed message to a remote server system.

7. The host-neutral gateway device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors being configured to determine to process the message using the operator-specific application is further based on a locally-stored communication routing table.

8. The host-neutral gateway device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a GPS sensor, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to disable executing of the plurality of operator-specific applications when a location indicated by the GPS sensor differs by at least a threshold amount from a permissible location.

9. A host-neutral gateway device, comprising:
a plurality of local wireless communication interfaces that communicate with a plurality of sets of wireless devices, wherein each set of wireless devices of the plurality of sets of wireless devices is operated by a different operator;
a plurality of long-range wireless communication interfaces that communicate with one or more remote server systems;
one or more processors configured to:
execute a plurality operator-specific applications, wherein:
each operator-specific application is mapped to a corresponding set of wireless devices of the plurality of sets of wireless device;

receive, via the plurality of local wireless communication interfaces, a message from a wireless device of the plurality of sets of wireless devices;
analyze a message header of the message;
determine, based on the analyzed message header of the message, to process the message using an operator-specific application of the plurality of operator-specific applications;
process the message using the operator-specific application of the plurality of operator-specific applications specific to the set of wireless devices that comprises the wireless device;
analyze an authorization key for each operator-specific application of the plurality of operator-specific applications; and
based on the authorization key, determine whether each operator-specific application of the plurality of operator-specific applications is permitted to be executed.

10. A host-neutral gateway device, comprising:
a plurality of local wireless communication interfaces that communicate with a plurality of sets of wireless devices, wherein each set of wireless devices of the plurality of sets of wireless devices is operated by a different operator;
a plurality of long-range wireless communication interfaces that communicate with one or more remote server systems;
one or more processors configured to:
execute a plurality operator-specific applications, wherein:
each operator-specific application is mapped to a corresponding set of wireless devices of the plurality of sets of wireless device;

receive, via the plurality of local wireless communication interfaces, a message from a wireless device of the plurality of sets of wireless devices;
analyze a message header of the message;
determine, based on the analyzed message header of the message, to process the message using an operator-specific application of the plurality of operator-specific applications;
process the message using the operator-specific application of the plurality of operator-specific applications specific to the set of wireless devices that comprises the wireless device;
determine whether an IP address assigned to the host-neutral gateway device falls within a range of permissible IP addresses; and
disable execution of the plurality of operator-specific applications based on determining that the IP address falls outside of the range of permissible IP addresses.

11. A system, comprising:
a first set of wireless devices;
a second set of wireless devices; and
host-neutral gateway device, comprising:
a plurality of local wireless communication interfaces that communicate with the first set of wireless devices and the second set of wireless devices;
a plurality of long-range wireless communication interfaces that communicate with one or more remote server systems; and
one or more processors configured to:
execute a first operator-specific application and a second operator-specific application, wherein:
the first operator-specific application is mapped to the first set of wireless devices; and
the first operator-specific application is mapped to the first set of

Assignees

• Dish Network Llc

Inventors

• Reisbick Richard
• Sullivan Ryan

Classifications

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