Intelligent gateway with a common data format

• Main Authors: McCann, Adam Joseph, Zhang, Li, Maksumov, Alisher
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 12.06.2018
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

Example embodiments of a method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for a gateway with common data format are generally described herein. The gateway may include memory to store data in a common data format to be operated on by applications, and network interfaces configured to interface an application to a remote device via a network. The gateway may further include protocol adapters configured to communicate with the remote device using a communication protocol of the remote device, and data adapters configured to convert data between a format of the remote device and the common data format. The gateway may further include a protocol selector module configured to select a protocol adapter where a selected protocol adapter communicates with a remote device, and a data adapter selector module configured to select a data adapter where a selected data adapter adapts data between the remote device and the common format.