IP Library Granted Patent US 10,623,919
Granted Patent B2
US 10,623,919 · App. 16/335,590 · Granted Apr 14, 2020

IoT device, communication system, and control method and control program for IoT device

Inventors: Toru Yamada (Tokyo, JP); Akira Kamei (Tokyo, JP); Masahiro Serizawa (Tokyo, JP); Kyoji Hirata (Tokyo, JP); Yumiko Okuyama (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Hasegawa (Tokyo, JP); Masashi Shimoma (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC Corporation
H04W4/24H04L12/1403H04W4/70H04W4/80H04W88/04
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Patent No.
US 10,623,919
App. No.
16/335,590
Granted
Apr 14, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An IoT device for properly performing charging even when data from an IoT device is relayed and transmitted to a base station includes a first transmitter that directly transmits acquired data to the base station, a second transmitter that transmits the data to a neighboring device by near-field communication to relay the data by the neighboring device and transmit the data to the base station, and a third transmitter that transmits, to the base station, communication cost bearer information representing that the user of the IoT device bears the communication cost of the data relayed by the neighboring device and transmitted.

Claims (43)

1. An IoT device comprising:

a first transmitter that directly transmits acquired data to a base station;

a second transmitter that transmits the data to a neighboring device by near-field communication to relay data by the neighboring device and transmit the data to the base station; and

a third transmitter that transmits, to the base station, communication cost bearer information representing that a user of the IoT device bears a communication cost of the data relayed by the neighboring device and transmitted.

2. The IoT device according to claim 1 , wherein said second transmitter and said third transmitter simultaneously transmit the data and the communication cost bearer information to the base station by relaying the data and the communication cost bearer information by the neighboring device.

3. The IoT device according to claim 2 , wherein said third transmitter transmits, as the communication cost bearer information, information representing that the user of the IoT device bears a communication cost higher than a communication cost imposed when the IoT device directly transmits the data to the base station.

4. The IoT device according to claim 3 further comprising:

a storage that stores a history of relaying data by the neighboring device and transmitting the data to the base station,

wherein said third transmitter transmits the communication cost bearer information totaled based on the history to the base station at a predetermined timing.

5. A communication system including the IoT device defined in claim 4 , comprising:

a subtracter that subtracts, from a charge on the neighboring device, all or part of a difference between a communication cost imposed when the IoT device directly transmits the data to the base station and a communication cost imposed when the data is relayed by the neighboring device and transmitted.

6. A communication system including the IoT device defined in claim 3 , comprising:

a subtracter that subtracts, from a charge on the neighboring device, all or part of a difference between a communication cost imposed when the IoT device directly transmits the data to the base station and a communication cost imposed when the data is relayed by the neighboring device and transmitted.

7. The IoT device according to claim 2 further comprising:

a storage that stores a history of relaying data by the neighboring device and transmitting the data to the base station,

wherein said third transmitter transmits the communication cost bearer information totaled based on the history to the base station at a predetermined timing.

8. A communication system including the IoT device defined in claim 7 , comprising:

a subtracter that subtracts, from a charge on the neighboring device, all or part of a difference between a communication cost imposed when the IoT device directly transmits the data to the base station and a communication cost imposed when the data is relayed by the neighboring device and transmitted.

9. A communication system including the IoT device defined in claim 2 , comprising:

a subtracter that subtracts, from a charge on the neighboring device, all or part of a difference between a communication cost imposed when the IoT device directly transmits the data to the base station and a communication cost imposed when the data is relayed by the neighboring device and transmitted.

10. The IoT device according to claim 1 , wherein said third transmitter transmits, as the communication cost bearer information, information representing that the user of the IoT device bears a communication cost higher than a communication cost imposed when the IoT device directly transmits the data to the base station.

11. The IoT device according to claim 10 further comprising:

a storage that stores a history of relaying data by the neighboring device and transmitting the data to the base station,

wherein said third transmitter transmits the communication cost bearer information totaled based on the history to the base station at a predetermined timing.

12. A communication system including the IoT device defined in claim 11 , comprising:

a subtracter that subtracts, from a charge on the neighboring device, all or part of a difference between a communication cost imposed when the IoT device directly transmits the data to the base station and a communication cost imposed when the data is relayed by the neighboring device and transmitted.

13. A communication system including the IoT device defined in claim 10 , comprising:

a subtracter that subtracts, from a charge on the neighboring device, all or part of a difference between a communication cost imposed when the IoT device directly transmits the data to the base station and a communication cost imposed when the data is relayed by the neighboring device and transmitted.

14. The IoT device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a storage that stores a history of relaying data by the neighboring device and transmitting the data to the base station,

wherein said third transmitter transmits the communication cost bearer information totaled based on the history to the base station at a predetermined timing.

15. A communication system including the IoT device defined in claim 14 , comprising:

a subtracter that subtracts, from a charge on the neighboring device, all or part of a difference between a communication cost imposed when the IoT device directly transmits the data to the base station and a communication cost imposed when the data is relayed by the neighboring device and transmitted.

16. A communication system including the IoT device defined in claim 1 , to comprising:

a subtracter that subtracts, from a charge on the neighboring device, all or part of a difference between a communication cost imposed when the IoT device directly transmits the data to the base station and a communication cost imposed when the data is relayed by the neighboring device and transmitted.

17. A control method for an IoT device, comprising:

transmitting acquired data to a neighboring device by near-field communication; and

transmitting, to a base station, communication cost bearer information representing that a user of the IoT device bears a communication cost of the data relayed by the neighboring device and transmitted.

18. The control method for an IoT device according to claim 17 , wherein the data and the communication cost bearer information are simultaneously transmitted to the base station by relaying the data and the communication cost bearer information by the neighboring device.

19. The control method for an IoT device according to claim 17 , wherein the communication cost bearer information is information representing that the user of the IoT device bears a communication cost higher than a communication cost imposed when the IoT device directly transmits the data to the base station.

20. The control method for an IoT device according to claim 17 further comprising:

storing a history of relaying data by the neighboring device and transmitting the data to the base station, and

transmitting, to the base station, the communication cost bearer information totaled based on the history at a predetermined timing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2019
From: YAMADA, TORU; KAMEI, AKIRA; SERIZAWA, MASAHIRO; HIRATA, KYOJI; OKUYAMA, YUMIKO; HASEGAWA, SATOSHI; SHIMOMA, MASASHI
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048664/0703 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-186224 · Sep 23, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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