JP6001586B2 - Device device setting method in gateway device, gateway device, and device device setting program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a device device that requests network connection in a gateway device that provides connection to an external network via a short-range wireless communication device device (hereinafter referred to as device device) using Bluetooth (registered trademark) or the like. The present invention relates to a setting method that simplifies connection settings for short-range wireless communication such as Bluetooth (registered trademark), a gateway device that includes this setting function, and a device device setting program.

Currently, in order for a device device to communicate with a gateway device using Bluetooth (registered trademark), a pairing operation is required.
The pairing operation is executed by pressing the setting buttons provided in the device device and the gateway device almost simultaneously, and, in some cases, inputting a password predetermined by the device device to the gateway device.

In recent years, it is expected that Machine-To-Machine (a device that performs M2M and M2M will be referred to as an M2M device) as a device device that can acquire and remotely control information via an external network. In order to provide the M2M service, it is necessary to connect the M2M device to an external network such as the Internet. In order to connect an M2M device to an external network, the following two configurations are generally considered.
(Configuration 1) A configuration in which all M2M devices include a communication module that can be connected to an external network such as LTE, WiMax, or 3G.
(Configuration 2) An M2M device is temporarily connected to a home gateway (HGW) or smartphone that already has a function of connecting to an external network by Bluetooth (registered trademark) or the like, and the HGW or smartphone or the like is connected to the M2M device to the external network. (Hereinafter, an HGW or a smartphone that provides a connection to an external network is referred to as an M2M-GW).

  In order to realize M2M that communicates with all things, it is necessary to reduce the price of M2M devices, and future growth of the above-described configuration 2 that can be realized with a relatively inexpensive communication module such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) is expected in the future. .

For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the device apparatus (M2M device) 12 is temporarily connected to the gateway apparatus (M2M-GW) 10 using Bluetooth (registered trademark) or the like, and the gateway apparatus (M2M-GW) 10 is connected to the device apparatus. It is assumed that the (M2M device) 12 provides a connection to an external network (Internet 3). In this case, in order to perform communication via the Bluetooth (registered trademark) between the device device (M2M device) 12 and the gateway device (M2M-GW) 10, the device device (M2M device) 12 and the gateway device ( M2M-GW) 10 requires pairing operation and setting operation.
When M2M is widely used and a situation is assumed in which a combination of connection configurations between a large number of device devices (M2M devices) 12 and a plurality of gateway devices (M2M-GW) 10 is used while switching from moment to moment, There is a problem in that setting work needs to be performed in advance for the number of combinations of the device (M2M device) 12 and the gateway device (M2M-GW) 10, which hinders popularization.

Therefore, as shown in Non-Patent Documents 1 to 3, a technique for simplifying a Bluetooth (registered trademark) pairing operation and a wireless LAN setting operation has been proposed.
However, in any case, some setting operation such as simultaneous pressing operation of the setting button of the gateway device and the device device is necessary, and it is not known that pairing operation or setting operation is necessary in the first place. ) And users who are unfamiliar with the operation of a wireless LAN or the like, the situation where the Bluetooth (registered trademark) and the wireless LAN or the like can be easily used is not necessarily achieved.

  That is, in the setting method described above, the gateway device 10 (M2M-GW, a parent device of Bluetooth (registered trademark) or wireless LAN) and the device device 12 (M2M via Bluetooth (registered trademark) or wireless LAN). In a scene where Bluetooth (registered trademark) or wireless LAN slave device) communicates with each other, a pairing operation and a setting operation are required between all the gateway devices 10 that perform communication and the device device 12 before the communication. Therefore, there is a concern that the setting operation becomes complicated and becomes an obstacle to the spread of M2M.

The inventors have assumed a situation where a plurality of people such as ordinary households, SOHOs, companies, organizations, etc. commonly use device devices such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) and wireless LAN, in order to deal with such problems. (One family, one company, one group) If there is one or more administrators who have knowledge about the use of Bluetooth (registered trademark) or wireless LAN, if that person performs pairing operation and setting operation, Other users have proposed a technique that enables use without the need for pairing operation and setting operation (Patent Document 1).
According to this technology, when the device apparatus (M2M device) performs a setting operation with the gateway apparatus (M2M-GW), the setting information for the M2M-GW to communicate with the M2M device is originally stored in the M2M-GW. However, the setting information can be shared and used in the group by sending the information to the server and linking the server and the M2M-GW.

However, Bluetooth (registered trademark) radio waves reach especially in the case of using a device device using Bluetooth (registered trademark) (M2M device, which is only intended for M2M devices using Bluetooth (registered trademark) in this application). In the case where there are a plurality of gateway devices (M2M-GW) and a plurality of device devices (M2M devices) in the range, and a situation in which a combination thereof is changed is assumed, in the technology of Patent Document 1, A phenomenon occurs.
The existing device device (M2M device) has a function of “permit communication only with a device having the other party's MAC address that is actually paired”.
Therefore, when setting (communication profile such as a key) for communicating with the device device (M2M device) between any gateway devices is moved (copied), the setting operation is actually performed with the device device (M2M device). It is necessary to move together with the setting for communicating the MAC address (uniquely identifiable ID) of the gateway device (M2M-GW), and if implemented simply, a plurality of gateway devices (M2M-GW) There is a problem that communication may become abnormal due to duplication of MAC addresses.

  That is, in a range where Bluetooth (registered trademark) radio waves reach, communication cannot be performed normally, and therefore a gateway device (M2M-GW) having the same MAC address cannot exist. Therefore, for example, there is a device A and a device B that are set to communicate with an M2M-GW, and you want to move only the connection with the device A to an M2M-GW that exists in a range where Bluetooth (registered trademark) radio waves can reach. When considered, since it is necessary to move each MAC address of the M2M-GW for moving the connection, if it is simply implemented as it is, the MAC addresses of the M2M-GW and M2M-GW will overlap, It becomes impossible.

  In the above-described technology, the number of setting operations cannot be reduced when a plurality of M2M-GWs and a plurality of M2M devices exist within a range in which Bluetooth (registered trademark) radio waves can reach.

  In order to solve the above problem, the present inventor creates a logical interface for each M2M device with which communication is performed and changes the M2M-GW with which the M2M device communicates (as used between M2M-GWs) as shown in FIG. In the case of migrating M2M devices to be migrated), a method of moving a logical interface for communicating with a target M2M device between M2M-GWs is proposed (Patent Document 2).

Japanese Patent Application No. 2013-039017 Japanese Patent Application No. 2013-179516

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  However, according to the method described in Patent Document 2 described above, support of a logical interface is difficult to realize when an existing smartphone or the like with limited computer resources is used as a gateway device (M2M-GW), and an operating system. There was a problem that a large modification was required.

  The present invention has been proposed in view of the above circumstances, and without adding a special communication sequence that does not exist in an existing communication method to a device device that requests a network connection using Bluetooth (registered trademark). A device device setting method in a gateway device that can easily perform a network connection setting operation even in an existing smartphone by extending the function of a specific gateway device (M2M-GW, Bluetooth base unit), An object of the present invention is to provide a gateway device having a setting function and a device device setting program.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention uses a specific gateway device as a communication proxy within a range (in a single LAN segment) where radio waves reach in short-range wireless communication such as Bluetooth (registered trademark). A communication function with the device apparatus is easily provided to another gateway apparatus that has not performed a setting operation (pairing operation) for communication connection with the device apparatus.

That is, the device device setting method in the gateway device according to claim 1 includes a plurality of gateway devices such as home gateways and smartphones (parent devices) in a single group capable of short-range wireless communication. In the case of sharing a short-range wireless communication device (slave unit) among a plurality of persons belonging, the following steps are included.
Procedure at least one of the gateway device, which performs the pairing operation to be capable of communication connection between said short-range wireless communication device device.
With regard to the short-range wireless communication device (app execution device) required for the application execution by the gateway apparatus (request source gateway apparatus) that has not been paired, for each gateway apparatus in the group, A procedure to search for discovery / request of application execution device by broadcasting.
A procedure of responding to the requesting gateway device by listing the short-range wireless communication device devices directly connected to the gateway devices themselves.
Procedure for the user to select any near field communication device (the application execution device) in the list of the requesting gateway device.
The request source gateway device communicates from the request destination gateway device to the application execution device to the request source gateway device with respect to a gateway device (request destination gateway device) having communication settings with the selected application execution device. A procedure for transmitting a device switching request for the app execution device to provide;
In the request source gateway device, setting change to establish communication with the request destination gateway device as the application execution virtual device, and whether the request destination gateway device itself is the application execution device. The procedure which performs the setting change which establishes a communication path like this and transfers the received signal as it is with respect to the said application execution device.

The gateway device according to claim 2 is a short-range wireless communication between a plurality of persons belonging to the group with respect to a gateway device (parent device) such as a home gateway or a smartphone that exists in a single group capable of short-range wireless communication. When sharing a communication device (slave unit)
At least one of the gateway devices performs a pairing operation that enables communication connection with the short-range wireless communication device device, and
A gateway device (request destination gateway device) having a communication setting with the short-range wireless communication device device (application execution device) required for application execution when the gateway device (request source gateway device) that has not been paired is activated by an application ), In order to provide communication between the request destination gateway device and the application execution device to the request source gateway device, the device switching request of the application execution device is transmitted while the device switching request is received. In the case, an application unit that controls and manages the gateway device so as to perform setting change for establishing communication with the request source gateway device for the request destination gateway device;
The request source gateway device that has requested the device switching request establishes a communication path as if it is the application execution device, and changes the setting to transfer the received signal to the application execution device as it is. A proxy module section that dynamically switches processing inside the OS;
It is characterized by having.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an operation setting program for a gateway device that causes each unit according to the second aspect to be constructed on a computer .

  According to the device device setting method in the gateway device of the present invention, the gateway device (Bluetooth master device) that has not directly performed connection settings such as Bluetooth is already paired with the device device (Bluetooth slave device). When a gateway device exists, this paired gateway device provides a communication path, so that the gateway device (Bluetooth master device) that has not been paired can also be connected to the device device (Bluetooth slave device). Communication becomes possible.

  Therefore, Bluetooth (registered trademark) and wireless LAN short-range wireless communication device devices (slave devices) that are shared within a family, the same company, or an organization are conventionally connected to a gateway device (master device). Whereas all of the parent device and child device sets to be communicated require connection setting (pairing operation and setting operation), according to the present invention, any parent device to child device within the same group. If connection setting is performed only once, connection can be made through the parent device (proxy GW) for which connection setting has been performed, so connection setting between the other parent device and the child device is unnecessary. It becomes. Therefore, other users in the group can use the device apparatus without the need for pairing operation or setting operation.

  Further, even when there are a plurality of device devices (child devices) and a plurality of gateway devices (parent devices) within a range where Bluetooth (registered trademark) radio waves can reach, the parent device (proxy GW) for which connection setting has been performed ) Can be connected to the device device (slave device) selected via (), the set of the gateway device (master device) and the device device (slave device) can be arbitrarily changed.

It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of a device apparatus setting system. It is a block diagram for demonstrating the function of the gateway apparatus of this invention in a device apparatus setting system It is a block diagram which shows the example of a signal output to the device apparatus by the existing technology. It is a processing sequence figure which shows the procedure of the setting method of the device apparatus in the gateway apparatus of this invention. It is a block diagram of the device apparatus setting system by this invention. It is a block diagram of the device apparatus setting system by a prior art example. It is a model figure which illustrated the architecture of Android (brand name) smart phone about the gateway apparatus proposed by patent document 2. FIG.

The device device setting system using the gateway device of the present invention is a system for setting connection of device devices by the gateway device. As shown in FIG. 1, group 1 is in a range of several meters to several tens of meters in distance. An environment (single LAN segment) is established in which a plurality of gateway devices (M2M-GW) 10 and one or more device devices (M2M devices) 12 are connected via radio waves (short-range wireless communication). Has been.
The device device 12 is a short-range wireless communication device device (Bluetooth (registered trademark), such as a PC, a television, a video recording device, an audio device, an air conditioner, an automatic cleaner, a game machine, an in-vehicle computer, a thermometer, and the like. All devices that can be remotely controlled by radio are included.

  The gateway device 10 includes a ROM in which a basic program including an operating system (OS) and various basic devices are stored, a storage device in which various programs and data are stored, a CPU that executes the program, and a work on the CPU. It consists of a home gateway, smartphone, etc. with a general configuration of a computer whose main parts are a RAM that provides an area, an input / output interface (I / F), and a parallel / serial I / F that communicates with external devices. The device device setting program of the present invention is stored in the storage device.

A specific functional configuration of the gateway apparatus 10 constructed by storing a device apparatus setting program and the like will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 2 shows a part of the group 1 described above, and shows a gateway device 10A and a gateway device 10B having the same configuration, and one device device 12A.
The gateway device 10A (for example, a smartphone) is set in the proxy GW by performing connection setting (pairing operation) with respect to the device device 12A in advance, and becomes the parent device of the device device 12A. In this example, the gateway device (smartphone) 10A and the device device (Bluetooth speaker) 12A are connected and set, so that the acoustic output A2DP (SRC) output from the gateway device (smartphone) 10A is the device device (Bluetooth speaker). ) By being the acoustic input A2DP (SNK) input only to 12A, the acoustic signal of the gateway device (smart phone) 10A is reproduced only by the device device (Bluetooth speaker) 12A.
Therefore, in the group 1, only the gateway device 10A that has performed the pairing operation with the device device 12A can directly communicate with the device device 12A.

  The gateway devices 10A and 10B used in the present invention include an application framework 103 that executes general functions of the gateway device, a media server 104, a sound driver 105, a sound chip 106, a Bluetooth control unit 101, a kernel 107, and a URT driver 108. And an application unit 100 that controls and manages the flow of input / output signals via the application framework 103, and a proxy module unit 102 that switches the flow of input / output signals in the Bluetooth control unit 101. Has been added.

The application framework 103 outputs a signal for building an application.
The media server 104 outputs a signal corresponding to the type of application.
The sound driver 105 and the URT driver 108 convert into signals corresponding to the connected devices. The kernel 107 performs processing that is the core of the OS. The sound chip 106 and the Bluetooth chip 109 output signals for hardware included in the gateway device 10.

  The Bluetooth control unit 101 is a module that manages Bluetooth communication processing, and controls input / output signals in the gateway device 10.

The application unit 100 is connected to the application framework 103 so as to have a function of grasping the contents of the application and a device device necessary for executing the application, and is connected to the proxy module unit 102 so that another gateway device is provided. 10 is provided with a function of controlling and managing the flow of input / output signals with the terminal 10.
That is, a signal from another gateway apparatus 10 is received, the function of the signal is grasped, controlled and managed, and switching is performed as an instruction to switch the device apparatus corresponding to the signal type as necessary.
More specifically, a gateway device (requesting gateway device) that has not been paired has a communication setting with a short-range wireless communication device device (application execution device) that is required for application execution upon application activation ( In order to provide the request source gateway apparatus with the request destination gateway apparatus, a request to switch the application execution device is transmitted to the request destination gateway apparatus.
And when the said device switching request | requirement is received, a gateway apparatus is controlled and managed so that the setting change which establishes communication with a request origin gateway apparatus about a request destination gateway apparatus may be performed.

  The proxy module unit 102 has a function of dynamically switching the flow of input / output signals to / from other gateway devices to processing inside the OS of the gateway device during signal processing in the Bluetooth control unit 101. That is, when a device switching request is output to another gateway device, a communication path is established to the requesting gateway device that has requested the device switching request as if it is an application execution device, and the received signal is The processing inside the OS is dynamically switched so as to change the setting for transferring the application execution device as it is.

For example, when a pairing operation is performed between the gateway device 10A and the device device 12A, the gateway device 10A becomes a parent device with respect to the device device 12A (child device), and between the device device 12A and the device device 12A. For other gateway devices that have not been paired (for example, gateway device 10B), the functions of application unit 100 and proxy module unit 102 act as if they act as device devices (virtual devices). Then, processing for enabling connection to the device apparatus 12A via the gateway apparatus 10A is performed.
That is, when considering the Bluetooth connection of the gateway device 10B within the reach of the Bluetooth radio wave with the device device 12A, the gateway device (proxy GW) 10A that is actually connected to the device device 12A is connected to another gateway device (gateway device). By proxying the signal from 10B), use (connection) of the device apparatus 12A is realized even in the gateway apparatus 10B that has no connection setting with the device apparatus 12A.
Details of a connection processing procedure among the gateway device 10B, the gateway device 10A, and the device device 12A will be described later.

  Next, FIG. 3 shows an audio data flow (signal output example) when an existing gateway device (M2M-GW) that does not include the application unit 100 and the proxy module unit 102 uses a device device (M2M device). The description will be given with reference. In this case, the gateway device (M2M-GW) and the device device (M2M device) have already been set for connection (pairing operation).

When using a device device (Bluetooth speaker) for a gateway device (for example, a smartphone in which Android (product name) is installed as an OS), a user operating the smartphone starts a music playback application and plays it on the smartphone. I press the button.
Audio data output from the music playback application on the media server 104 is passed from the application to the sound driver (OS) 105.
The sound driver 105 transfers the audio data to the Bluetooth module (OS) of the kernel 107 when a device device connected by Bluetooth exists, and the music is played on the device device (Bluetooth speaker) via the Bluetooth chip 109. The
When the sound driver 105 does not detect a Bluetooth device having a function of playing music, the audio data is played back on the smartphone via the sound chip 106 as it is.

On the other hand, in the case of the device device setting system using the gateway devices 10A and 10B of the present invention (FIG. 2), the gateway device 10B not performing the pairing operation with the device device 12A wants to use the device device 12A. Then, communication setting with the device apparatus 12A is performed via the gateway apparatus 10A.
That is, when the gateway apparatus 10B that has not performed the setting operation with the device apparatus 12A inputs audio data from the music playback application 50, the audio data is output from the media server 104 via the application framework 103, and the audio data is Passed to the sound driver (OS) 105.

In the sound driver 105, when there is no device connected by Bluetooth, the proxy module unit 102 of the Bluetooth control unit 101 transfers audio data to the kernel (OS) 107, and passes through the URT driver 108 and the Bluetooth chip 109. Input to gateway device 10A.
In the gateway device 10A, the proxy module unit 102 of the Bluetooth control unit 101 processes the audio data input from the gateway device 10B to be output to the device device 12A that is a Bluetooth speaker as it is, so that music is reproduced by the Bluetooth speaker. .
That is, the gateway device 10A behaves as a virtual device device (child device) with respect to the gateway device 10B, and acts as a gateway device (parent device) with respect to the device device 12A, so that the audio data flows in a dotted line. Is processed.
In the gateway device 10 described above, an example in which Android (product name) is used as the OS is shown, but another OS such as Unix (registered trademark) may be used.

  Next, the procedure of the device device setting method in the gateway device 10B shown in FIG. 2 will be described with reference to the processing sequence diagram of FIG.

  First, preparation in advance when performing connection setting of the device apparatus 12 according to the present invention will be described. That is, by performing a pairing operation between the gateway device 10A, which is at least one of the plurality of gateway devices 10, and the device device 12A to be used, the gateway device 10A becomes a proxy GW for the device device 12A. The device apparatus 12 is set in a state where communication connection is possible.

Next, the user of the gateway device (request source gateway device) 10B that is not directly connected to the device device 12 to be used activates the application unit 100, and the device device 12 necessary for executing the application sends the request to the request source gateway device 10B. If the pairing operation has not been performed, the process is started by searching for a device that can be connected to the request source gateway apparatus 10B (M2M device search) (step 1).
When the M2M device search is executed by the user, the application unit 11 of the request source gateway device 10B broadcasts an M2M device discovery / request to each gateway device 10 in the LAN (gateway device connected by Bluetooth). (Step 2).

  Upon receiving the M2M device discovery / request, the application unit 100 of each gateway device 10 lists the device devices (M2M devices) to which it directly connects and responds to the requesting gateway device (M2M-GW) as an M2M device response ( Step 3).

  The user selects an arbitrary device device (M2M device) necessary for executing the application from the list of device devices displayed on the request source gateway device (step 4).

  The application unit 100 of the request source gateway apparatus 10B sends the device apparatus (application execution) from the request source gateway apparatus 10B to the gateway apparatus (proxy GW) 10A having communication settings with the device apparatus (M2M device) selected by the user. In order to provide communication to the requesting gateway device (proxy GW) 10A to the device 12A, a device device switching request is transmitted (step 5).

  In the request-destination gateway device (proxy GW) 10A that has received the device device switching request and the request-source gateway device (M2M-GW) 10B that has requested switching, the following setting changes are made to each proxy module unit 102, respectively. (Step 6 and Step 7).

That is, in the request source gateway device (M2M-GW) 10B, the request destination gateway device (proxy GW) 10A having communication settings with the device device (M2M device) is a (virtual) Bluetooth device, and Communication is established (step 6).
Further, the request destination gateway device (proxy GW) 10A establishes a communication path to the request source gateway device 10B as if it is a Bluetooth device, and further receives the received signal as a device device (M2M device). 12A is set to be transferred as it is (step 7).

  When the user performs music playback in the request source gateway device 10B after the above steps are completed, the audio data is played back on the device device (M2M device) 12A via the request destination gateway device (proxy GW) 10A. (This is the audio data flow indicated by the dotted lines in FIG. 2).

According to the above-described device setting system having a plurality of gateway devices, as shown in FIG. 5, a Bluetooth (registered trademark) device device (M2M device) is sharedly used by a plurality of people such as general households, SOHOs, companies, and organizations. In this case, an administrator who has knowledge about the use of one or more Bluetooth (registered trademark) in a single group (one home, one company, one organization) can use the gateway device 10A (proxy GW) as a device. If the pairing operation with the device (M2M device) 12A is performed, the other users in the group can use the device device (M2M device) 12A in the gateway device (request source gateway device) 10B that has not been paired. When the setting is automatically changed (switched) by selecting the Because communication with the chair unit 12A is established, there is no need for pairing and setting operations for each device unit.
This is because in the device setting system of the conventional example (FIG. 6), it is necessary to perform the setting work in advance for the number of combinations of the device device (M2M device) and the gateway device (M2M-GW). If the setting operation is performed only once in one group, the device apparatus (M2M device) 12 can connect the gateway apparatus 10A (proxy GW) to the gateway apparatus (M2M-GW) that is not paired in the same group. Therefore, it is possible to easily perform connection setting by avoiding complicated setting operation.

Further, even when there are a plurality of device devices (M2M devices) 12 and a plurality of gateway devices (M2M-GW) 10 within a range in which Bluetooth (registered trademark) radio waves reach,
The gateway device (M2M-GW) is selected by selecting a device device desired to be used in the request source gateway device 10B when the Bluetooth (registered trademark) connection is set by the gateway device (request source gateway device) 10B that has not been paired. 10 and the device apparatus (M2M device) 12 can be arbitrarily changed.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Group, 3 ... Internet, 10 ... Gateway apparatus (M2M-GW), 12 ... Device apparatus (M2M device), 100 ... Application part, 102 ... Proxy module part.

Claims (3)

With respect to gateway devices (parent devices) such as home gateways and smartphones that exist in a single group capable of short-range wireless communication, a short-range wireless communication device device (child device) can be used by a plurality of people belonging to the group. When sharing,
The procedure at least one of the gateway device, which performs the pairing operation to be capable of communication connection between said short-range wireless communication device unit,
With regard to the short-range wireless communication device (app execution device) required for the application execution by the gateway apparatus (request source gateway apparatus) that has not been paired, for each gateway apparatus in the group, Procedure to search for discovery / request of application execution device by broadcasting,
A procedure for responding to the requesting gateway device by listing a short-range wireless communication device device directly connected to each gateway device itself;
A step of selecting any short-range wireless communication device device (application executing device) in the user the list of the requesting gateway device,
The request source gateway device communicates from the request destination gateway device to the application execution device to the request source gateway device with respect to a gateway device (request destination gateway device) having communication settings with the selected application execution device. A procedure for transmitting a device switching request for the app execution device to provide;
In the request source gateway device, setting change to establish communication with the request destination gateway device as the application execution virtual device, and whether the request destination gateway device itself is the application execution device. A procedure for establishing a communication path and performing a setting change for transferring the received signal as it is to the application execution device,
A device device setting method in a gateway device, comprising: With respect to gateway devices (parent devices) such as home gateways and smartphones that exist in a single group capable of short-range wireless communication, a short-range wireless communication device device (child device) can be used by a plurality of people belonging to the group. When sharing,
At least one of the gateway devices performs a pairing operation that enables communication connection with the short-range wireless communication device device, and
The gateway device is
A gateway device (request destination gateway device) having a communication setting with the short-range wireless communication device device (application execution device) required for application execution when the gateway device (request source gateway device) that has not been paired is activated by an application ), In order to provide communication between the request destination gateway device and the application execution device to the request source gateway device, the device switching request of the application execution device is transmitted while the device switching request is received. In the case, an application unit that controls and manages the gateway device so as to perform setting change for establishing communication with the request source gateway device for the request destination gateway device;
The request source gateway device that has requested the device switching request establishes a communication path as if it is the application execution device, and changes the setting to transfer the received signal to the application execution device as it is. A proxy module section that dynamically switches processing inside the OS;
A gateway device comprising: An operation setting program for a gateway device, wherein each unit according to claim 2 is constructed on a computer .