Abstract: A method and system for responding to multiple voice requests sent from a group of devices in substantive response to a single spoken utterance of a user. In one embodiment, if the devices have a same group ID, a server determines if any of the group of received voice requests are duplicate. In one embodiment, voice requests received within a predetermined time window are examined to determine if they are duplicate. If so, the server deems one of the received voice requests as non-duplicate and the others as duplicate and sends a substantive response for the non-duplicate voice request. In some embodiments, a no-op is sent to the devices that do not receive the substantive response.

Abstract: A client receive circuit receives client data from a network, decodes the client data and stores the client data within the memory. A frame transmit circuit is provided that includes a justification control logic and a framer and a justification control logic is provided that 1) determines each of a plurality of fill levels and 2) determines an average of the plurality of fill levels. The framer has circuitry to generate a wrapper including a justification opportunity having data based upon a difference between the average and a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A secure end to end connection is established between a remote device having a wireless link and a control/monitoring location for the remote device through a gateway. During the establishing of the secure connection, a compressed message representation is used to communicate between the gateway and the remote device over the wireless link and an uncompressed message representation is used to communicate between the gateway and the first location. The establishment of the secure connection utilizes public-key algorithms.

Abstract: A mapping system including a memory, a client receive circuit and a frame transmit circuit. The client receive circuit is adapted to receive client data from a network, decode the client data and store the client data within the memory. The frame transmit circuit includes a justification control log and a framer. The justification control logic is executed by one or more processor to 1) determine each of a plurality of fill levels, each of the plurality of fill levels being associated with an amount of client data in the memory at each of a plurality of corresponding one of a plurality of instants of time, and 2) determine an average of the plurality of fill levels. The framer has circuitry to generate a wrapper including at least a portion of client data from the memory, the wrapper having one or more justification opportunity having data based upon a difference between the average and a predetermined threshold. The mapping system can be an asynchronous mapping system.