Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for connecting a network receiver with one or more devices while minimizing power usage
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Application No.: US15603068Application Date: 2017-05-23
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Publication No.: US10219219B2Publication Date: 2019-02-26
- Inventor: Andrew Baron , Vishal Mhatre , Gianluigi Nusca , Andrew Cunningham , Matthew Durak
- Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Main IPC: H04W52/02
- IPC: H04W52/02 ; H04W4/80 ; H04W8/00 ; H04W88/06

Abstract:
The disclosure generally relates to identifying a Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) enabled Wi-Fi network receiver and automatically connecting to the BTLE-enabled network receiver via a Wi-Fi signal without using a Wi-Fi scanning operation. In some aspects, an initial connection may be established between the network receiver and a BTLE-enabled device during which the Wi-Fi scanning operation of the device is disabled. Thereafter, the device may automatically detect the BTLE-enabled network receiver via BTLE signal and automatically connect to the network receiving using a Wi-Fi signal without using the Wi-Fi scanning operation. In this way, the battery life of the device may be conserved by disabling the Wi-Fi scanning operation. Although the electronic device may be within the Wi-Fi range of the network receiver, the device may not search for or connect to the network receiver if it is outside of the BTLE range of the network receiver.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180213478A1 METHOD FOR CONNECTING A NETWORK RECEIVER WITH ONE OR MORE DEVICES WHILE MINIMIZING POWER USAGE Public/Granted day:2018-07-26
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