Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Mass re-formation of groups in a peer-to-peer network
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Application No.: US13106638Application Date: 2011-05-12
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Publication No.: US09762662B2Publication Date: 2017-09-12
- Inventor: Mitesh K. Desai , Henrique Filgueiras , Amer A. Hassan , Mukund Sankaranarayan
- Applicant: Mitesh K. Desai , Henrique Filgueiras , Amer A. Hassan , Mukund Sankaranarayan
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
- Current Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agency: Collins & Collins Intellectual, LLC
- Agent L. Alan Collins
- Main IPC: G06F15/173
- IPC: G06F15/173 ; H04L29/08

Abstract:
A system in which wireless devices form a group in accordance with a peer-to-peer protocol and, at a later time, a device may send an invitation request to trigger the devices tore-form the peer-to-peer group. The invitation request may contain an identifier that is associated with a set of a plurality of devices. Those devices may be related such that they perform a function for which a user would want to use those devices together. The group of devices, for example, may be multimedia devices that receive and present streaming multimedia content or may be human interface devices that collectively act as an interface for a work station incorporating a wireless computing device operated by a user. Requesting that remote devices concurrently re-form a group reduces the time and spectral congestion associated with re-forming the group, particularly when the remote devices may periodically enter a low power state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120290730A1 MASS RE-FORMATION OF GROUPS IN A PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK Public/Granted day:2012-11-15
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