Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Delegating WiFi network discovery and traffic monitoring
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Application No.: US14889428Application Date: 2014-03-19
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Publication No.: US09894616B2Publication Date: 2018-02-13
- Inventor: Kapil Chhabra
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Priority: WOPCT/US2013/039781 20130506
- International Application: PCT/US2014/031243 WO 20140319
- International Announcement: WO2014/182377 WO 20141113
- Main IPC: H04W52/02
- IPC: H04W52/02 ; H04W48/16 ; H04W40/24 ; H04W84/12 ; H04W88/02

Abstract:
A wireless device configured to delegate it communications and traffic monitoring tasks to a paired device when a wireless transceiver of the wireless device is found to be in an idle state is provided. The wireless device includes two wireless transceivers, the first wireless transceiver for communicating with a wireless access point and second low power wireless transceiver for communicating with a paired device. When the wireless device determines that the first wireless transceiver is in an idle state, it can place the first wireless transceiver into a sleep mode and delegate to the paired device via the second wireless transceiver communication and traffic monitoring tasks that would have been performed by the first wireless transceiver if it were not in a sleep mode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160100369A1 DELEGATING WIFI NETWORK DISCOVERY AND TRAFFIC MONITORING Public/Granted day:2016-04-07
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