Roaming groups in a peer-to-peer network
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- using a user identifier used on a first wireless device to download from a networked computer device to a second wireless device a persistent group profile set describing a peer-to-peer connection set for the first wireless device upon receipt of a user identifier from a user on the second wireless device, the user identifier comprising user credentials of a user of the first wireless device and entered by the user of the first wireless device;
broadcasting from the second wireless device a probe message having the user identifier indicating an availability of the second wireless device;
selecting, without user input, using the second wireless device a persistent group profile from the persistent group profile set describing a peer-to-peer connection between the first wireless device and a remote device, the persistent group profile comprising information generated by the first wireless device to pair the first wireless device with the remote device, the information copied to the second wireless device as part of the downloading of the persistent group profile set from the networked computer device, the remote device being a peripheral device capable of pairing with the first and second wireless devices; and
connecting automatically the second wireless device peer-to-peer with the remote device according to the persistent group profile resulting in creating a persistent group by pairing the second wireless device with the remote device.
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Abstract
A computing device that forms a group in accordance with a peer-to-peer protocol in which a device may be identified based on a credential of a user. The credential may be used to determine a unique identifier for the user such that the same identifier is used on any device operated by the same user. Such an identifier may be used in connection with a peer-to-peer protocol that supports persistent peer-to-peer groups. As a result, the unique identifier for the user may be retained by remote devices that have paired with any device operated by a particular user such that those remote devices may automatically establish a connection with any other device operated by the same user that similarly uses the same unique identifier for the user.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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using a user identifier used on a first wireless device to download from a networked computer device to a second wireless device a persistent group profile set describing a peer-to-peer connection set for the first wireless device upon receipt of a user identifier from a user on the second wireless device, the user identifier comprising user credentials of a user of the first wireless device and entered by the user of the first wireless device; broadcasting from the second wireless device a probe message having the user identifier indicating an availability of the second wireless device; selecting, without user input, using the second wireless device a persistent group profile from the persistent group profile set describing a peer-to-peer connection between the first wireless device and a remote device, the persistent group profile comprising information generated by the first wireless device to pair the first wireless device with the remote device, the information copied to the second wireless device as part of the downloading of the persistent group profile set from the networked computer device, the remote device being a peripheral device capable of pairing with the first and second wireless devices; and connecting automatically the second wireless device peer-to-peer with the remote device according to the persistent group profile resulting in creating a persistent group by pairing the second wireless device with the remote device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method comprising:
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receiving a credential from a user in a first wireless device identified by a hardware identifier that includes a hardware address for the first wireless device; determining with the first wireless device an identifier based on the credential; and wirelessly communicating between the first wireless device and a remote device to form a peer-to-peer group comprising at least the remote device and the first wireless device, the wirelessly communicating comprising transmitting at least one message for forming the peer-to-peer group, each message of the at least one message using the determined identifier in place of the hardware identifier having the hardware address, wherein a persistent group profile describes a peer-to-peer connection for the peer-to-peer group, the persistent group profile comprising information generated by the first wireless device to pair the first wireless device with the remote device, the information copied to a second wireless device as part of a downloading of the persistent group profile from the user computing device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computing device comprising:
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a wireless transceiver; at least one processor configured to; control the wireless transceiver to exchange messages in accordance with a peer-to-peer protocol, the messages comprising at least one portion identifying a group of devices formed in accordance with the protocol; and select a value for the at least one portion based on at least one of a user identifier and a hardware identifier of the computing device, the hardware identifier including a hardware address for a first wireless device; and a computer storage media configured to; associate the user identifier with a persistent group profile for the peer-to-peer group describing a peer-to-peer connection with a remote device upon receipt of a user identifier from a user on a second wireless device, the user identifier comprising user credentials of a user of the first wireless device and entered by the user of the first wireless device, the user identifier replacing the hardware identifier having the hardware address, the persistent group profile comprising information generated by the first wireless device to pair the first wireless device with the remote device, the information copied to a second wireless device as part of a downloading of the persistent group profile from the computing device; and upload the persistent group profile to a networked computing device tagged with the user identifier to be made accessible to other devices for connecting peer-to-peer with the remote device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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