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Method and apparatus of remote configuration and management of wireless nodes

  • US 10,469,332 B2
  • Filed: 08/28/2017
  • Issued: 11/05/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • determining a transport medium usable for communication of a discovery message via a wireless network, wherein the discovery message is formatted according to a protocol;

    transmitting one or more discovery messages using the determined transport medium;

    receiving one or more response messages associated with the one or more discovery messages via a second transport medium that is different from the transport medium used to transmit the one or more discovery messages formatted according to the protocol, wherein each of the one or more response messages is formatted according to the protocol and includes information indicating a wireless association between a wireless device corresponding to one of the one or more response messages and at least one other wireless device accessible via the wireless network, and wherein the wireless device accesses the wireless network via a bridge in response to the wireless device being out of range of the wireless network;

    determining a network topology of the wireless network based on the one or more response messages;

    generating a graphical user interface based on the determined network topology; and

    remotely controlling the wireless device using the graphical user interface by transmitting a control message to the wireless device via the bridge in response to the wireless device being out of range of the wireless network, wherein the control message is formatted according to the protocol.

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