Connection information for inter-device wireless data communication

• US 10,728,883 B2
• Filed: 10/05/2017
• Issued: 07/28/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Hassan, Amer A., Anders, Jr., Billy R., Desai, Mitesh K., Filgueiras, Henry M. A., Elhaddad, Mahmoud S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sloms, Nicholas
• Application Number:
  US15/725,977
• Publication Number:
  US 20180035418A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,027 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/16 Central resource management; Negotiation of resources or communication parameters, e.g. negotiating bandwidth or QoS [Quality of Service]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

Techniques for connection information for inter-device wireless data communication are described. In at least some embodiments, a broker device maintains wireless connection information for various wireless devices. The wireless connection information includes wireless channels at which particular wireless devices can be accessed. The broker device can provide the wireless connection information to various other devices to enable wireless communication with the wireless devices.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, at a client device, wireless connection information for a particular device via a notification, wherein the particular device is configured to communicate via one or more particular, pre-specified wireless channels, the wireless connection information includes an identifier for at least one of the one or more particular, pre-specified wireless channels and a polling interval at which the particular device checks for wireless communication from other devices, wherein the wireless connection information is received in response to a query for the wireless connection information, the query requesting a device type without identifying a particular instance of a device;

utilizing, at the client device, the wireless connection information to establish a wireless connection with the particular device for communicating data; and

storing, at the client device, the wireless connection information to enable subsequent wireless data communication with the particular device.

2. The computer-implemented method as described in claim 1, wherein the wireless connection information further includes a type of error correction coding utilized by the particular device.

3. The computer-implemented method as described in claim 1, wherein said utilizing comprises establishing a direct wireless connection with the particular device independent of an intermediary network or an intermediary device.

4. The computer-implemented method as described in claim 1, wherein said utilizing comprises transmitting a data packet to the particular device via the at least one of the one or more particular, pre-specified wireless channels identified in the wireless connection information.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the one or more particular, pre-specified wireless channels are selected from a plurality of sub-channels available to the client device, and wherein the one or more particular, pre-specified wireless channels are a subset of wireless channels from the plurality of sub-channels.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, wherein the plurality of sub-channels including a wireless channel split into the plurality of sub-channels.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the particular device is one or more of a mouse, a keyboard, a game controller, a touchpad, an audio output device, a video display device, a sensor, or a camera.

5. One or more computer-readable storage devices comprising instructions stored thereon that, responsive to execution by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations including:

receiving, at the computing device, wireless connection information for a wireless device via a notification, wherein the wireless device is configured to communicate via one or more particular, pre-specified wireless channels, the wireless connection information includes an identifier for at least one of the one or more particular, pre-specified wireless channels and a polling interval at which the particular device checks for wireless communication from other devices, wherein the wireless connection information is received in response to a query for the wireless connection information, the query requesting a device type without identifying a particular instance of a device;

utilizing the wireless connection information to establish a wireless connection with the wireless device for communicating data; and

storing, at the computing device, the wireless connection information to enable subsequent direct wireless data communication with the wireless device.

6. The one or more computer-readable storage devices as described in claim 5, wherein the wireless connection information further includes a type of error correction coding utilized by the wireless device.

7. The one or more computer-readable storage devices as described in claim 5, wherein said utilizing comprises establishing a direct wireless connection with the wireless device independent of an intermediary network or an intermediary device.

15. The one or more computer-readable storage devices as described in claim 5, wherein the one or more particular, pre-specified wireless channels are selected from a plurality of sub-channels available to the computing device, and wherein the one or more particular, pre-specified wireless channels are a subset of wireless channels from the plurality of sub-channels.

16. The one or more computer-readable storage devices as described in claim 15, wherein the plurality of sub-channels including a wireless channel split into the plurality of sub-channels.

17. The one or more computer-readable storage devices as described in claim 5, wherein the particular device is one or more of a mouse, a keyboard, a game controller, a touchpad, an audio output device, a video display device, a sensor, or a camera.

8. A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

one or more computer-readable storage media storing instructions that are executable by the at least one processor to perform operations including;

receiving, by the system, wireless connection information for a particular device via a notification, wherein the particular device is configured to communicate via one or more particular, pre-specified wireless channels, the wireless connection information includes an identifier for at least one of the one or more particular, pre-specified wireless channels and a polling interval at which the particular device checks for wireless communication from other devices, wherein the wireless connection information is received in response to a query for the wireless connection information, the query requesting a device type without identifying a particular instance of a device; and

utilizing, by the system, the wireless connection information to establish a direct wireless connection with the particular device for wirelessly transmitting data to the particular device; and

storing, by the system, the wireless connection information to enable subsequent wireless data communication with the particular device.

9. The system as described in claim 8, wherein said utilizing includes transmitting a data packet to the particular device via the at least one of the one or more particular, pre-specified wireless channels identified in the wireless connection information.

10. The system as described in claim 8, the operations further including:

utilizing, by the system, the stored wireless connection information to establish a subsequent direct wireless communication session with the particular device.

11. The system of claim 8, the operations further including storing the wireless connection information on a storage of the system, and wherein the wireless connection information is obtained from the storage of the system.

18. The system of claim 8, wherein the one or more particular, pre-specified wireless channels are selected from a plurality of sub-channels available to the system, and wherein the one or more particular, pre-specified wireless channels are a subset of wireless channels from the plurality of sub-channels.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the plurality of sub-channels including a wireless channel split into the plurality of sub-channels.

20. The system of claim 8, wherein the particular device is one or more of a mouse, a keyboard, a game controller, a touchpad, an audio output device, a video display device, a sensor, or a camera.