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PERSONAL AREA NETWORK WITH AUTOMATIC ATTACHMENT AND DETACHMENT

  • US 20100135219A1
  • Filed: 02/03/2010
  • Published: 06/03/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. In a personal area network having at least one peripheral device not communicably attached to the network and a hub device connected to the network, a method for attaching the peripheral device to the network, comprising:

  • transmitting, by the peripheral device, an attachment request to attach to the network with a selected address;

    receiving the attachment request by the hub device;

    generating a new address for the peripheral device in response to the received attachment request;

    sending the new address from the hub device to the peripheral device using the selected address;

    further communicating between the hub device and the peripheral device using the new address; and

    broadcasting, by the hub device, a heartbeat signal to begin an attach cycle.

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