PERSONAL AREA NETWORK WITH AUTOMATIC ATTACHMENT AND DETACHMENT
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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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Abstract
A network (100) includes a hub device (110) and at least one unattached peripheral device (120). The unattached peripheral device (120) transmits an attach request to the hub device (110) with a selected address, receives a new address from the hub device to identify the unattached peripheral device (120), and communicates with the hub device (110) using the new address.
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21 Claims
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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:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A hub device in a network having a plurality of attached peripheral devices and an unattached peripheral device, comprising:
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a memory having instructions for; broadcasting a range of available addresses, generating a new address to identify the unattached peripheral device in response to receipt of an attach request from the unattached peripheral device, the attach request identifying the unattached peripheral device to the hub device, sending the new address to the unattached peripheral device using the selected address, receiving confirmation from the unattached peripheral device using the new address, and sending a confirmation message to the unattached peripheral device using the new address; and a processor that executes the instructions in the memory. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for attaching an unattached peripheral device to a network having a hub device connected to a set of peripheral devices, the method, performed by the hub device, comprising:
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receiving an attach request from the unattached peripheral device, the attach request identifying the unattached peripheral device to the hub device; generating a new address to identify the unattached peripheral device in response to the received attach request; sending the new address to the unattached peripheral device; and sending a confirmation message to the unattached peripheral device using the new address to attach the unattached peripheral device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer-readable medium that stores instructions executable by a hub device to cause the hub device to perform a method for attaching an unattached peripheral device to a network, the method comprising:
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broadcasting a range of available addresses; listening, for each of the available addresses, for an attach request from an unattached peripheral device; generating a new address to identify the unattached peripheral device in response to receipt of the attach request from the unattached peripheral device, the attach request identifying the unattached peripheral device to the hub device; sending the new address to the unattached peripheral device; receiving confirmation from the peripheral device using the new address; and attaching the unattached peripheral device using the new address.
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21. An unattached peripheral device in a network having a plurality of peripheral devices connected to a hub device, comprising:
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a memory having instructions for; selecting an address from a range of available addresses broadcast by the hub device to identify the unattached peripheral device to the hub device, transmitting an attach request with the selected address to the hub device, receiving a new address from the hub device to identify the unattached peripheral device, sending a confirmation message with the new address to the hub device, and attaching to the hub device using the new address; and a processor that executes the instructions in the memory.
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