SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING AUTOMATIC ESTABLISHING AND DISCONNECTING SEVERAL WIRELESS CONNECTIONS

• US 20100195539A1
• Filed: 11/08/2007
• Published: 08/05/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IV Technologies Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: IV Technologies Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: He, Yuefang, Tian, Dan
• Granted Patent: US 8,116,223 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/255
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/824 Applicable to portable or mobile terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/828 Allocation of resources per group of connections, e.g. per group of users
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/15 Setup of multiple wireless link connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/30 Connection release
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

A method for automatically establishing wireless connections between a plurality of grouped wireless devices and a third party wireless device, comprising the steps of: forming a connection group having a first wireless device and at least one additional grouped wireless device; configuring a connection table to record connection group attribute parameters for the connection group, the connection group attribute parameters including connection parameters of said first wireless device and other grouped wireless devices; configuring the first wireless device in the connection group such that it is capable of establishing a wireless connection with a third party wireless device; and establishing an additional wireless connection between the third party wireless device and the wireless devices of the group if the additional wireless connection satisfies a connection parameter specified by the connection table in the connection group.

Claims

1. A method for supporting automatically establishing or disconnecting several wireless connections between a plurality of group wireless devices and a third party wireless device, comprising the steps of:

forming a connection group by the group first wireless device and a plurality of other group wireless devices;

configuring a connection table to record connection group attribute parameters for the connection group, the connection group attribute parameters including connection parameters of said group first wireless device and other plurality of group wireless devices;

the group first wireless device in the connection group establishing/disconnecting a wireless connection with the third party wireless device;

if the wireless connection has the connection parameters of said group first wireless device as specified by the connection table in the connection group, then automatically establishing/disconnecting a corresponding wireless connection between the third party wireless device and other group wireless devices in said connection group according to other connection parameters included in the connection group attribute parameters of said connection group.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the connection table is configured by the group first wireless device, and the configuring step comprises the steps of:

selecting, on the group first wireless device, one or more wireless devices from the peripheral wireless devices as looked up as other group wireless devices to form a certain connection group with the group first wireless device;

the group first wireless device configuring a connection table and adding the connection parameters supported by itself, that are going to be applied in the connection group, into the connection group attribute parameters of the connection group;

the group first wireless device inquiring other group wireless devices in the connection group to acquire their supported connection parameters, wherein only the connection parameters that are going to be applied in the connection group are added into the connection group attribute parameters of the connection group.

3. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein the step of selecting wireless devices can be performed automatically by the group first wireless device according to the group type criteria, or implemented through interacting with users.

4. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein the step of adding the connection parameters comprises:

the group first wireless device acquiring, according to the group type criteria, connection parameters supported by said other group wireless devices in the corresponding connection group as the added connection parameters, or selecting the connection parameters to be added through interacting with users.

5. The method as recited in one of claims 2-4, wherein the group first wireless device transmits the connection group attribute parameters in the configured connection table to other group wireless devices in the corresponding connection group so as to store said connection group attribute parameters in their connection tables.

6. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein, when the group first wireless device storing a connection table or the other group wireless devices establish(es)/disconnect(s) a connection with the third party wireless device, the method further including the step of the group first wireless device or other group wireless devices determining whether the third party wireless device has a connection group managing function;

and the step of automatically establishing/disconnecting a corresponding wireless connection between the third party wireless device and the corresponding group wireless devices in said connection group comprises;

if the result of the determining step is “

yes”

, the group first wireless device or other group wireless device transmitting the stored connection table to the third party wireless device, and then the third party wireless device realizing said automatic establishing/disconnecting according to the connection group attribute parameters of the connection table;

otherwise, the group first wireless device or other group wireless devices requesting to realize said automatic establishing/disconnecting according to the connection group attribute parameters in the connection table.

7. The method as recited in claim 6, wherein the third party wireless device further configures the connection table after receiving it, comprising:

the third party wireless device selecting one or more wireless devices from the peripheral wireless devices as looked up which are of different wireless connection type from the established connection to add into the connection group, and inquiring the selected one or more wireless devices to acquire the supported connection parameters;

the third party wireless device selecting connection parameters of the one or more wireless devices to be applied in the corresponding connection group automatically or through interacting with users, and adding said connection parameters into the connection group attribute parameters in the corresponding connection group.

8. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the connection table is configured by the third party wireless device, and the configuring step comprises the steps of

the third party wireless device selecting, from the peripheral wireless devices as looked up, one or more wireless devices as group wireless devices through interacting with users to form a certain connection group;

the third party wireless device inquiring said group wireless devices to acquire their supported connection parameters, and adding, through interacting with users, the connection parameters to be applied in the connection group into the connection group attribute parameters of the connection group to configure a connection table;

and transmitting the configured connection table to one or more group wireless devices in the connection group.

9. The method as recited in claim 8, wherein the step of automatically establishing/disconnecting a corresponding wireless connection between the third party wireless device and the corresponding group wireless devices in said connection group comprises:

the third party wireless device looking up, in the connection table stored by itself, the connection group attribute parameters including connection parameters of the wireless connections as established/disconnected, and establishing/disconnecting in turn the wireless connections with other group wireless devices according to other connection parameters included in the connection group attribute parameters.

10. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said connection parameters comprise the connection address, application connection type and role of group wireless devices.

11. The method as recited in claim 10, wherein said connection parameters further comprise the wireless connection type.

12. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein said wireless connection type comprises Bluetooth, WiFi, Wibree, wireless USB or UWB.

13. A group first wireless device for supporting automatically establishing and disconnecting several wireless connections with the third party wireless device, comprising:

a wireless module for making wireless connections with other wireless devices;

a connection managing module for communicating with other wireless devices via the wireless module so as to manage several connections between the wireless devices and the third party wireless device, the connection managing module comprising;

a group wireless device selecting part for looking up the peripheral wireless devices and selecting one or more wireless devices therein as other group wireless devices so as to form a certain connection group together with the group first wireless device;

a connection parameter acquiring part for inquiring the selected other group wireless devices to acquire their supported connection parameters;

a connection table configuring part for storing a connection table to record connection group attribute parameters for the connection group formed by the group first wireless device, and arranged to add self-supported connection parameters that are going to be applied in the connection group into the connection group attribute parameters of the connection group, and add the connection parameters to be applied in the connection group among the acquired connection parameters of other group wireless devices to the connection group attribute parameters of the connection group to configure the connection table.

14. The group first wireless device as recited in claim 13, wherein the group wireless device selecting part automatically performs according to the group type criteria, or realizes the selection of the wireless devices through interacting with users.

15. The group first wireless device as recited in claim 13, wherein the connection table configuring part acquires, according to the group type criteria, the connection parameters supported by said other group wireless devices in corresponding connection groups as the added connection parameters, or selecting the connection parameters to be added through interacting with users.

16. The group first wireless device as recited in claim 13, wherein the connection managing module transmits, via a wireless module, connection group attribute parameters in the configured connection table to other group wireless devices in the corresponding connection group so as to store said connection group attribute parameters in their connection tables.

17. The group first wireless device as recited in claim 13 or 16, wherein, when the group first wireless device establishes/disconnects a connection with the third party wireless device, the connection managing module determines whether the third party wireless device has a connection group managing function:

if the result of the determining step is “

yes”

, the connection managing module transmitting the stored connection table to the third party wireless device, and the third party wireless device realizing said automatic establishing/disconnecting according to the connection group attribute parameters in the connection table;

otherwise, the group first wireless device requesting to realize said automatic establishing/disconnecting according to the connection group attribute parameters in its connection table.

18. A system for supporting automatically establishing and disconnecting several wireless connections, said system comprising a third party wireless device, a group first wireless device as recited in claim 13 and other group wireless devices.

19. A method for automatically establishing wireless connections between a plurality of grouped wireless devices and a third party wireless device, comprising the steps of:

forming a connection group having a first wireless device and at least one additional grouped wireless device;

configuring a connection table to record connection group attribute parameters for the connection group, the connection group attribute parameters including connection parameters of said first wireless device and other grouped wireless devices;

configuring the first wireless device in the connection group such that it is capable of establishing a wireless connection with a third party wireless device; and

establishing an additional wireless connection between the third party wireless device and the wireless devices of the group if the additional wireless connection satisfies a connection parameter specified by the connection table in the connection group.