APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IDENTIFYING A WIRELESS DOCKING STATION

• US 20150257183A1
• Filed: 03/06/2014
• Published: 09/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel IP Corporation (Intel Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Paz Pentelka
• Inventors: Levy, Elad, Glik, Michael, Pentelka, Paz, Davidson, Tal, Gal, Yoav
• Application Number:
  US14/198,865
• Publication Number:
  US 20150257183A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals

Abstract

Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems, devices, and/or methods of identifying a wireless docking station. For example, a mobile device may include a user interface to receive from a user an instruction to request identification from at least one wireless docking station; and a radio to transmit a request to identify message to the wireless docking station, the request to identify message to request the wireless docking station to display an identification message including an identification of the wireless docking station.

Claims

1. A wireless docking station comprising:

a radio to receive a request to identify from a mobile device; and

a docking controller to, in response to said request to identify, cause a display device to display an identification message including an identification of said wireless docking station.

2. The wireless docking station of claim 1, wherein said radio is to receive from said mobile device a probe request including said request to identify.

3. The wireless docking station of claim 1, wherein said radio is to transmit to said mobile device an identify acknowledgement in response to said request to identify.

4. The wireless docking station of claim 3, wherein said radio is to transmit to said mobile device a probe response including said identify acknowledgement.

5. The wireless docking station of claim 1, wherein said identification message comprises a Service Set Identifier (SSID) of said wireless docking station, or a Peer to Peer (P2P) device name of said wireless docking station.

6. The wireless docking station of claim 1, wherein said radio is to receive from said mobile device a pairing request subsequent to causing the display of the identification message.

7. The wireless docking station of claim 1, wherein said identification message comprises a pairing key to pair between said wireless docking station and said mobile device.

8. The wireless docking station of claim 1, wherein said docking controller is to cause said display device to display said identification message upon a powering-up of said wireless docking station.

9. The wireless docking station of claim 1 including said display device.

10. A mobile device comprising:

a user interface to receive from a user an instruction to request identification from at least one wireless docking station; and

a radio to transmit a request to identify message to said wireless docking station, the request to identify message is to request said wireless docking station to display an identification message including an identification of said wireless docking station.

11. The mobile device of claim 10, wherein said radio is to transmit to said wireless docking station a probe request including said request to identify message.

12. The mobile device of claim 10, wherein said radio is to transmit said request to identify message prior to pairing between said mobile device and said wireless docking station.

13. The mobile device of claim 10, wherein said user interface is to display to said user a scan list including the identification of said wireless docking station, and a profile name assigned by the user to the wireless docking station.

14. The mobile device of claim 10, wherein said radio is to receive from said wireless docking station an identify acknowledgement in response to said request to identify message.

15. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein said radio is to receive from said wireless docking station a probe response including said identify acknowledgement.

16. The mobile device of claim 10, wherein said user interface is to provide said user with a list of a plurality of wireless docking stations detected during scanning, and wherein, responsive to the instruction to request identification, said radio is to transmit a plurality of request to identify messages to said plurality of wireless docking stations.

17. The mobile device of claim 10, wherein said user interface comprises a graphical user interface (GUI).

18. The mobile device of claim 17, wherein said GUI includes a request to identify button to receive said instruction.

19. The mobile device of claim 10, wherein said identification message comprises a Service Set Identifier (SSID) of said wireless docking station, or a Peer to Peer (P2P) device name of said wireless docking station.

20. A product including a non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a machine, result in:

receiving at a wireless docking station a request to identify message from a mobile device; and

in response to said request to identify message, causing a display device to display an identification message including an identification of said wireless docking station.

21. The product of claim 20, wherein said instructions result in receiving from said mobile device a pairing request subsequent to causing the display of the identification message.

22. The product of claim 20, wherein said identification message comprises a pairing key to pair between said wireless docking station and said mobile device.

23. A product including a non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a machine, result in:

receiving from a user of a mobile device an instruction to request identification from at least one wireless docking station; and

transmitting a request to identify message from said mobile device to said wireless docking station, the request to identify message is to request said wireless docking station to display an identification message including an identification of said wireless docking station.

24. The product of claim 23, wherein said instructions result in transmitting said request to identify message prior to pairing between said mobile device and said wireless docking station.

25. The product of claim 23, wherein said instructions result in providing said user with a list of a plurality of wireless docking stations detected during scanning, and, responsive to the instruction to request identification, transmitting a plurality of requests to identify messages to said plurality of wireless docking stations.