Connection Information for Inter-Device Wireless Data Communication

• US 20180035418A1
• Filed: 10/05/2017
• Published: 02/01/2018
• 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.
• Granted Patent: US 10,728,883 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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 from a different device, the wireless connection information including at least one wireless channel for wireless communication with the particular 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 independent of the different device.

2. A computer-implemented method as described in claim 1, wherein the notification is received at the client device in response to a query to the different device for the wireless connection information.

3. A computer-implemented method as described in claim 1, wherein the notification is received in response to a query to the different device for the wireless connection information, the query requesting a device type but not identifying a particular instance of a device.

4. A computer-implemented method as described in claim 1, wherein the notification is received as a proactive notification that is independent of a query to the different device for the wireless connection information.

5. A computer-implemented method as described in claim 1, wherein the wireless connection information further includes a polling interval at which the particular device checks for wireless communication from other devices.

6. A 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.

7. A 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.

8. A 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 wireless channel identified in the wireless connection information.

9. 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 from a broker device, the wireless connection information including at least one wireless channel for wireless communication with the wireless 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 independent of the broker device.

10. The one or more computer-readable storage devices as described in claim 9, wherein the notification is received at the computing device in response to a query to the broker device for the wireless connection information.

11. The one or more computer-readable storage devices as described in claim 9, wherein the notification is received at the computing device in response to a query to the broker device for the wireless connection information, the query requesting a device type of the wireless device but not identifying a particular instance of a device.

12. The one or more computer-readable storage devices as described in claim 9, wherein the notification is received at the computing device as a proactive notification that is independent of a query to the broker device for the wireless connection information.

13. The one or more computer-readable storage devices as described in claim 9, wherein the wireless connection information further includes a polling interval at which the wireless device checks for wireless communication from other devices.

14. The one or more computer-readable storage devices as described in claim 9, wherein the wireless connection information further includes a type of error correction coding utilized by the wireless device.

15. The one or more computer-readable storage devices as described in claim 9, wherein said utilizing comprises establishing a direct wireless connection with the wireless device independent of an intermediary network or an intermediary device.

16. 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 from a different device, the wireless connection information including at least one wireless channel for wireless communication with the particular 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 wireless device.

17. A system as described in claim 16, wherein said utilizing includes transmitting a data packet to the particular device via the at least one wireless channel identified in the wireless connection information.

18. A system as described in claim 16, the operations further including:

storing, by the system, the wireless connection information for the particular device locally; and

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

19. A system as described in claim 16, wherein the wireless connection information further includes a polling interval at which the particular device checks for wireless communication from other devices.

20. A system as described in claim 16, wherein the notification is received in response to a query to the different device for the wireless connection information.