Ad-hoc wireless communication network using price checking stations
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1. A method for operating an ad-hoc wireless communication network, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of price checking stations having wireless communication capabilities, the price checking stations being connected in an ad-hoc wireless communication network;
designating one of the price checking stations as a master station in the ad-hoc network, and designating the remaining stations as slave stations;
communicating with the master station about devices deployed in the network using the wireless communications capabilities of the price checking stations;
informing the ad-hoc network that the master price checking station is leaving the network as the master station to instead perform a price checking function;
dropping the master price checking station from the network; and
transferring the master function of the dropped price checking station to another price checking station.
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Abstract
A technique for operating an ad-hoc wireless communication network includes providing 400 a plurality of price checking stations 102 having wireless communication capabilities, designating 402 one of the price checking stations 102 as a master station in the ad-hoc network, and designating the remaining stations as slave stations 100, and communicating with devices 104-110 deployed in the network using the wireless communications capabilities of the price checking stations 100, 102.
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1. A method for operating an ad-hoc wireless communication network, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of price checking stations having wireless communication capabilities, the price checking stations being connected in an ad-hoc wireless communication network;
designating one of the price checking stations as a master station in the ad-hoc network, and designating the remaining stations as slave stations;
communicating with the master station about devices deployed in the network using the wireless communications capabilities of the price checking stations;
informing the ad-hoc network that the master price checking station is leaving the network as the master station to instead perform a price checking function;
dropping the master price checking station from the network; and
transferring the master function of the dropped price checking station to another price checking station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
- providing a plurality of price checking stations having wireless communication capabilities, the price checking stations being connected in an ad-hoc wireless communication network;
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11. A price checking station having wireless communication capabilities operable on an ad-hoc wireless communication network consisting of a plurality of price checking stations, the price checking station comprising:
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a scanner; a wireless transceiver operable on the network; a processor coupled to, and operable to control, the transceiver and scanner, wherein the processor is operable to communicate with the plurality of price checking stations to designate one of the price checking stations as a master station in the ad-hoc network, and designate the remaining stations as slave stations, and communicate with the master station about devices deployed in the network using the wireless transceiver;
wherein the ad-hoc network is informed that the master price checking station is leaving the network as the master station to instead perform a price checking function;
dropping the master price checking station from the network; and
transferring the master function of the dropped price checking station to another price checking station.
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