System and methods for a cloud based wireless personal area network service enabling context activity handoffs between devices
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- associating a plurality of devices as a network using a single network identifier to define the network;
creating a peer table comprising peer-to-peer connectivity information for each device of the plurality of devices and context activity information for at least one device of the plurality of devices;
sending the peer table to the plurality of devices;
monitoring, with a service module of each respective device of the plurality of devices, context activity;
receiving periodic updates from each service module, the periodic updates including at least one of battery power level, proximity, or last context activity;
updating the peer table and sending a peer table update to the plurality of devices; and
using the context activity information associated with the peer table to determine a candidate device form the plurality of devices for performing a context handoff where a context session is transferred to the candidate device.
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Abstract
A system includes a cloud server component, operative to associate a plurality of devices with a single network identifier and define a network including each device. The cloud server component obtains and stores a device profile for each device, maintains a database including the stored device profiles and that has context activity information for each device, and receives updates of the context activity information from each device. A service module installed on each device of the network communicates with the cloud server component and is operative to monitor a respective device for context activity changes, provide updates of the respective device context activity to the cloud server component, and perform a context activity handoff with any one of the devices of the network that is a context active device, in response to context activity changes or status changes of the context active device recorded in the database.
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1. A method comprising:
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associating a plurality of devices as a network using a single network identifier to define the network; creating a peer table comprising peer-to-peer connectivity information for each device of the plurality of devices and context activity information for at least one device of the plurality of devices; sending the peer table to the plurality of devices; monitoring, with a service module of each respective device of the plurality of devices, context activity; receiving periodic updates from each service module, the periodic updates including at least one of battery power level, proximity, or last context activity; updating the peer table and sending a peer table update to the plurality of devices; and using the context activity information associated with the peer table to determine a candidate device form the plurality of devices for performing a context handoff where a context session is transferred to the candidate device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A cloud based system, comprising:
a cloud based server and a non-volatile, non-transitory memory operatively coupled thereto, the cloud based server operative to; associate a plurality of devices as a network using a single network identifier to define the network; create a peer table and store the peer table in the memory, the peer table comprising peer-to-peer connectivity information for each device of the plurality of devices and context activity information for at least one device of the plurality of devices; identify at least one device is a context active device; send the peer table to the plurality of devices, which include a service module operative to monitor context activity on a respective device; receive a context activity update from the at least one device, such update including information pertaining to at least one of battery level, proximity to another device in the network or last context activity, and update the peer table; send a peer table update to the plurality of devices; and perform a context activity handoff from at least one device that is a context active device to another at least one either device of the network in response to a context activity update. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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