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Cooperative power savings among mobile computing devices

  • US 9,282,516 B2
  • Filed: 07/01/2014
  • Issued: 03/08/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for collaborating with a plurality of nearby computing devices to identify an approach for establishing a type of connectivity, comprising:

  • at a mobile computing device, and in response to receiving a request to establish the type of connectivity;

    transmitting, to the plurality of nearby computing devices, a request for observation information associated with the type of connectivity;

    receiving, from at least one nearby computing device of the plurality of nearby computing devices, a response that includes observation information associated with the type of connectivity, wherein the observation information comprises a confidence level and parameters that can be utilized to establish the type of connectivity; and

    based on a determination that the confidence level satisfies a threshold;

    establishing the type of connectivity based on the parameters.

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