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Managing a group of wireless devices in close proximity

  • US 9,380,615 B2
  • Filed: 06/19/2014
  • Issued: 06/28/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • transmitting, by a processor associated with a first device, a connection request to second device that differs from the first device, wherein the connection request includes an identifier for the first device, and wherein the connection request relates to a wireless personal area network (WPAN) associated with the first device;

    receiving, by the processor, an acceptance of the connection request from the second device;

    exchanging, by the processor and after receiving the acceptance, first data between the first device and the second device, wherein the first data is exchanged via an in-band communication associated with the WPAN;

    modifying, by the processor, the connection request to form a modified connection request, wherein modifying the connection request includes;

    modifying, in the connection request, identifier to include second data; and

    transmitting, by the processor, the modified connection request through out-of-band signaling toward the second device, wherein the second device extracts the second data from the modified connection request.

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