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Managing traditional Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi direct connections using a wireless device

  • US 9,439,232 B2
  • Filed: 01/17/2014
  • Issued: 09/06/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of managing, using one or more processors located in a primary wireless device, short-range wireless links between the primary wireless device and a plurality of secondary wireless devices, comprising the steps of:

  • (a) initiating a short-range wireless link between the primary wireless device and a secondary wireless device that communicates using a traditional Wi-Fi protocol, wherein the short-range wireless link is initiated either at the primary wireless device or the secondary wireless device and the primary device configured to communicate using a Wi-Fi direct protocol and the traditional Wi-Fi protocol;

    (b) providing the short-range wireless link between the primary wireless device and the secondary wireless device using the Wi-Fi direct protocol, wherein the primary wireless device is a group owner and the secondary wireless device is a group member;

    (c) detecting the presence of an additional secondary wireless device, that is a group owner, using the primary wireless device;

    (d) ending use of the Wi-Fi direct protocol over the short-range wireless link between the primary wireless device and the secondary wireless device based on the detection in step (c);

    (e) beginning use of the traditional Wi-Fi protocol over the short-range wireless link between the primary wireless device and the secondary wireless device after ending the use of the Wi-Fi direct protocol in step (d), wherein the primary wireless device becomes a server for the secondary wireless device; and

    (f) providing another short-range wireless link between the primary wireless device and the additional secondary wireless device using the Wi-Fi direct protocol, wherein the primary wireless device becomes a group member to the additional secondary wireless device at the same time the primary wireless device is the server for the secondary device.

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