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Terminal device, communication method, and communication system

  • US 9,980,301 B2
  • Filed: 03/22/2013
  • Issued: 05/22/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A terminal device, comprising:

  • a central processing unit (CPU) configured to;

    transmit a probe request, to search at least two child devices of a plurality of child devices, for a time period,wherein the plurality of child devices and the terminal device that operates as a parent device communicate by wireless communication;

    manage first group information that represents a group, wherein the group comprises the at least two-child devices to which a first child device belongs;

    establish a direct wireless connection with the first child device,wherein the first child device notifies the group information to the parent device; and

    consecutively establish direct wireless connections with the at least two child devices of the plurality of child devices,wherein the group information includes a number that represents a count of child devices to be connected to the parent device.

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