METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENABLING VIRTUAL DOCKING IN A WIRELESS NETWORK

• US 20150319598A1
• Filed: 11/06/2013
• Published: 11/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: VEDULA, Kiran Bharadwaj, LEE, Jong-Hyo, KIM, Jun-Hyung
• Granted Patent: US 10,171,984 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals

Abstract

A method and device to implement virtual docking host functionality in a wireless network is disclosed. The method manages at least one docking environment device within a wireless network. Further, the method discovers at least one docking environment and docks a dockee device to at least one docking environment device.

Claims

1. A method to implement a virtual wireless docking host (VWDH) functionality in a wireless network, wherein said method comprises:

discovering, by a dockee, at least one docking environment (WDN) within said wireless network; and

docking the dockee to said discovered at least one WDN.

2. The method as in claim 1, wherein said method further comprises storing docking environment information (WDN-Information) of said at least one WDN in one of:

a proxy device, in each peripheral device in said WDN.

3. The method as in claim 1, wherein said method further comprises managing said at least one WDN by performing one of:

addition of at least one said peripheral device to said at least one WDN, removal of said at least one peripheral device from said at least one WDN.

4. The method as in claim 3, wherein said method further comprises storing configuration information of said at least one managed WDN in one of:

said proxy device, said each peripheral device, wherein said configuration information comprises a WDN-information of said at least one managed WDN.

5. The method as in claim 1, wherein said method further comprises identifying said WDN using a unique identifier.

6. The method as in claim 1, wherein discovering said at least one WDN comprises performing one of:

discovering said proxy device, discovering said at least one peripheral device in said at least one WDN.

7. The method as in claim 1, wherein docking said dockee with said at least one WDN comprises sending a dock request to one of:

said proxy device, said each peripheral device in said WDN and docking said dockee with said at least one WDN by using said unique identifier of said at least one discovered WDN.

8. A dockee device to implement a virtual wireless docking host (VWDH) functionality in a wireless network, wherein said wireless network comprises at least one dockee device, at least one docking environment (WDN) and at least one peripheral device in said at least one WDN, wherein said dockee device is configured to:

discover said at least one docking environment (WDN) within said wireless network; and

dock to said discovered at least one WDN.

9. The dockee device as in claim 8, wherein said dockee device is further configured to store docking environment information (WDN-Information) of said at least one WDN in one of:

a proxy device, in each peripheral device in said WDN.

10. The dockee device as in claim 8, wherein said dockee device is further configured to manage said at least one WDN by performing one of:

addition of at least one peripheral device to said at least one WDN, removal of said at least one peripheral device from said created at least one WDN.

11. The dockee device as in claim 10, wherein said dockee device is further configured to store configuration information of said at least one managed WDN in one of:

said proxy device, said each peripheral device, wherein said configuration information comprises a WDN-information of said at least one managed WDN.

12. The dockee device as in claim 8, wherein said dockee device is further configured to identify said created WDN using a unique identifier.

13. The dockee device as in claim 8, wherein said dockee device is configured to discover said at least one WDN by performing one of:

discovering said proxy device, discovering said at least one peripheral device in said at least one WDN.

14. The dockee device as in claim 8, wherein said dockee device is configured to dock with said at least one WDN by sending a dock request to one of:

said proxy device, said each peripheral device in said WDN and dock said dockee with said at least one WDN by using said unique identifier of said at least one discovered WDN.