Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Christopher David Gual

Hui Shen

Yi Lu

David A Roberts

Anirban Banerjee

John W Archer

Xiong Jiang

Michael Bell

Anirudh Anirudh

Darene Brice Lewis

Jason Tyler Lewis

Ani Anirudh

Uday Sasidharan Unni

Venkata Ramalingamurthy Meduri

Swati Kanaujia

Roopa Sampaguita Chickerur

Adam Carl Wyss

An access point that implements operating modes in which beacons may be selectively disabled. Beacons may be disabled when no device is actively associated through the access point. Beacons may be enabled in response to one or more triggers, which may include events such as a client forming an association through the access point following a probe request message identifying the access point. In addition, active beaconing may be triggered by user input or may occur during periodic brief intervals that allow client devices to discover the network identifier for the access point. Selective control of beaconing may lead to more effective wireless communication, particularly in areas where users congregate with computers implementing soft APs for personal networks.

Wireless network host in silent mode

A data processing device is disclosed, which selectively grants devices access to an online session if the devices satisfy a discovery range requirement. The online session is associated with the discovery range requirement by which the online session is selectively discoverable by the devices. The data processing device determines an access metric representing interactions related to the online session, and adjusts the discovery range requirement based on the determined access metric such that the online session is discoverable by more or fewer devices. The data processing device then selectively grants the devices access to the online session based on the adjusted discovery range requirement.

Dynamic discovery range for online sessions

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Christopher David Gual