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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2016
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Mahmoud S. Elhaddad, Kirkland, WA (US);
Mitesh K. Desai, Sammamish, WA (US);
Henrique M. A. Filgueiras, Kirkland, WA (US);
Amer A. Hassan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Trideepraj Roychoudhury, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Mukund Sakaranarayan, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A wireless device that discovers other wireless devices for the formation of a peer-to-peer connection may perform a scan that is limited in duration and power consumption. The scan nonetheless is highly likely to discover a device, if a discoverable device exists. In addition, the scan may be performed in compliance with parameters of a peer-to-protocol such that the scan may be readily implemented in a wireless device, in some embodiments even as a firmware upgrade on a wireless network interface card. Parameters of the scan may be adjusted to increase the likelihood that, if the scan completes without discovering a device, no discoverable device exists. The scan may be used in an overall process in which discovery ends or the scan is selectively repeated following an unsuccessful scan, without entering a find phase.