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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
May. 25, 2018
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Sateesh V. Angadi, Bangalore, IN;
Keerthana Kalyanasundaram, Bangalore, IN;
Shruti Hiremath, Bangalore, IN;
Sandeep Ramakrishnan, Bangalore, IN;
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Abstract
A method of dynamically selecting a master device for a communication session from a set of peer devices includes: at a first device of the set of peer devices, transmitting local capability data to a second device of the set of peer devices, the local capability data defining an operational capability of the first device; at the first device, receiving remote capability data from the second device, the remote capability data defining an operational capability of the second device; comparing the local and remote capability data at the first device; based on the comparison, determining, at the first device, whether to establish the communication session as a master device; at the first device, establishing the communication session with the second device according to the determination.