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Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 17, 2017
Applicant:

Displaylink (Uk) Limited, Cambridge, GB;

Inventor:

Matthew Parks, Cambridge, GB;

Assignee:

DISPLAYLINK (UK) LIMITED, Cambridge, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/1076 (2013.01); H04L 67/1051 (2013.01); H04L 67/1085 (2013.01); H04L 67/1091 (2013.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02);
Abstract

A method of facilitating peer-to-peer connection involves transmitting, by a first peer device, an identification of the first peer device and information regarding its capabilities. The information regarding its capabilities including a list of transmission channels that the first peer device is capable of supporting, an indication of which transmission channels the first peer device is capable of supporting as a group owner, and/or an indication of which transmission channels the first peer device is capable of supporting as a client. The first peer device receives from a second peer device, an identification of the second peer device and information regarding its capabilities including a list of transmission channels that the second peer device is capable of supporting. The first peer device and the second peer device then negotiate which of the first and second peer devices should be the group owner and which should be the client.


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