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Patent No.:

US 10740066 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 26, 2019

Output devices that establish wireless connection with an information apparatus subsequent to having been wirelessly discovered by the information apparatus

Applicant:

Flexiworld Technologies, Inc., Vancouver, WA (US);

Inventors:

William Ho Chang, Vancouver, WA (US);

Christina Ying Liu, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

Flexiworld Technologies, Inc., Vancouver, WA (US);

Attorney:

Chernoff Vilhauer LLP

Primary Examiner:

Melvin H Pollack

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04M 1/247 (2006.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/12 (2013.01); G06F 3/126 (2013.01); G06F 3/1206 (2013.01); G06F 3/1226 (2013.01); G06F 3/1247 (2013.01); G06F 3/1285 (2013.01); G06F 3/1292 (2013.01); G06F 3/14 (2013.01); G06F 15/16 (2013.01); G06Q 20/327 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3224 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3226 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3278 (2013.01); G06Q 20/405 (2013.01); G06Q 20/4012 (2013.01); G06Q 20/40145 (2013.01); H04L 12/2805 (2013.01); H04L 41/0803 (2013.01); H04M 1/2478 (2013.01); H04W 4/12 (2013.01); H04W 64/003 (2013.01); H04W 88/02 (2013.01); G06Q 2220/00 (2013.01); H04L 12/2809 (2013.01); H04L 12/2838 (2013.01); H04L 2012/285 (2013.01); H04L 2012/2841 (2013.01); H04L 2012/2849 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02);
Abstract

Output devices (or output controllers connectable to an output device) that is wirelessly discoverable by an information apparatus are herein disclosed and enabled. An output device may be an audio output device, a printer, a television, a projector, or a display device. The output device may include one or more chips or chipsets that are compatible with Bluetooth or IEEE 802.11 standards. The output device is operable to: wirelessly announce its availability for the information apparatus to wirelessly discover the output device when the information apparatus is within a limited physical distance to the output device; wirelessly transmit one or more device attributes related to the output device from the output device to the information apparatus that has wirelessly discovered the output device; and wirelessly receive, from the information apparatus, output data that is in accordance, at least in part, with the one or more device attributes.

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