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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 23, 2018
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Mudit Sood, Bothell, WA (US);

Srinivasa L. Rao, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 88/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A wireless device may perform a plurality of scans to search for an available wireless network. The wireless device may determine a first set of information about a first environment in which the wireless device is located at a first time. The wireless device may also determine a second set of information about a second environment in which the wireless device is located at a second time. The wireless device may perform a comparison of the first set of information and the second set of information and adjust a time period between successive scans based on the comparison.


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