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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2018
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Mudit Sood, Bothell, WA (US);
Srinivasa L. Rao, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
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.