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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2017
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Thiago J. Macieira, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 52/0254 (2013.01); H04W 72/02 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04W 4/70 (2018.02); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatuses and methods for initiating a discovery of accessible network resources between Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices upon detection of a user and in advance of a user command are disclosed. A detector is to detect the presence of a user prior to the user issuing a command to an IoT device, and a resource discoverer is to discover and connect to accessible network resources. User commands may be processed following discovery and connection. The detector and resource discoverer may be part of a device controller, and may be part of an IoT device.