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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2018
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Benjamin Wild, Marina Del Rey, CA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A bridge device spoofs a wireless router on behalf of an audio/video recording and communication device (A/V device) to keep a connection with the router active. This prevents the router from dropping the connection with the A/V device. Without the spoofing, the A/V device would have to reestablish a connection which may delay data transmission from the A/V device. The bridge device spoofs the A/V device by sending keepalive messages, which consumes significant power. The A/V device thereby consumes less power because the A/V device does not send keepalive messages while being spoofed by the bridge device. The A/V device and the bridge device communicate over a separate, lower power communication channel, so that the bridge can, for example, tell the A/V device when to wake up and resume communication with the router.