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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2019
Applicant:
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Russell VanBlon, Raleigh, NC (US);
Robert Kapinos, Durham, NC (US);
Timothy Winthrop Kingsbury, Cary, NC (US);
Scott Wentao Li, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 61/3065 (2013.01); H04L 61/3015 (2013.01); H04L 67/16 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer implemented method of naming a smart wireless device includes detecting a first other wireless device, determining that the first other wireless device is likely in a same area of an environment, obtaining a first name of the first other wireless device, and generating a name for the smart wireless device as function of the first name of the first other wireless device in response to the first other wireless device having been determined to be in the same area of the environment.