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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:
Nov. 08, 2022

Filed:

Feb. 10, 2021
Applicant:

Meta Platforms Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Dong Zheng, Saratoga, CA (US);

Qi Qu, Redmond, WA (US);

Gang Lu, Pleasanton, CA (US);

William Louis Abbott, Portola Valley, CA (US);

Assignee:

Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/042 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein are related to a first device to communicate with an access point and a second device. In one aspect, the first device determines a first time interval for wireless communication between the first device and the access point. In one aspect, the first device determines a second time interval to prevent wireless communication between the first device and the access point. In one aspect, the first device determines a third time interval within the second time interval for wireless communication between the first device and the second device. In one aspect, the first device communicates with the access point during the first time interval. In one aspect, the first device communicates with the second device as a soft access point during the third time interval.


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