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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2022
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Darpan Majumder, Bangalore, IN;
Venkata Aneel Kumar Inuganti, Bangalore, IN;
Mahesh Kumar Edar, Davenagere, IN;
Surya Kantha Rao Kandoti, Bangalore, IN;
Chiranjeevi Kamakshipalya Hanumanthaiah, Bangalore, IN;
Naga Babu Parsi, Bangalore, IN;
Kishore Kumar Pathankanur, Bangalore, IN;
Mahendiran Balasubramaniyam, Erode, IN;
HariPrasad Mosuru Chandrasekhar, Erode, IN;
Phanindra Kumar Gollapudi, Bangalore, IN;
Punith Gangadhara, Davanagere, IN;
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Abstract
A mobile computing device comprising: a wireless communications interface configured to connect to a network deployed by a plurality of access points; a short-range wireless communications interface configured to communicate with one or more nearby computing devices; a processor interconnected with the wireless communications interface and the short-range wireless communications interface, the processor configured to: obtain, from the one or more nearby computing devices via the short-range wireless communications interface, a list of potential access points, wherein each potential access point comprises one of the plurality of access points by which a respective nearby computing device is connected to the network; select one of the potential access points as a target access point, wherein the target access point is different from a home access point to which the wireless communications interface is currently connected; and control the wireless communications interface to roam to the selected target access point.