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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2022
Getac Technology Corporation, New Taipei, TW;
Whp Workflow Solutions, Inc., North Charleston, SC (US);
Thomas Guzik, Edina, MN (US);
Muhammad Adeel, Edina, MN (US);
GETAC TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, New Taipei, TW;
WHP WORKFLOW SOLUTIONS, INC., North Charleston, SC (US);
Abstract
Operational states of multiple user devices may be managed based on information that is exchanged by the multiple user devices via heartbeat signals. A user device may receive heartbeat signals from multiple connected devices. A determination is made based at least on the heartbeat signals whether a higher-level hub device with an active network connection to a backend service is connected to the particular user device. Thus, in response to determining that no higher-level hub device with an active network connection to the backend service is connected to the user device, a network connection may be established via a communication channel between the particular user device and the backend service.