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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
May. 20, 2011
Amer A. Hassan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Mitesh K. Desai, Redmond, WA (US);
Trideepraj Roychoudhury, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Mukund Sankaranarayan, Sammamish, WA (US);
Henrique Filgueiras, Kirkland, WA (US);
Mark Clear, Monroe, WA (US);
Amer A. Hassan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Mitesh K. Desai, Redmond, WA (US);
Trideepraj Roychoudhury, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Mukund Sankaranarayan, Sammamish, WA (US);
Henrique Filgueiras, Kirkland, WA (US);
Mark Clear, Monroe, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A wireless device that automatically forms a connection to a remote device in accordance with a peer-to-peer protocol. The remote device may be designated as an auto-connect device for the wireless device such that, when the wireless device determines that it is in the vicinity of the auto-connect device, it can re-form a connection to the remote device based on stored information for re-establishing connections among a persistent group of devices, but without any express user input. When a user requests that the wireless device perform a function that involves interaction with an auto-connect device, that function may be performed with the delay associated with forming a connection. Any of multiple techniques may be employed for identifying devices designated as auto-connect devices and for determining when the wireless device and a remote, auto-connect devices are in close proximity.