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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:
Jan. 06, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 26, 2011
Applicants:

Amer A. Hassan, Kirkland, WA (US);

Deyun Wu, Issaquah, WA (US);

Hui Shen, Sammamish, WA (US);

Christian Huitema, Clyde Hill, WA (US);

Thomas W. Kuehnel, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Amer A. Hassan, Kirkland, WA (US);

Deyun Wu, Issaquah, WA (US);

Hui Shen, Sammamish, WA (US);

Christian Huitema, Clyde Hill, WA (US);

Thomas W. Kuehnel, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 8/22 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/22 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for providing the ability to discover the capabilities of a user's computer to determine whether it is capable of supporting more than one wireless protocol simultaneously is provided. A computing device's capabilities (including, for example, hardware and/or software capabilities) is checked to determine if it supports at least two specific wireless protocols and checking a computing device's capabilities (including, for example, hardware and/or software capabilities) is checked to determine if it supports both wireless protocols simultaneously. The techniques for determining the computing device's compatibility may include comparing lists of protocol requirements to lists of system capabilities and/or generating test signals by the system according to the protocol.


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