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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:
Jul. 21, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 08, 2010
Applicants:

Koen Van Oost, Edegem, BE;

Sylvain Dumet, Edegem, BE;

Sabine Bulteel, Edegem, BE;

Erik Horemans, Edegem, BE;

Inventors:

Koen Van Oost, Edegem, BE;

Sylvain Dumet, Edegem, BE;

Sabine Bulteel, Edegem, BE;

Erik Horemans, Edegem, BE;

Assignee:

THOMSON LICENSING, Issy les Moulineaux, FR;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C 17/00 (2006.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/0229 (2013.01); H04W 52/0206 (2013.01); H04W 84/045 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01); Y02B 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention concerns a method at a wireless access point comprising a wireless interface, the method comprising the steps of enabling the wireless interface during a first period of time, checking if a wireless station associates during that first period of time, if a wireless station has been associated, keeping the wireless interface enabled, while a wireless station is attempting to associate, enabling the wireless interface during an extending period of time and if no wireless station is associated or is trying to associate, disabling the wireless interface for a second period of time.


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