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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2012
Jeff Donald Drake, Louisville, KY (US);
Joseph Mark Brian, Louisville, KY (US);
Jeff Donald Drake, Louisville, KY (US);
Joseph Mark Brian, Louisville, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for enabling a viewable personal area network (PAN) identification (ID) over an wireless network. The system includes a coordinator configured to assign a PAN ID to an available PAN, a device configured to transmit and/or receive data using 802.15.4 protocol or equivalent, and at least one processor. The at least one processor is programmed to receive a request from the device to scan for an available wireless network, receive the assigned PAN ID based on the request, determine whether the PAN ID is a viewable PAN ID, and provide the PAN ID based on the determination.