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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2013
Adobe Systems Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Brian Jeffrey Brantner, San Francisco, CA (US);
Clark Phillip Donahue, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Adobe Systems Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method identifies a wireless device in a list of available devices to be a preferred device based on comparing activity levels of devices in the list, the activity levels determined based on prior connections of the available devices to the computing device. The method waits a predetermined time period for a connection from the preferred device and restricts connections to other devices in the list during the period. Another method initially designates a first device in a list of available wireless devices as a preferred wireless device. For each other available device in the list, the method: retrieves properties including an activity level; calculates a recheck timeout based on the properties; and in response to determining that the device's activity level exceeds that of the previously-designated preferred device, designates the device as the preferred device. After the recheck timeout of the preferred device expires, the preferred device is connected.