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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2013
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Howard Locker, Cary, NC (US);
Daryl Cromer, Cary, NC (US);
Richard Wayne Cheston, Pittsboro, NC (US);
Randall Scott Springfield, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
An embodiment provides a method, including: establishing a connection between a first device and a second device, the first device thereby joining a mesh network to which the second device is connected; obtaining, at the first device, identifying information for a plurality of devices of the mesh network; accessing information accessible to the first device to determine a device ranking among the plurality of devices of the mesh network; after determining a ranking, obtaining information from a ranked device regarding objects available from the ranked device; and creating, using a processor, a list of available objects on the mesh network; wherein the list of available objects is ordered taking into account the objects available from the ranked devices. Other aspects are described and claimed.