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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2015
Applicant:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventor:
Dmitry Shmidt, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04B 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04B 1/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device that includes one or more processors may receive instructions to scan, at a given time, one or more channels in one or more frequency bands for presence of wireless devices in an environment of the device. The device may also identify one or more operations of the device that are occurring at the given time. The device may also adjust a duration of scanning the one or more channels based on the identified operations. The device may also cause a wireless receiver of the device to scan, for the adjusted duration, the one or more channels for the presence of the wireless devices.