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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2016
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Grant Michael Erickson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jay D. Logue, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher Anthony Boross, San Francisco, CA (US);
Zachary B. Smith, San Francisco, CA (US);
Osborne B. Hardison, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Richard J. Schultz, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sunny P. Gujjaru, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Matthew G. Neeley, San Mateo, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for efficient communication through a fabric network of devices in a home environment or similar environment. For example, an electronic device may efficiently control communication to balance power and reliability concerns, may efficiently communicate messages to certain preferred networks by analyzing Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) packet headers that use an Extended Unique Local Address (EULA), may efficiently communicate software updates and status reports throughout a fabric network, and/or may easily and efficiently join a fabric network.