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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2013
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Leonardo W. Estevez, Rowlett, TX (US);
Paul Kimelman, Alamo, CA (US);
Avraham Baum, Givat-shmuel, IS;
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/0206 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01); Y02B 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for automation and control of a wireless device in a WiFi environment. The method includes a wireless mobile device configured with a soft access point (softAP) transmitting probe requests to home automation devices and traditional stationary access points. The wireless mobile device periodically wakes up to scan for other services, sends a probe request, authenticates the received probe response from the another device and receives control information via the received probe response.