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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 40/24 (2009.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/0261 (2013.01); H04L 43/16 (2013.01); H04W 40/244 (2013.01); H04W 52/0206 (2013.01); H04W 52/0235 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for transmitting battery status information within a Wi-Fi beacon from an access point. In some embodiments, a battery charge information element comprising battery status information may be included within a Wi-Fi beacon. In some other embodiments, the battery charge information element may be transmitted as part of a probe and response protocol. A station, in response to receiving the battery charge information element, may display a message to the user, search for another Wi-Fi network, or search for another network through a different network interface.