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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 31, 2015
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Michael F. Koenig, Bellevue, WA (US);

Neil S. Fishman, Bothell, WA (US);

Ira L. Snyder, Bellevue, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 4/08 (2009.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 69/24 (2013.01); H04W 4/08 (2013.01); H04W 76/02 (2013.01); H04W 88/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

The formation of a wireless device group for use in a computing environment involves establishing a wireless communication connection between a host wireless interface device and each of one or more dependent wireless interface devices, in which each dependent wireless interface device is configured to not directly communicate with a computing device. Another wireless communication connection is established between the host wireless interface device and the computing device when the host wireless interface device is within a host connection distance of the computing device. A further wireless communication connection can be established between the host wireless interface device and a second, different computing device.


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