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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2014
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L. P., Houston, TX (US);
Smith Kennedy, Boise, ID (US);
Alan C Berkema, Granite Bay, CA (US);
David O Hamilton, Ramona, CA (US);
Kenneth K Smith, Boise, ID (US);
David W Kinkley, Vancouver, WA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of printing device discovery includes, with a low energy wireless (LEW) device within the printing device, sending a number of announcement messages. The printing device is in a sleep mode. The method further includes waking up the printing device upon receiving a response to the announcement messages from a mobile computing device. An LEW connection is established with the mobile computing device. The method further includes creating a second non-LEW wireless connection between the printing device and the mobile computing device.