Methods and systems for transferring hotspot session

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10271245-B2
Application number	US-201615383106-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 19, 2016
Priority date	Dec 18, 2015
Publication date	Apr 23, 2019
Grant date	Apr 23, 2019

Abstract

Methods, electronic devices and systems for transferring hotspot session are provided. The methods include detecting an event to transfer a hot spot session of an electronic device which is a host access point in a network to a different electronic device, in response to detecting the event, determining at least one different electronic device from among the plurality of electronic devices as a target access point of the network, and sending a request for hotspot session transfer and client configuration details corresponding to a plurality of client devices which are coupled to be communicable with the electronic device to the at least one different electronic device, wherein, in response to the at least one different electronic device receiving the hotspot session transfer request through the communication interface, the at least one different device operates as a host access point providing a hotspot session in the network.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for communicating of a host device in a network comprising the host device and a plurality of client devices of the host device, which communicate through the host device to access the network, the method comprising:
detecting, by the host device, an event to transfer a hot spot session of the host device, which is a host access point in the network, to a new host device;
based on detecting the event, determining a client device from among the plurality of client devices as the new host device; and
sending a request for hotspot session transfer and client configuration details corresponding to the plurality of client devices to the new host device,
wherein the request for the hotspot session transfer is a signal for operating the new host device as a new host access point in the network.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein detecting the event comprises:
monitoring a powering state, a shutdown state, a memory availability state, and a network availability state of the host device, and a state of client devices coupled with the host device; and
based on a state being at least one of a powered-off state of power within the host device, memory space within the host device being within a preset memory space, a shutdown state of the host device, and an unavailable state of the network, determining the host device to be in an unavailable state as the host access point in the network.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein determining the client device as the new host device comprises:
transferring a request for the hotspot session to the plurality of client devices; and
selecting a client device transmitting an acknowledge message from among the plurality of client devices as the new host device.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the acknowledge message comprises device parameters and supported protocol lists which are features of a device respectively corresponding to each of the plurality of client devices.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein determining the client device as the new host device comprises determining the new host device including at least one communication link available in the new host device from among the device parameters and the supported protocol lists of the plurality of client devices.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the device parameters and the supported protocol lists comprise at least one communication link which is supported by the plurality of client devices and is available by the new host device.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein sending the request for the hotspot session transfer comprises:
transferring a hotspot session transferring configuration request to the new host device, and
wherein, based on receiving the hotspot session transferring configuration request by the new host device, the plurality of client devices are disconnected from the host device and automatically connected with the new host device.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the hotspot session transferring configuration request comprises network configuration data including a network name, a service set identifier (SSID), an operational frequency, a network protocol, a password, a channel of operation, and an encryption type of the host device, and
wherein network configuration data corresponding to each of the plurality of client devices includes session information including at least one of an internet protocol (IP) address, a device name, a communication link, a channel of operation, a data limit, a location, and a memory cache of each of the plurality of client devices and state information.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of client devices are at least one that the plurality of client devices have a same network configuration as the host device, the plurality of client devices are coupled with the host device for communication in at least one network hosted by the host device, and the plurality of client devices have proximity to the host device outside at least one network hosted by the host device.

10. The method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the hotspot session transferring configuration request comprises network configuration data corresponding to at least one communication link which is transferred using a message frame, is in an active state on the host device, and is supported by the plurality of client devices.

11. A host device for performing network communication in a network comprising the host device and a plurality of client devices of the host device, which communicate through the host device to access the network, the host device comprising:
a communication interface; and
a processor configured to:
detect an event to transfer a hot spot session of the host device, which is a host access point in the network, to a new host device,
based on detecting the event, identify a client device from among the plurality of client devices as the new host device, and
send a request for hotspot session transfer and client configuration details corresponding to the plurality of client devices to the new host device,

wherein the request for the hotspot session transfer is a signal for operating the new host device as a new host access point in the network.

12. The device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
monitor a powering state, a shutdown state, a memory availability state, and a network availability state of the host device, and a state of client devices coupled with the host device, and
based on a state being at least one of a powered-off state of power within the host device, memory space within the host device being within a preset memory space, a shutdown state of the host device, and an unavailable state of the network, identify the host device to be in an unavailable state as the host access point in the network.

13. The device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
transfer a request for the hotspot session to the plurality of client devices, and
select a client device transmitting an acknowledge message from among the plurality of client devices as the new host device.

14. The device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the acknowledge message comprises device parameters and supported protocol lists which are features of a device respectively corresponding to each of the plurality of client devices.

15. The device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the processor is further configured to identify the new host device including at least one communication link available in the new host device from among the device parameters and the supported protocol lists of the plurality of client devices.

16. The device as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the device parameters and the supported protocol lists comprise at least one communication link which is supported by the plurality of client devices and is available by the new host device.

17. The device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to transfer a hotspot session transferring configuration request to the new host device, and
wherein, based on receiving the hotspot session transferring configuration request by the new host device, the plurality of client devices are disconnected from the host device and automatically connected with the new host device.

18. The device as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the hotspot session transferring configuration request comprises network configuration data including a network name, a service set identifier (SSID), a

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Gupta Akash
• KUMAR Rishikesh

Classifications

• H04W36/00835

  Determination of neighbour cell lists · CPC title

• H04W84/12

  WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] · CPC title

• H04W36/0033 Primary

  with transfer of context information · CPC title

• H04W36/24

  Reselection being triggered by specific parameters · CPC title

• H04W76/20

  Manipulation of established connections · CPC title