Discovery method and an electronic device thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10506504-B2
Application number	US-201816153198-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 5, 2018
Priority date	Nov 25, 2014
Publication date	Dec 10, 2019
Grant date	Dec 10, 2019

Abstract

A portable electronic device operable in a wireless local area network and a non-transitory machine-readable storage device are provided. The portable electronic device includes communication circuitry to support a neighbor awareness networking in relation with the wireless local area network; and a processor configured to detect, using the communication circuitry, an electronic device external to the portable electronic device; transmit, using the communication circuitry, information to the electronic device, wherein the information includes a plurality of bits indicating an interval between a plurality of discovery windows in which the portable electronic device is to be operated in a wake-up state with respect to the neighbor awareness networking; adjust the interval based at least in part on a power state with respect to the portable electronic device; and transmit another information indicating the adjusted interval to the electronic device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A portable electronic device operable in a wireless local area network, the portable electronic device comprising:
communication circuitry to support a neighbor awareness networking in relation with the wireless local area network; and
a processor configured to:
detect, using the communication circuitry, an electronic device external to the portable electronic device;
transmit, using the communication circuitry, information to the electronic device, wherein the information includes a plurality of bits indicating an interval between a plurality of discovery windows in which the portable electronic device is to be operated in a wake-up state with respect to the neighbor awareness networking;
adjust the interval based at least in part on a power state with respect to the portable electronic device; and
transmit another information indicating the adjusted interval to the electronic device.

2. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
transition, in relation with the neighbor awareness networking, the portable electronic device from a sleep state to the wake-up state based at least in part on the adjusted interval.

3. The portable electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive content from the electronic device during the wake-up state.

4. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
transition, in relation with the neighbor awareness networking, the portable electronic device from the wake-up state to the sleep state during the adjusted interval.

5. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a first time duration corresponding to the adjusted interval is greater than a second time duration corresponding to at least one of the plurality of discovery windows.

6. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
perform the adjusting of the interval based at least in part on a determination that the power state with respect to the portable electronic device is changed from a first power state to a second power state using a lower power than the first power state.

7. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
establish a wireless connection with the electronic device, such that the portable electronic device and the electronic device are grouped into a cluster with respect to neighbor awareness networking based at least in part on the wireless connection.

8. A portable electronic device operable in a wireless local area network, the portable electronic device comprising:
communication circuitry; and
a processor configured to:
detect, using the communication circuitry, an electronic device external to the portable electronic device in the wireless local area network;
transmit, using the communication circuitry, a signal indicating a plurality of discovery windows spaced at a first interval;
adjust the first interval to a second interval based at least in part on a power state with respect to the portable electronic device; and
transmit another signal indicating another plurality of discovery windows spaced at the second interval.

9. The portable electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
transition, in relation with the wireless local area network, the portable electronic device from a sleep state to a wake-up state based at least in part on the second interval.

10. The portable, electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive content from the electronic device during the wake-up state.

11. The portable electronic device of claim 8 , wherein a first time duration corresponding to the second interval is greater than a second time duration corresponding to at least one of the other plurality of discovery windows.

12. The portable electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
perform the adjusting of the first interval to the second interval based at least in part on a determination that the power state with respect to the portable electronic device is changed from a first power state to a second power state using a lower power than the first power state.

13. The portable electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
establish, using the communication circuitry, a wireless connection with the electronic device, such that the portable electronic device and the electronic device are grouped into a cluster with respect to the wireless local area network based at least in part on the wireless connection.

14. The portable electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive, from the electronic device, information indicating another interval in which the electronic device is to be operated in a wake-up state with respect to the wireless local area network.

15. A non-transitory machine-readable storage device storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
detecting, at a portable electronic device, via a wireless communication, an electronic device external to the portable electronic device in a wireless local area network;
transmitting, via the wireless communication, information to the electronic device, wherein the information includes a plurality of bits indicating an interval between a plurality of discovery windows in which the portable electronic device is to be operated in a wake-up state with respect to the wireless communication;
adjusting the interval based at least in part on a power state with respect to the portable electronic device; and
transmitting another information indicating the adjusted interval to the electronic device.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable storage device of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
transitioning, in relation with the wireless local area network, the portable electronic device from a sleep state to the wake-up state based at least in part on the adjusted interval.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable storage device of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving content from the electronic device during the wake-up state.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage device of claim 15 , wherein a first time duration corresponding to the adjusted interval is greater than a second time duration corresponding to at least one of the plurality of discovery windows.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage device of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
performing the adjusting of the interval based at least in part on a determination that the power state with respect to the portable electronic device is changed from a first power state to a second power state using a lower power than the first power state.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage device of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
establishing, via the wireless communication, a wireless connection with the electronic device, such that the portable electronic device and the electronic device are grouped into a cluster with respect to the wireless local area network based at least in part on the wireless connection.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jung Bu-Seop
• Chung Young-Kwan

Classifications

• H04W76/11

  Allocation or use of connection identifiers · CPC title

• H04W52/0229

  where the received signal is a wanted signal · CPC title

• H04W52/0216

  using a pre-established activity schedule, e.g. traffic indication frame · CPC title

• H04W48/16 Primary

  Discovering, processing access restriction or access information · CPC title

• H04W8/24

  Transfer of terminal data · CPC title