Method for controlling wireless router and wireless router

US8971238B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8971238-B2
Application numberUS-201213487554-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJun 4, 2012
Priority dateApr 25, 2011
Publication dateMar 3, 2015
Grant dateMar 3, 2015

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A method for controlling a wireless router and a wireless router includes: detecting whether the wireless router has a connection with a terminal; and if the wireless router has no connection with any terminal, turning off the wireless router. By using the method for controlling a wireless router and the wireless router provided in embodiments of the present invention, whether the wireless router has a connection with a terminal may be detected; and the wireless router is turned off when the wireless router has no connection with any terminal. In this way, the wireless router may be automatically turned off in an idle state, which saves energy resources and avoids unnecessary consumption.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method for controlling a wireless router, comprising: detecting, by the wireless router, whether the wireless router has a connection with a terminal; when the wireless router has no connection with any terminal, turning off the wireless router by the wireless router; and wherein detecting, by the wireless router, whether the wireless router has a connection with the terminal comprises: when the wireless router does not transfer data within a first pr…

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What does patent US8971238B2 cover?
A method for controlling a wireless router and a wireless router includes: detecting whether the wireless router has a connection with a terminal; and if the wireless router has no connection with any terminal, turning off the wireless router. By using the method for controlling a wireless router and the wireless router provided in embodiments of the present invention, whether the wireless rout…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Wang Yonghong, Li Xiuyi, Huawei Tech Co Ltd
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04W52/0251. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 03 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).