# US 10,372,396 B2 · Discovery and connection to wireless displays > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,372,396 B2 - Document ID: US10372396B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/772,889 - Filed: 2013-02-21 - Published: 2014-08-21 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2013-02-21 - Assignees: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. - Applicants: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. - Inventors: Steve Richard Perrin; Scott Edwards Kelso; Matthew Price Roper; Matthew Lloyd Hagenbuch; Song Wang; Bradley Park Strazisar - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10372396B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/14: Digital output to display device {; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units} - G09G 5/006: {Details of the interface to the display terminal (specific for a display terminal using a CRT G09G1/167; using a flat panel G09G3/2096; circuits for interfacing with colour displays G09G5/04)} - H04L 41/22: comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI] - H04W 4/023: {using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds} - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - G09G 2330/021: Power management, e.g. power saving - G09G 2370/047: using display data channel standard [DDC] communication - G09G 2370/16: Use of wireless transmission of display information - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract An aspect provides a method, including: receiving, from a wireless display device, one or more beacons using a receiver of an information handling device; using, at the information handling device, the one or more beacons to determine one or more wireless display device characteristics; initiating, at the information handling device, one of a plurality of wireless connection protocols determined based on the one or more wireless display device characteristics; establishing, using a communication module of the information handling device, a wireless connection with the wireless display device; and transmitting, with the communication module of the information handling device, data for display to the wireless display device. Other aspects are described and claimed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method, comprising: receiving, from a wireless display device, one or more beacons using a receiver of an information handling device not connected to the wireless display device; using, at the information handling device, the one or more beacons to determine one or more wireless display device characteristics; selecting, at the information handling device, one of a plurality of wireless display connection protocols determined based on the one or more wireless display device characteristics; identifying a physical location having the ability to connect the information handling device to the wireless display device; identifying an area within the physical location at which a user previously manually connected the information handling device to the wireless display device; determining, using a processor, whether the information handling device is positioned in the area; thereafter establishing, responsive to determining that the information handling device is in the area, a wireless connection with the wireless display device; automatically initiating, at the information handling device, the one of a plurality of wireless display connection protocols determined based on the one or more display device characteristics; and transmitting, with the information handling device, data for display to the wireless display device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more wireless display device characteristics comprise one or more of wireless display device identification, address of the wireless display device, and a resource locator associated with the wireless display device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more wireless display device characteristics comprise wireless display device availability information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more beacons include a proximity indication. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, further comprising: determining a wireless display is within a predetermined proximity to the information handling device prior to initiating, at the information handling device, one of a plurality of wireless display connection protocols determined based on the one or more display device characteristics. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a zone in which the information handling device currently resides. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, further comprising: determining the information handling device currently resides within a predetermined zone prior to initiating, at the information handling device, one of a plurality of wireless display connection protocols determined based on the one or more display device characteristics. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the determining a zone in which the information handling device currently resides is performed independently of communication with the wireless display device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the using, at the information handling device, the one or more beacons to determine one or more wireless display device characteristics further comprises obtaining from a remote device the one or more wireless display device characteristics using resource locator information contained in the one or more beacons. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting, at the information handling device, one of a plurality of wireless display connection protocols determined based on the one or more wireless display device characteristics comprises: selecting from a predetermined set of wireless display connection protocols using a display type included in the one or more wireless display device characteristics, wherein the display type is associated with a proprietary wireless display communication protocol. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the display type supports one but not another of the predetermined set of wireless display connection protocols. ### Claim 12 An information handling device, comprising: a receiver; one or more processors; and a memory operatively coupled to the one or more processors that stores instructions executable by the one or more processors to: receive, from a wireless display device, one or more beacons using the receiver of the information handling device, wherein the information handling device is not connected to the wireless display device; use the one or more beacons to determine one or more wireless display device characteristics; select one of a plurality of wireless display connection protocols determined based on the one or more wireless display device characteristics; identify a physical location having the ability to connect the information handling device to the wireless display device; identify an area within the physical location at which a user previously manually connected the information handling device to the wireless display device; determine, using a processor, whether the information handling device is positioned in the area; thereafter establish, responsive to determining that the information handling device is in the area, a wireless connection with the wireless display device; automatically initiate, at the information handling device, the one of a plurality of wireless display connection protocols determined based on the one or more display device characteristics; and transmit data for display to the wireless display device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The information handling device of claim 12, wherein the one or more wireless display device characteristics comprise one or more of wireless display device identification, address of the wireless display device, and a resource indicator associated with the wireless display device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The information handling device of claim 12, wherein the one or more wireless display device characteristics comprise wireless display device availability information. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The information handling device of claim 12, wherein the one or more beacons include a proximity indication. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The information handling device of claim 15, wherein the processor: determines a wireless display is within a predetermined proximity to the information handling device prior to initiating one of a plurality of wireless display connection protocols determined based on the one or more display device characteristics. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The information handling device of claim 12, wherein the processor determines a zone in which the information handling device currently resides. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The information handling device of claim 17, wherein the processor determines the information handling device currently resides within a predetermined zone prior to initiating, at the information handling device, one of a plurality of wireless display connection protocols determined based on the one or more display device characteristics. ### Claim 19 (depends on 12) The information handling device of claim 12, wherein the using the one or more beacons to determine one or more wireless display device characteristics further comprises obtaining from a remote device the one or more wireless display device characteristics using resource indicator information contained in the one or more beacons. ### Claim 20 A program product, comprising: a non-signal storage device having computer program code embodied therewith, the computer program code being executable by a processor and comprising: computer program code that receives, from a wireless display device, one or more beacons using a receiver of an information handling device not connected to the wireless display device; computer program code that uses, at the information handling device, the one or more beacons to determine one or more wireless display device characteristics; computer program code that selects, at the information handling device, one of a plurality of wireless display connection protocols determined based on the one or more wireless display device characteristics; computer program code that identifies a physical location having the ability to connect the information handling device to the wireless display device; computer program code that identifies an area within the physical location at which a user previously manually connected the information handling device to the wireless display device; computer program code that determines whether the information handling device is positioned in the area; computer program code that thereafter establishes, responsive to determining that the information handling device is in the area, a wireless connection with the wireless display device; computer program code that automatically initiates, at the information handling device, the one of a plurality of wireless display connection protocols determined based on the one or more display device characteristics; and computer program code that transmits data for display to the wireless display device. ### Claim 21 A wireless display device, comprising: a display device; a wireless networking device that transmits one or more beacons to a receiver of an information handling device not connected to the wireless display device, the one or more beacons including one or more of one or more wireless display device characteristics including wireless display availability data or a resource locator therefor; said transmitting comprising transmitting data for automatically initiating, at the information handling device, one of a plurality of wireless display connection protocols based on the one or more display device characteristics; identifying a physical location having the ability to connect the information handling device to the wireless display device; identifying an area within the physical location at which a user previously manually connected the information handling device to the wireless display device; determining, using a processor, whether the information handling device is positioned in the area; thereafter establishing, responsive to determining that the information handling device is in the area and using a communication module of the wireless display device, a wireless connection with the wireless display device and the information handling device; and receiving, with a communication module of the wireless display device, data for display at the wireless display device.