Dynamically initiating changes to a connectivity configuration by a user device
AssigneeMotorola Mobility LLC
InventorsMary Khun Hor-Lao, Ranjeet Gupta
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Abstract
Various embodiments provide a user device that dynamically initiates a change to its connectivity configuration. Some embodiments of the user device determine its current connectivity configuration and, based upon its current connectivity configuration, obtains one or more metrics associated with its current operating environment and/or current operating configuration. In turn, the user devices analyzes the metrics to determine whether to alter its current connectivity configuration. Responsive to the analysis, some embodiments modify the current connectivity configuration by modifying a connection type to a wireless networking device.
Claims20
A user device comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- computer-readable storage devices comprising processor-executable instructions which, responsive to execution by the one or more processors, enable the user device to perform operations comprising:
- determining a current connectivity configuration associated with the user device and a wireless networking device;
- analyzing one or more metrics associated with the user device;
- determining, based, at least in part, on said analyzing the one or more metrics, whether to change the current connectivity configuration of the user device;
- and
- responsive to an additional user device that has a beam-formed signal connection with the wireless networking device being disconnected from the wireless networking device and determining to change the current connectivity configuration, reconfiguring, with the user device, the current connectivity configuration by changing a connection type associated with the user device and the wireless networking device to include the beam-formed signal connection.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- determining, using a user device, a connectivity configuration associated with the user device by determining a connection type associated with a wireless communication link between the user device and a wireless networking device;
- analyzing an operating state associated with the user device to determine whether to change the connection type;
- responsive to determining to change the connection type, starting a timer;
- responsive to expiration of the timer, verifying the operating state has not changed;
- and
- responsive to the verifying, dynamically reconfiguring the connectivity configuration to modify how the user device communicates with the wireless networking device by changing the connection type.
A user device comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- computer-readable storage devices comprising processor-executable instructions which, responsive to execution by the one or more processors, enable the user device to perform operations comprising:
- determining, with the user device, a connectivity configuration associated with the user device by identifying a connection type associated with a wireless communication link between the user device and a wireless networking device;
- determining whether to change the connection type by analyzing an operating state associated with the user device, the analyzing including determining whether the user device is operating in a mid-range operating region relative to the wireless networking device, the mid-range operating region being prioritized higher than a short-range operating region and a long-range operating region;
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- responsive to determining to change the connection type, modifying the connection by sending one or more messages to the wireless networking device to dynamically reconfigure the wireless communication link.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.