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US 10,542,574 B1Granted
Wireless device connection handover
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsMilos Jorgovanovic, Hans Edward Birch-Jensen, Ganesha Batta, Muhaiyadeen Ansarullah Habibullah
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Abstract
A system and method includes a first device (e.g., a primary wireless earbud) connected to a second device (e.g., a secondary wireless earbud) using a first wireless connection. The first device is also connected to a third device (e.g., a smartphone or smart watch) using a second wireless connection. If the second device determines that the first wireless connection has disconnected, and if re-connection data is not received from the first device, the second device and the third device establish a third wireless connection between them.
Claims22
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- during a first time period:
- communicating between a primary wireless earbud and a secondary wireless earbud using a first wireless connection,
- communicating between the primary wireless earbud and a smartphone using a second wireless connection, and
- communicating between the smartphone and the secondary wireless earbud through the primary wireless earbud using the first wireless connection and the second wireless connection;
- and
- during a second time period after the first time period:
- receiving first audio data from the primary wireless earbud at the secondary wireless earbud over the first wireless connection,
- outputting, using the secondary wireless earbud, first audio corresponding to the first audio data,
- receiving, over the first wireless connection, network-connection information for the second wireless connection, the second wireless connection being between the primary wireless earbud and the smartphone,
- after receiving the network-connection information, determining, using the secondary wireless earbud, that the first wireless connection has disconnected,
- monitoring, using the secondary wireless earbud and for a first time period, for re-connection data sent from the primary wireless earbud,
- determining that the first time period is greater than a threshold connection time-out time,
- sending, from the secondary wireless earbud to the smartphone, a request to establish a third wireless connection between the secondary wireless earbud and the smartphone, the request including the network-connection information,
- establishing the third wireless connection,
- receiving, at the secondary wireless earbud using the third wireless connection, second audio data, and
- outputting, using the secondary wireless earbud, second audio corresponding to the second audio data.
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A computer-implemented method comprising:
- establishing a first wireless connection between a first device and a second device;
- determining, by the second device, first data corresponding to a second wireless connection between the first device and a third device;
- after determining the first data, determining, by the second device, that the first wireless connection has disconnected;
- based at least in part on determining that the first wireless connection has disconnected, monitoring, using the second device and for a first time period, for second data sent from the first device;
- determining, by the second device, that a length of time of the first time period is greater than a threshold time;
- and
- establishing, using the first data and based at least in part on the length of time of the first time period being greater than the threshold time, a third wireless connection between the second device and the third device.
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A system comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory including instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
- establish a first wireless connection between a first device and a second device;
- determine, by the second device, first data corresponding to a second wireless connection between the first device and a third device;
- after determining the first data, determine, by the second device, that the first wireless connection is disconnected;
- based at least in part on determining that the first wireless connection is disconnected, monitor, using the second device and for a first time period, for second data sent from the first device;
- determine, by the second device, that a length of time of the first time period is greater than a threshold time;
- and
- establish, using the first data and based at least in part on the length of time of the first time period being greater than the threshold time, a third wireless connection between the second device and the third device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.