Method of wireless discovery and networking of medical devices in care environments

A method for controlling a device comprising:

• providing a main device group including a main wireless transceiver device, a control device and a first network interface;
• providing a secondary device group including a secondary wireless transceiver device, a slave device and a second network interface;
• wirelessly exchanging networking information for networking the first network interface and the second network interface via direct wireless communication between the main wireless transceiver device and the secondary wireless transceiver device;
• forming a network over the first network interface and the second network interface using the networking information exchanged between the main wireless transceiver device and the secondary wireless transceiver device, wherein the network does not include the main wireless transceiver device and the secondary wireless transceiver device such that communication between the control device and the secondary device group slave device does not pass through the main wireless transceiver device and the secondary wireless transceiver device;
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• controlling functions of the slave device with the control device through instructions sent over the network.

A system for automatically establishing a network comprising:

• a main device group including a main wireless transceiver device, a first device and a first network interface, wherein the main transceiver device, the first device, and the first network interface are communicatively wired together;
• and
• a secondary device group including a secondary wireless transceiver device, a secondary device and a second network interface, wherein the secondary transceiver device, the secondary device, and the second network interface are communicatively wired together;
• the main wireless transceiver device and the secondary wireless transceiver device being configured to wirelessly exchange networking information for networking the first network interface and the second network interface, the networking information being wirelessly exchanged via direct wireless communication between the main wireless transceiver device and the secondary wireless transceiver device,
• the main device group and the secondary device group being configured to use the networking information exchanged between the main wireless transceiver device and the secondary wireless transceiver device to form a network wherein the first device communicates with the secondary device over the first network interface and the second network interface, wherein the network does not include the main wireless transceiver device and the secondary wireless transceiver device such that communication between the first device and the secondary device does not pass through the main wireless transceiver device and the secondary wireless transceiver device.