US 11,310,652 B2 · System and methods for registering wireless devices and transmitting information

Abstract

The invention relates to a system comprising a mobile device (1), a device (13b) for transmitting information, a device (15) hosting a device registry (14) and a wireless device (3a). The mobile device (1) comprises a receiver, a transmitter, storage means and a processor. The processor is configured to use the receiver to determine that a wireless device (3a) has newly connected to the mobile device (1), to store or update a profile corresponding to the wireless device (3a) on the storage means, to use the transmitter to transmit first information to at least one device registry (14), the first information comprising an identifier of the wireless device (3a), to use the receiver to determine that a status of the wireless device (3a) has changed to a new status, to update or remove the profile stored on the storage means if the status of the wireless device (3a) has changed co to the new status, and to use the transmitter to transmit second information to the at least one device registry (14) if the status of the new wireless device (3a) has changed to the new status, the second information comprising the identifier of the wireless device (3a) and the new status. The invention further relates to a device (13b) for transmitting information, the methods performed by these devices and one or more computer program products enabling a computer system to perform these methods.

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Dependent claims

A mobile device, comprising:

at least one receiver;
at least one transmitter;
memory;
and
a processor configured to:
use the at least one receiver to determine that a wireless device has newly connected to the mobile device;
store or update a profile corresponding to the wireless device on the memory;
use the at least one transmitter to transmit first information to at least one device registry, the first information comprising an identifier of the wireless device;
use the at least one receiver to determine that a connection status indicating a state of the connection with the mobile device of the wireless device has changed to a new connection status indicating that the wireless device is no longer connected to the mobile device;
update or remove the profile stored on the memory if the connection status of the wireless device has changed to the new connection status indicating that the wireless device is no longer connected to the mobile device;
use the at least one transmitter to transmit second information to the at least one device registry if the connection status of the wireless device has changed to the new connection status indicating that the wireless device is no longer connected to the mobile device, the second information comprising the identifier of the wireless device and the new connection status information the at least one registry that the wireless device is no longer connected to the mobile device;
use the at least one receiver to receive information from a device for transmitting information, the information comprising an identifier of the wireless device and further comprising at least one of data and a request;
determine from profiles stored on the memory whether the wireless device is currently connected to the mobile device;
and
use the at least one transmitter to transmit the at least one of the data and the request to the wireless device if the wireless device is determined to be currently connected to the mobile device.

12 more elements

A method for a mobile device of connecting to a wireless device, the mobile device comprising at least one receiver, a memory, and at least one transmitter, the method comprising:

using the at least one receiver to determine that the wireless device has newly connected to the mobile device;
storing or updating a profile corresponding to the wireless device on a memory;
using the at least one transmitter to transmit first information to at least one device registry, the first information comprising an identifier of the wireless device;
using the at least one receiver to determine that a connection status indicating a state of the connection with the mobile device of the wireless device has changed to a new connection status indicating that the wireless device is no longer connected to the mobile device;
updating or removing the profile stored on the memory if the connection status of the wireless device has changed to the new connection status indicating that the wireless device is no longer connected to the mobile device;
using the at least one transmitter to transmit second information to the at least one device registry if the connection status of the wireless device has changed to the new connection status indicating that the wireless device is no longer connected to the mobile device, the second information comprising the identifier of the wireless device and the new connection status informing the at least one registry that the wireless device is no longer connected to the mobile device;
using the at least one receiver to receive information from a device for transmitting information, the information comprising an identifier of the wireless device and further comprising at least one of data and a request;
determining from profiles stored on the memory whether the wireless device is currently connected to the mobile device;
and
using the at least one transmitter to transmit the at least one of the data and the request to the wireless device if the wireless device is determined to be currently connected to the mobile device.

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A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon at least one software code portion that, when executed on a computer system, causes the computing system to carry out operations for a mobile device to connect to a wireless device, the mobile device comprising at least one receiver, a memory, and at least one transmitter, the operations including:

using the at least one receiver to determine that the wireless device has newly connected to the mobile device;
storing or updating a profile corresponding to the wireless device on a memory;
using the at least one transmitter to transmit first information to at least one device registry, the first information comprising an identifier of the wireless device;
using the at least one receiver to determine that a connection indicating a state of the connection with the mobile device of the wireless device has changed to a new connection status indicating that the wireless device is no longer connected to the mobile device;
updating or removing the profile stored on the memory if the connection status of the wireless device has changed to the new connection status indicating that the wireless device is no longer connected to the mobile device;
using the at least one transmitter to transmit second information to the at least one device registry if the connection status of the wireless device has changed to the new connection status indicating that the wireless device is no longer connected to the mobile device, the second information comprising the identifier of the wireless device and the new connection status informing the at least one registry that the wireless device is no longer connected to the mobile device;
using the at least one receiver to receive information from a device for transmitting information, the information comprising an identifier of the wireless device and further comprising at least one of data and a request;
determining from profiles stored on the memory whether the wireless device is currently connected to the mobile device;
and
using the at least one transmitter to transmit the at least one of the data and the request to the wireless device if the wireless device is determined to be currently connected to the mobile device.

7 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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