Co-operative protocol for wireless device interaction with intelligent environments
OwnerDhananjay V. Keskar, Brad Needhaminventors
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Abstract
A method, machine readable medium, and system is disclosed. In one embodiment the method comprises establishing a connection between a wireless electronic device and one or more supervisory devices associated with a local area of wireless coverage, negotiating an associated environment protocol between the wireless device and the one or more local area supervisory devices, and determining which functions are available for use on the wireless device in the local area based on the outcome of the negotiation.
Claims15
A method, comprising:
- establishing a connection between a wireless electronic device and at least one supervisory devices associated with an area of wireless coverage;
- sending device configuration information associated with the wireless electronic device on the at least one supervisory device regarding one or more functions associated with the wireless electronic device
- the at least one supervisory device sending preference and restriction information associated with the area of wireless coverage to the wireless electronic device;
- and
- causing the one or more functions associated with the wireless electronic device to conform to the preference and restriction information associated with the area of wireless coverage received by the wireless electronic device from the at least one supervisory device.
A system, comprising:
- a wireless electronic device, wherein the wireless electronic device comprises logic to:
- establish a connection between the wireless electronic device and at least one supervisory device associated with an area of wireless coverage;
- send device configuration information to the supervisory device regarding one or more functions associated with the wireless electronic device;
- and
- the at least one supervisory device associated with the area of wireless coverage, comprising logic to:
- receive the device configuration information from the wireless electronic device;
- send preference and restriction information associated with the area of wireless coverage to the wireless electronic device, the preference and restriction information for causing the one or more functions on the wireless electronic device to conform to policies within the area of wireless coverage.
A supervisory device associated with an area of wireless coverage, comprising logic to:
- establish a connection with a wireless electronic device;
- receive device configuration information from the wireless electronic device regarding one or more functions associated with the wireless electronic device;
- determine which of the one or more functions are available for use on the wireless electronic device in the area of wireless coverage;
- and
- based on the determination, send preference and restriction information to the wireless electronic device regarding the operation policy of each of the one or more functions on the wireless electronic device within the area of wireless coverage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.