Peer-to-peer network connectivity status
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorsWei Wu, James Earl Womack
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Abstract
The embodiments disclosed herein provide a system, apparatus, and method for managing requests in a peer-to-peer network. A processor determines whether to reduce an amount of checks for connectivity for the device in the peer-to-peer network in response to a device being in the peer-to-peer network. The processor configures the device to send a message indicating a status of the device to a number of other devices in the peer-to-peer network without receiving a request for the status of the device in response to a determination to reduce the amount of checks for connectivity for the device in the peer-to-peer network.
Claims20
A method for managing requests in a peer-to-peer network, the method comprising:
- responsive to a device being in the peer-to-peer network, determining whether to reduce an amount of checks for connectivity for the device in the peer-to-peer network;
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- responsive to a determination to reduce the amount of the checks for connectivity for the device in the peer-to-peer network, configuring the device to send a message indicating a status of the device to a number of other devices in the peer-to-peer network without receiving a request for the status of the device.
An apparatus comprising:
- an antenna;
- a transmitter configured to send first data using the antenna;
- a receiver configured to receive second data using the antenna;
- and
- a processor unit connected to the transmitter and the receiver, wherein the antenna, the transmitter, the receiver, and the processor unit form a device and wherein the processor unit is configured to determine whether to reduce an amount of checks for connectivity for a device in a peer-to-peer network in response to the device being in the peer-to-peer network;
- and configure the device to send a message indicating a status of the device to a number of other devices in the peer-to-peer network without receiving a request for the status of the device in response to a determination to reduce the amount of the checks for connectivity for the device in the peer-to-peer network.
A peer-to-peer network comprising:
- a number of other devices connected to each other and configured to transmit and receive data through each other;
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- a device connected to the number of other devices configured to determine whether to reduce an amount of checks for connectivity for the device in the peer-to-peer network;
- and configure the device to send a message indicating a status of the device to the number of other devices in the peer-to-peer network without receiving a request for the status of the device in response to a determination to reduce the amount of checks for connectivity for the device in the peer-to-peer network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.