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US 2019/0174293 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for forming a network
AssigneeMotorola Solution, Inc
InventorsSTEVEN JOHN KERR, CHONG HIN CHEE, LEE SUN OOI
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for quickly forming a PAN is describe herein. During operation a device will detect that it has gone from a charging state to a non-charging state (i.e., a battery not being charged). Moving from a charging state to a non-charging state is utilized as a trigger to form or join a PAN. Thus, a PAN can quickly be formed at the beginning of an officer's shift, simply by removing devices from a charger.
Claims15
A method for a device to form a network, the method comprising the steps of:
- detecting that a battery going from a charging state to a non-charging state;
- and
- forming the network with other devices based on the battery going from the charging state to the non-charging state.
An apparatus comprising:
- a battery being capable of being charged by a battery charger;
- logic circuitry coupled to the battery, the logic circuitry detecting that the battery is going from a charging state to a non-charging state, the logic circuitry forming a network with other devices based on the battery going from the charging state to the non-charging state.
A method comprising the steps of:
- detecting that a battery going from a charging state to a non-charging state;
- determining a period of time that has elapsed after going to the non-charging state;
- detecting a signal strength of other devices;
- determining a battery charger identification (ID);
- and
- forming a network with other devices based on going from the charging state to the non-charging state, and based on the battery charger ID, and wherein the other devices have a signal strength above a predetermined threshold, and the network formed within the period of time.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.