US 2026/0247130 A1 · LEADER ELECTION FOR MULTI-DEVICE OPERATIONS

Abstract

Techniques may include detecting one or more identifiers of one or more electronic devices that are associated with a first electronic device. In addition, the techniques may include accessing a set of device properties corresponding to a set of electronic devices that includes the one or more electronic devices. The techniques may include accessing a subset of device properties of the set of device properties that correspond to the one or more electronic devices. Moreover, the techniques may include comparing the subset of device properties against one or more group criteria, where a device property may include at least one of a device type, a software version, a power capacity, a charging state, and an activity state. Also, the techniques may include designating the first electronic device as a group leader device of the one or more electronic devices. Further, the techniques may include performing a scheduled operation.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

detecting, by a first electronic device, one or more identifiers of one or more electronic devices that are associated with the first electronic device;
accessing, by the first electronic device, a set of device properties corresponding to a set of electronic devices that includes the one or more electronic devices;
accessing, by the first electronic device, a subset of device properties of the set of device properties, where the subset of device properties correspond to the one or more electronic devices;
comparing, by the first electronic device, the subset of device properties against one or more group criteria, wherein a device property comprises at least one of a device type, a software version, a power capacity, a charging state, a signal strength, and an activity state;
designating, by the first electronic device, the first electronic device as a group leader device of the one or more electronic devices based at least in part on the comparing;
and
performing, by the first electronic device, a scheduled operation.

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A computing device, comprising:

one or more memories;
and
one or more processors in communication with the one or more memories and configured to execute instructions stored in the one or more memories to perform operations comprising:
detecting one or more identifiers of one or more electronic devices that are associated with the computing device;
accessing a set of device properties corresponding to a set of electronic devices that includes the one or more electronic devices;
accessing a subset of device properties of the set of device properties, where the subset of device properties correspond to the one or more electronic devices;
comparing the subset of device properties against one or more group criteria, wherein a device property comprises at least one of a device type, a software version, a power capacity, a charging state, a signal strength, or an activity state;
designating the computing device as a group leader device of the one or more electronic devices based at least in part on the comparing;
and
performing a scheduled operation.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing device, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

detecting one or more identifiers of one or more electronic devices that are associated with the computing device;
accessing a set of device properties corresponding to a set of electronic devices that includes the one or more electronic devices;
accessing a subset of device properties of the set of device properties, where the subset of device properties correspond to the one or more electronic devices;
comparing the subset of device properties against one or more group criteria, wherein a device property comprises at least one of a device type, a software version, a power capacity, a charging state, a signal strength, or an activity state;
designating the computing device as a group leader device of the one or more electronic devices based at least in part on the comparing;
and
performing a scheduled operation.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Leader election for multi-device operations

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