Method and apparatus for enabling wireless dockees to find and dock with a wireless docking host being used by another dockee
OwnerXiaolong Huanginventor
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Abstract
Various aspects of the present disclosure enable a dockee that establishes docking with a wireless docking host that manages a docking environment to gather information about the wireless docking host, including docking host information and one or more wireless peripheral devices managed by the wireless docking host. The dockee may then store the results of the functionality information. In one aspect of the disclosed approach, the dockee may advertise the functionality information of the wireless docking host to other dockees. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
Claims36
A method for sharing information about a wireless docking host, to which a first wireless dockee is docked, with a second wireless dockee, the method comprising:
- forming a docking connection between the first wireless dockee and the wireless docking host, wherein the first wireless dockee and the wireless docking host are part of a peer-to-peer (P2P) group and the first wireless dockee assumes a role of a group owner of the P2P group such that the wireless docking host is not directly discoverable by the second wireless dockee;
- receiving docking host information regarding the wireless docking host from the wireless docking host, the wireless docking host being configured to provide communication connectivity for the first wireless dockee and the second wireless dockee to at least one peripheral managed by the wireless docking host, and the docking host information identifying the at least one peripheral managed by the wireless docking host;
- compiling the docking host information regarding the wireless docking host;
- and
- advertising the docking host information regarding the wireless docking host.
A method for using shared information about a wireless docking host, to which a first wireless dockee is docked, by a second wireless dockee, the method comprising:
- receiving docking host information regarding the wireless docking host by the second wireless dockee as advertised by the first wireless dockee, wherein the first wireless dockee and the wireless docking host are part of a peer-to-peer (P2P) group and the first wireless dockee assumes a role of a group owner of the P2P group such that the wireless docking host is not directly discoverable by the second wireless dockee, the wireless docking host being configured to provide communication connectivity for the first wireless dockee and the second wireless dockee to at least one peripheral managed by the wireless docking host, and the docking host information identifying the at least one peripheral managed by the wireless docking host;
- initiating a device discoverability request transaction with the first wireless dockee based on the docking host information;
- and
- connecting to the at least one peripheral managed by the wireless docking host as a result of the initiation of the device discoverability request transaction.
A first wireless dockee configured for sharing information about a wireless docking host, to which the first wireless dockee is configured to be docked, with a second wireless dockee, the first wireless dockee comprising:
- at least one processor;
- a memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor;
- and
- a transceiver communicatively coupled to the at least one processor,
- wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
- form a docking connection between the first wireless dockee and the wireless docking host, wherein the first wireless dockee and the wireless docking host are part of a peer-to-peer (P2P) group and the first wireless dockee assumes a role of a group owner of the P2P group such that the wireless docking host is not directly discoverable by the second wireless dockee;
- receive docking host information regarding the wireless docking host from the wireless docking host, the wireless docking host being configured to provide communication connectivity for the first wireless dockee and the second wireless dockee to at least one peripheral managed by the wireless docking host, and the docking host information identifying the at least one peripheral managed by the wireless docking host;
- compile the docking host information regarding the wireless docking host;
- and
- advertise the docking host information regarding the wireless docking host.
A first wireless dockee configured for using shared information about a wireless docking host, to which a second wireless dockee is configured to be docked, from the second wireless dockee, the first wireless dockee comprising:
- at least one processor;
- a memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor;
- and
- a transceiver communicatively coupled to the at least one processor,
- wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
- receive docking host information regarding the wireless docking host by the first wireless dockee as advertised by the second wireless dockee, wherein the first wireless dockee and the wireless docking host are part of a peer-to-peer (P2P) group and the first wireless dockee assumes a role of a group owner of the P2P group such that the wireless docking host is not directly discoverable by the second wireless dockee, the wireless docking host being configured to provide communication connectivity for the first wireless dockee and the second wireless dockee to at least one peripheral managed by the wireless docking host, and the docking host information identifying the at least one peripheral managed by the wireless docking host;
- initiate a device discoverability request transaction with the second wireless dockee based on the docking host information;
- and
- connect to the at least one peripheral managed by the wireless docking host as a result of the initiation of the device discoverability request transaction.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium operational for sharing information about a wireless docking host, to which a first wireless dockee is docked, with a second wireless dockee, the computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions for causing a computer to:
- form a docking connection between the first wireless dockee and the wireless docking host, wherein the first wireless dockee and the wireless docking host are part of a peer-to-peer (P2P) group and the first wireless dockee assumes a role of a group owner of the P2P group such that the wireless docking host is not directly discoverable by the second wireless dockee;
- receive docking host information regarding the wireless docking host from the wireless docking host, the wireless docking host being configured to provide communication connectivity for the first wireless dockee and the second wireless dockee to at least one peripheral managed by the wireless docking host, and the docking host information identifying the at least one peripheral managed by the wireless docking host;
- compile the docking host information regarding the wireless docking host;
- and
- advertise the docking host information regarding the wireless docking host.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium operational for using shared information about a wireless docking host, to which a first wireless dockee is docked, by a second wireless dockee, the computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions for causing a computer to:
- receive docking host information regarding the wireless docking host by the second wireless dockee as advertised by the first wireless dockee, wherein the first wireless dockee and the wireless docking host are part of a peer-to-peer (P2P) group and the first wireless dockee assumes a role of a group owner of the P2P group such that the wireless docking host is not directly discoverable by the second wireless dockee, the wireless docking host being configured to provide communication connectivity for the first wireless dockee and the second wireless dockee to at least one peripheral managed by the wireless docking host, and the docking host information identifying the at least one peripheral managed by the wireless docking host;
- initiate a device discoverability request transaction with the first wireless dockee based on the docking host information;
- and
- connect to the at least one peripheral managed by the wireless docking host as a result of the initiation of the device discoverability request transaction.
A first wireless dockee configured for sharing information about a wireless docking host, to which the first wireless dockee is configured to be docked, with a second wireless dockee, the first wireless dockee comprising:
- means for forming a docking connection between the first wireless dockee and the wireless docking host, wherein the first wireless dockee and the wireless docking host are part of a peer-to-peer (P2P) group and the first wireless dockee assumes a role of a group owner of the P2P group such that the wireless docking host is not directly discoverable by the second wireless dockee;
- means for receiving docking host information regarding the wireless docking host from the wireless docking host, the wireless docking host being configured to provide communication connectivity for the first wireless dockee and the second wireless dockee to at least one peripheral managed by the wireless docking host, and the docking host information identifying the at least one peripheral managed by the wireless docking host;
- means for compiling the docking host information regarding the wireless docking host;
- and
- means for advertising the docking host information regarding the wireless docking host.
A first wireless dockee configured for using shared information about a wireless docking host, to which a second wireless dockee is configured to be docked, from the second wireless dockee, the first wireless dockee comprising:
- means for receiving docking host information regarding the wireless docking host by the first wireless dockee as advertised by the second wireless dockee, wherein the first wireless dockee and the wireless docking host are part of a peer-to-peer (P2P) group and the first wireless dockee assumes a role of a group owner of the P2P group such that the wireless docking host is not directly discoverable by the second wireless dockee, the wireless docking host being configured to provide communication connectivity for the first wireless dockee and the second wireless dockee to at least one peripheral managed by the wireless docking host, and the docking host information identifying the at least one peripheral managed by the wireless docking host;
- means for initiating a device discoverability request transaction with the second wireless dockee based on the docking host information;
- and
- means for connecting to the at least one peripheral managed by the wireless docking host as a result of the initiation of the device discoverability request transaction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.