# US 9,883,045 B2 · Wireless docking system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,883,045 B2 - Document ID: US9883045B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/105,946 - Filed: 2014-12-19 - Published: 2016-11-03 - Granted: 2018-01-30 - Earliest claimed: 2013-12-20 - Assignees: Koninklijke Philips N.V. - Applicants: Koninklijke Philips N.V. - Inventors: Johannes Arnoldus Cornelis Bernsen; Walter Dees - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9883045B2 ## CPC - H04M 11/007: {with remote control systems (remote control in general G08C)} - G06F 1/1632: {External expansion units, e.g. docking stations} - H04B 5/24: Inductive coupling - H04M 1/72412: using two-way short-range wireless interfaces - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - H04W 48/18: Selecting a network or a communication service - H04W 84/12: WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04B: TRANSMISSION - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A wireless docking system has a host (251) and a dockee device (220). The host is coupled to at least one peripheral (210, 230, 240) to constitute a wireless docking environment. The dockee is arranged for selecting a wireless docking environment from multiple available wireless docking environments (251, 252, 253), and for transmitting an identify request via the dockee communication unit to the docking host. The host is arranged for receiving the identify request via the host communication unit from the dockee device, and for responding to the identify request by generating a physical feedback at a peripheral of the host. The physical feedback, e.g. light signal or sound signal, enables a user of the dockee device at a remote distance to perceive the docking environment as selected. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A wireless docking system, comprising: a host configured to accommodate at least one wireless docking environment including a peripheral, the host comprising a host communication unit and a host processor; and a dockee device for docking with the host, the dockee device comprising a dockee communication unit and a dockee processor for selecting a wireless docking environment from multiple wireless docking environments, wherein the dockee processor is configured to transmit an identify request via the dockee communication unit to the host in the selected wireless docking environment, the identify request requesting the peripheral to provide an auditory or visual feedback that is detectable at a remote distance, wherein the host processor is configured to receive the identify request via the host communication unit and respond by controlling the peripheral to generate the feedback, and wherein the host processor is configured to reject the identify request when the peripheral is in use. ### Claim 2 A host in a wireless docking system, comprising: a host communication unit; and a host processor for docking via wireless communication with a dockee device, wherein the host processor is configured to accommodate at least one wireless docking environment including a peripheral for use by the dockee device, wherein the host processor is further configured to receive an identify request via the host communication unit from the dockee device, the identify request requesting the peripheral to provide an auditory or visual feedback that is detectable at a remote distance, wherein the host processor is further configured to respond to the identify request by controlling the peripheral to generate the feedback, and wherein the host processor is configured to reject the identify request when the peripheral is in use. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The host according to claim 2, wherein the feedback is generated by controlling at least one output unit of the peripheral. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The host according to claim 3, wherein the at least one output unit is a display controlled by at least one of: modifying a brightness or a color of the display; replacing pre-existing contents of the display by a single plane; and blanking the display. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The host according to claim 2, wherein the feedback is generated by controlling a lighting device that illuminates a location of the wireless environment. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The host according to claim 2, wherein the host processor is configured to control the peripheral to generate the feedback by using general control signals or general communication messages, which are used for controlling general functions of the peripheral. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The host according to claim 2, wherein the peripheral comprises at least one of a keyboard, a wireless charging unit, and a printer. ### Claim 8 A dockee device in a wireless docking system, comprising: a dockee communication unit; and a dockee processor for docking via wireless communication with a host, wherein the host is configured to accommodate at least one wireless docking environment including a peripheral for use by the dockee device, wherein the dockee processor is further configured to select a wireless docking environment from multiple wireless docking environments, the dockee processor transmitting an identify request via the dockee communication unit to the host in the selected wireless docking environment, the identify request requesting the peripheral to provide an auditory or visual feedback that is detectable at a remote distance, wherein the host is configured to reject the identify request when the peripheral is in use. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The dockee device according to claim 8, wherein the dockee processor is configured to perform at least one of: transmitting the identify request when the user selects the wireless docking environment from the multiple wireless docking environments; not transmitting the identify request when the user selects the wireless docking environment where only a single wireless docking environment is available; enabling the user to initiate transmitting the identify request; enabling the user to initiate transmitting a specific identify request for a specific peripheral to give the feedback; and detecting the feedback and transmitting a modify request to request the specific peripheral to modify the feedback, the feedback being remotely detectable. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The dockee device according to claim 8, wherein no feedback is detected when selecting an initial wireless docking environment and transmitting the identify request, selecting another wireless docking environment and transmitting another identify request until the feedback is detected. ### Claim 11 A method of wireless docking between a host and at a dockee device, comprising: arranging the host and the dockee device for docking via wireless communication for setting up a docking session; accommodating at least one wireless docking environment including a peripheral; enabling the dockee device to use the peripheral via the docking session; receiving an identify request from the dockee device, the identify request requesting a peripheral to provide an auditory or visual feedback that is detectable at a remote distance; and responding to the identify request by controlling the peripheral to generate the feedback, wherein the host is configured to reject the identify request when the peripheral is in use. ### Claim 12 A method of wireless docking between a host and a dockee device, comprising: arranging the host and the dockee device for docking via wireless communication for setting up a docking session; accommodating at least one wireless docking environment including a peripheral; enabling the dockee device to use the peripheral via the docking session; selecting a wireless docking environment from multiple available wireless docking environments; transmitting an identify request via a dockee communication unit to the host that accommodates the selected wireless docking environment, the identify request requesting a peripheral to provide an auditory or visual feedback that is detectable at a remote distance; receiving the identify request from the dockee device; and responding to the identify request by controlling the peripheral to generate the feedback, wherein the host is configured to reject the identify request when the peripheral is in use. ### Claim 13 A non-transitory computer-readable medium having one or more executable instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for wireless docking between a host and at a dockee device, the method comprising: arranging the host and the dockee device for docking via wireless communication for setting up a docking session; accommodating at least one wireless docking environment including a peripheral; enabling the dockee device to use the peripheral via the docking session; receiving an identify request from the dockee device, the identify request requesting a peripheral to provide an auditory or visual feedback that is detectable at a remote distance; and responding to the identify request by controlling the peripheral to generate the feedback, wherein the host is configured to reject the identify request when the peripheral is in use. ### Claim 14 A non-transitory computer-readable medium having one or more executable instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for wireless docking between a host and at a dockee device, the method comprising: arranging the host and the dockee device for docking via wireless communication for setting up a docking session; accommodating at least one wireless docking environment including a peripheral; enabling the dockee device to use the peripheral via the docking session; selecting a wireless docking environment from multiple available wireless docking environments; transmitting an identify request via a dockee communication unit to the host accommodating the selected wireless docking environment, the identify request requesting a peripheral to provide an auditory or visual feedback that is detectable at a remote distance; receiving the identify request from the dockee device; and responding to the identify request by controlling the peripheral to generate the feedback, wherein host is configured to reject the identify request when the peripheral is in use.