Patent ID: 11864078
Assignee: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 20:
21. A method for communicating data using a wireless protocol, comprising:
(a) receiving, at an edge device, individual sets of data from a plurality of sensors;
(b) compiling, by the edge device, the individual sets of data into a dataset that is to be processed by a backend device;
(c) generating, by the edge device, a plurality of advertisements, each advertisement including a respective portion of the dataset and a respective sequence identifier, wherein, taken together, the respective portions of the plurality of advertisements comprise the dataset;
(d) broadcasting, with a communication setting of the edge device in a mode including a transmitting capability, at least some of the plurality of advertisements, wherein the broadcasting is performed without receiving an acknowledgement associated with any advertisement of the at least some of the plurality of advertisements being received by a receiving device;
(e) configuring the communication setting of the edge device to a mode including a receiving capability for a predetermined time period;
(f) receiving, at the edge device for the predetermined time period from the receiving device, at least one of (i) an indication of one or more of the plurality of advertisements not having been received; (ii) an indication that all of the plurality of advertisements have been received; or (iii) no indication; and
(g) responsive to receiving the (i) indication of the one or more of the plurality of advertisements not having been received, broadcasting, with the communication setting of the edge device in the mode including the transmitting capability, the one or more of the plurality of advertisements not having been received, wherein the broadcasting is performed without receiving an acknowledgement associated with any advertisement of the one or more of the plurality of advertisements not having been received.