Patent ID: 11924738
Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 3:
4. A method implemented by a computer system, the method comprising:
receiving, from a first device of a mesh network that includes a second device, a first identifier of a third device of the mesh network;
receiving, from the second device of the mesh network, the first identifier;
determining, based at least in part on the first identifier being received from each of the first device and the second device, a first network path between the first device and the third device and a second network path between the second device and the third device;
determining that the third device is a single hop away from each of the first device and the second device;
generating, based at least in part on a procedure that reduces a number of single hop connections, association information between the third device and the first device, the association information indicating an exclusive use of the first network path instead of the second network path in association with sending messages by the computer system to the third device;
generating a message about an action directed to the third device; and
sending, based at least in part on the association information, the message to the first device instead of the second device.