Patent ID: 9503969
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: H04W,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: placing a Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) device of an Internet of Things (IoT) device into a low power or sleep state; waking the BTLE device from the low power or sleep state in response to a specified schedule or set of conditions; attempting to establish a connection between the BTLE device and a BTLE device of an IoT hub using a first scan width and/or scan interval; dynamically adjusting the first scan width and/or scan interval to a second scan width and/or scan interval, respectively, based on a randomly-selected value if a connection is not established after a specified time period, wherein dynamically adjusting the scan width or scan interval to a second scan width or scan interval based on a randomly-selected value comprises selecting a random value and adding or subtracting the random value from the first scan width or scan interval, wherein the random value is selected from within a specified range of acceptable values; and reattempting to establish a connection between the BTLE device of the IoT device and the BTLE device of the IoT hub using the second scan width and/or scan interval.