Patent ID: 9442158
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: G01R

Claim Text:
1. A method of determining, between an initiating device and at least one responding device, a reference time for execution of a task thereon, the method comprising: prompting a plurality of devices by the initiating device to provide a respective desired reference time; providing, in response to the prompting, a respective desired reference time by a subset of the plurality of responding devices; and determining an actual reference time based on any desired reference times provided, wherein prompting of a plurality of responding devices comprises the initiating device sending a prompting message to the plurality of responding devices, and providing a respective desired reference time by a subset of the plurality of responding devices comprises each of the subset of the plurality of responding devices sending a responding message including the respective desired reference time, the subset of responding devices comprising one of at least one responding device specified in at least one of the prompting message and a responding message; and at least one responding device determining that it is included in the subset based on one of the time the responding device receives the prompting message and a time specified in the prompting message.