Patent ID: 9407624
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: establishing a mesh network comprising a plurality of devices, each device being configured for wireless communication using a plurality of different low-power wireless communication standards; utilizing, by a first device of the plurality of devices, one of the low-power wireless communication standards when wirelessly communicating with one or more devices of the plurality of devices; receiving, at the first device, a command to set a security mode of the first device to a user-selected security mode selected from a plurality of security modes the first device is configured to utilize; utilizing, by the first device, the security mode selected when wirelessly communicating with a user-operated device; and based on whether the user-operated device is within wireless range of at least one of the plurality of devices of the mesh network, routing wireless communications exchanged between the first device and the user-operated device via either i) a second device of the plurality of devices that is within wireless range of the user-operated device, or ii) a server located remotely relative to the mesh network and the user-operated device.