Patent ID: 9516509
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a first computer comprising one or more processors from a second computer, a request to initiate wireless communication, the first computer in communication with a wireless access point; storing, by the first computer, a first wireless access point identifier associated with the wireless access point; determining, by the first computer, that the wireless access point is communicating in a radar transmission channel using frequency information received from the wireless access point, the frequency information indicating a predetermined frequency band; receiving, by the first computer, a second wireless access point identifier associated with the second computer; determining, by the first computer, whether the first wireless access point identifier matches the second wireless access point identifier; establishing, by the first computer based at least in part upon a positive determination that the first wireless access point identifier matches the second wireless access point identifier, wireless peer-to-peer communication between the first computer and the second computer in the radar transmission channel; determining, by the first computer, upon a determination that the second computer is not in communication with the wireless access point, whether the second computer is able to detect the presence of the wireless access point; and establishing, by the first computer, based at least in part upon a determination that the second computer is not able to detect the presence of the wireless access point and upon a determination that the wireless access point is operating in a radar transmission channel, a wireless peer-to-peer connection with the second computer in a non-radar transmission channel.