Patent ID: 9591554
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A wireless dock, the wireless dock comprising: peripheral ports to enable peripheral devices to connect to the wireless dock; and a wireless transmitter configured to transmit broadcast signals to enable mobile devices to detect the wireless dock and establish a wireless connection with the wireless dock to use the connected peripheral devices, the wireless dock configured to provide management information with the broadcast signals that is detectable by the mobile devices during a scanning or discovery phase and is usable by the mobile devices to manage the wireless connection to, and experience with, the wireless dock, the management information provided with the broadcast signals transmitted by the wireless transmitter including a do-not-automatically-connect indicator which prevents mobile devices from automatically connecting to the wireless dock, an Internet-available indicator that indicates whether the wireless dock is connected to the internet, an in-use indicator if the wireless dock is currently being utilized by another mobile device, and a group identifier that associates the wireless dock with one or more other wireless docks that are configured with similar hardware capabilities.