Patent ID: 8411692
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of sharing device features via multi-hop communications across different wireless radio interfaces, comprising: registering available features of each of a plurality of wireless devices accessible via one of a plurality of different wireless communication protocol interfaces of a first wireless bridging computing device; receiving a request for use of an available feature of a first wireless device via a first wireless communication protocol interface from a second wireless device via a second wireless communication protocol interface; facilitating use of the requested available feature of the first wireless device by the second wireless device via the first wireless communication protocol interface and the second wireless communication protocol interface in response to the request; publishing the available features of each of the registered wireless devices to each other of the plurality of wireless devices; filtering the available features of the first wireless device to remove at least one available feature un-useable by the second wireless device, where filtering the available features of the first wireless device to remove the at least one available feature un-useable by the second wireless device comprises filtering the available features of the first wireless device based upon bandwidth requirements for the available feature; and where publishing the available features of each of the plurality of wireless devices to each other of the plurality of wireless devices comprises, for the second wireless device, publishing the filtered available features.