Patent ID: 9144688
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: A61N,G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: at least two electronic devices, each of the at least two electronic devices having a unique ID, and at least one of the electronic devices being configured to communicate wirelessly with at least one of the other electronic devices only when the at least two electronic devices have been grouped into a wireless network; and an additional device configured to wirelessly detect the presence of, communicate with, and distinctly identify each of the at least two electronic devices, the additional device being further configured to communicate the unique ID from each one of the at least two electronic devices to the other electronic devices of the at least two electronic devices to group the at least two devices into a wireless network when the at least two electronic devices are detected by the additional device to be located within a proximity threshold of the additional device, the at least two electronic devices further configured to wirelessly communicate directly with each other only after being grouped into a wireless network by the additional device, direct wireless communications between the at least two electronic devices not going through the additional device.