Patent ID: 7689167
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: registering a first wireless electronic device with a second wireless electronic device to form an ensemble of wireless electronic devices: monitoring user activity associated with the first wireless electronic device of the ensemble of wireless electronic devices; transmitting, by the first wireless electronic device, a probe message to the second wireless electronic device to determine whether the second wireless electronic device is still a part of the ensemble of wireless electronic devices; verifying, by the first wireless electronic device, based at least in part on an acknowledgement received by the first wireless electronic device from the second wireless electronic device in response to the probe message, that the second wireless electronic device is still a part of the ensemble of wireless electronic devices; and after said transmitting the probe message and said verifying, communicating user activity information based on an operating application associated with the first wireless electronic device from the first wireless electronic device to the second wireless electronic device for enabling the second wireless electronic device to perform an action based on the user activity information.