Patent ID: 8270415

Claim:
A system for communication in a Bluetooth wireless network using a connection oriented protocol, the system comprising: a first device configured to: use a wireless association protocol that uses a scatternet topology and limits a number of direct connections for the first device, use inquiry packets to alert other devices of the presence of the first device, and use the scatternet topology to exchange information with the other devices discovered using the inquiry packets; and a second device configured to receive data from the first device through a number of hops using the wireless association protocol, wherein the first device is further configured to: use the inquiry packets to determine that the number of hops between the first device and the second device exceeds a predetermined threshold, identify that a direct connection with a third device has a level of activity lower than a threshold level, disconnect the direct connection between the first device and the third device, and create a direct connection between the first device and the second device.