Patent ID: 7356032

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for communicating an information packet on a wireless network including a plurality of wireless access points, said method comprising; receiving said information packet by a first one of said plurality of wireless access points from a first wireless network device registered with said first wireless access point, said information packet comprising a request to communicate with a second wireless network device and an identifier for the second wireless network device; searching a table stored on said first wireless access point with the identifier to determine at least a second wireless access point not attempting to register said second wireless network device; forwarding a second request by said first wireless access point to said at least second wireless access point to register said second wireless network device; repeating the searching and forwarding steps for at least a subset of said plurality of wireless access points on the wireless network; transmitting said request by said at least second wireless access point to at least one unregistered network device in-range of said at least second wireless access point; and registering said at least one unregistered network device on said at least second access point, wherein said at least one unregistered network device corresponds to said second wireless network device.