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Google patents system where servers tell devices when to broadcast

This filing describes a method where a central computing system tells a specific device to start broadcasting wireless signals. This happens after another device asks to find it, helping the two devices establish a connection more efficiently.

Why it mattersIt could make it easier for phones and other gadgets to find each other quickly without constantly scanning for connections.

In the filing’s own words

An example method includes receiving, by a first computing device, a request to initiate wireless communication protocol advertisement message broadcasts, the request to initiate wireless communication protocol advertisement message broadcasts is transmitted to the first computing device in response to a computing system receiving a discoverability request initiated by a second computing device. The method also includes, responsive to receiving the request to initiate wireless communication protocol advertisement message broadcasts, broadcasting, by the first computing device, one or more advertisement messages, where the one or more advertisement messages enable wireless communication channel initialization between the second computing device and the first computing device.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method comprising: receiving, by a first computing device, a request to initiate wireless communication protocol advertisement message broadcasts, the request to initiate wireless communication protocol advertisement message broadcasts transmitted to the first computing device in response to a computing system receiving a discoverability request initiated by a second computing device; and responsive to receiving the request to initiate wireless communication protocol advertisement message broadcasts, broadcasting, by the first computing device, one or more advertisement messages, the one or more advertisement messages enabling wireless communication channel initialization between the second computing device and the first computing device.

Facts

Company
Google (Google LLC)
Official title
MANAGING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CHANNELS USING INTERMEDIARY DEVICES
Publication number
US20260292661A1
Application number
19564389
Filed
Mar 12, 2026
Published
Sep 24, 2026
Inventors
3
Claims
20

Classified under

H04W 48/10 Electricity & electronicsH04W 48/16 Electricity & electronicsH04W 76/19 Electricity & electronics
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