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| United States Patent Application | 20110246654 |
| Kind Code | A1 |
| Koenig; Michael F. ;   et al. | October 6, 2011 |
The formation of a wireless device group for use in the shared resource computing environment involves establishing a wireless communication connection between a host wireless interface device and each of one or more dependent wireless interface devices, in which each dependent wireless interface devices is configured to not directly communicate with a computing device. Another wireless communication connection is established between the host wireless interface device and the computing device when the host wireless interface device is within a host connection distance of the computing device.
| Inventors: | Koenig; Michael F.; (Bellevue, WA) ; Fishman; Neil S.; (Bothell, WA) ; Snyder; Ira L.; (Bellevue, WA) |
| Assignee: |
MICROSOFT CORPORATION Redmond WA |
| Family ID: | 44710948 |
| Appl. No.: | 12/751587 |
| Filed: | March 31, 2010 |
| Current U.S. Class: | 709/227 |
| Current CPC Class: | H04W 4/08 20130101; H04L 69/24 20130101; H04W 88/04 20130101 |
| Class at Publication: | 709/227 |
| International Class: | G06F 15/16 20060101 G06F015/16 |