US Patent Application 17829043. System and Method for Exchanging Buffered Data simplified abstract

System and Method for Exchanging Buffered Data

Organization Name

ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

Inventor(s)

Venkata Aneel Kumar Inuganti of Bangalore (IN)

Mahesh Kumar Edar of Davenagere (IN)

Darpan Majumder of Bangalore (IN)

Surya Kantha Rao Kandoti of Bangalore (IN)

Mahendiran Balasubramaniyam of Bangalore (IN)

Kishore Kumar Pathankanur of Bangalore (IN)

Naga Babu Parsi of Bangalore (IN)

System and Method for Exchanging Buffered Data - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 17829043 titled 'System and Method for Exchanging Buffered Data

Simplified Explanation

The abstract describes a mobile computing device that can connect to a network through access points.

• Mobile computing device has a wireless communications interface to connect to a network.
• The device's controller can send a buffer indicator to the network to store incoming packets.
• When the device moves away from its home access point, it accumulates outgoing packets.
• When the device connects to a new access point, it transmits the accumulated outgoing packets.
• After the outgoing packets are transmitted, the device sends a release indicator to the network to release the buffered incoming packets.

Original Abstract Submitted

A mobile computing device includes: a wireless communications interface configured to connect to a network deployed by one or more access points; a controller for the wireless communications interface, the controller configured to: send a buffer indicator to the network to buffer incoming packets destined for the mobile computing device; move away from a home access point to which the mobile computing device is connected; accumulate outgoing packets destined for transmission to the network while the mobile computing device is away from the home access point; connect to a destination access point; transmit the outgoing packets to the destination access point; and after the outgoing packets are transmitted to the destination access point, send a release indicator to the network to release the buffered incoming packets for the mobile computing device.