Joseph R Conley

US Patent:

20170064745, Mar 2, 2017

Filed:

Aug 25, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/835202

Inventors:

- Earth City MO, US
Joseph James Conley - Akron OH, US
James Martin Kalbfleisch - Cuyahoga Falls OH, US
Kris A. Sidle - Macedonia OH, US

International Classification:

H04W 76/02
H04W 48/18
H04W 4/00

Abstract:

Example embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to automatic wireless mode switching in wireless communication devices and systems, and methods of automatic wireless mode switching. In one example embodiment, a wireless communication device generally includes a wireless communication interface configured to transmit data to a remote device via wireless communication, and a controller configured to control a mode of operation of the wireless communication device and to automatically switch the mode of operation of the wireless communication device between at least a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation. The first mode of operation is one of a client mode of operation, an access point mode of operation, an ad hoc mode of operation, a dual mode operation and a tri-mode operation. The second mode of operation is one of a dual mode operation and a tri-mode operation.