US 11,968,732 B2
Mixed standard accessory device communication utilizing host-coordinated transmission
Perry Victor Lea, Eagle, ID (US); Krishna Kant Chintalapudi, Redmond, WA (US); Steven William Ranta, Seattle, WA (US); Gopala Srihari Narlanka, Bellevue, WA (US); and Stanley William Adermann, Redmond, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Oct. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/502,957.
Prior Publication US 2023/0123467 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 76/15 (2018.01); A63F 13/327 (2014.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/12 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 76/15 (2018.02) [A63F 13/327 (2014.09); H04L 5/0053 (2013.01); H04W 72/12 (2013.01); A63F 2300/405 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of managing wireless communication between a plurality of accessory devices and a host device, the method including:
at the host device:
establishing a data connection with a plurality of accessory devices;
obtaining a radio identification (ID) for each accessory device of the plurality of accessory devices;
grouping the plurality of accessory devices into at least one OFDMA device and at least one non-OFDMA device based at least partially on the radio IDs;
sending a trigger signal to the at least one OFDMA device; and
after receiving a first response signal from the at least one OFDMA device in response to the trigger signal, receiving a second response signal from the at least one non-OFDMA device, wherein at least one of the first response signal and the second response signal includes discrete event data from a plurality of discrete input events.