US 12,284,516 B1
Controlling a device that operates in a monitor mode
Bryce Edward Case, Jr., Colorado Springs, CO (US); and Timothy Glenn Suter, Melbourne (AU)
Assigned to Amazon Technologies, Inc, Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Dec. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/543,820.
Application 18/543,820 is a continuation of application No. 17/178,951, filed on Feb. 18, 2021, granted, now 11,895,493.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 12/068 (2021.01) [H04W 76/10 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, upon execution on a first device, cause the first device to perform operations comprising:
determining, based at least in part on a user account associated with the first device and a second device, a secret associated with the second device, the second device configured to operate in a first mode in which the second device is capable of wireless data reception and incapable of wireless data transmission, and the second device further configured to operate in a second mode upon validation of the secret, wherein the second device is capable of the wireless data transmission in the second mode;
sending, to the second device, a first management frame that includes the secret and excludes information to connect to an access point; and
performing at least one of:
sending, to the second device, a second management frame that includes the information such that the second device is enabled to establish a data connection to the access point upon a validation of the secret and to operate in the second mode; or
sending, in the first management frame or the second management frame, a command indicating an operation that the second device is to execute while operating in the first mode.