US 12,328,653 B2
Management system, device, and server for controlling mesh network
Tsu-I Peng, New Taipei (TW); Chang-Der Liu, New Taipei (TW); and Cheng-Kang Tsui, New Taipei (TW)
Assigned to Good Way Technology Co., LTD., New Taipei (TW)
Filed by Good Way Technology Co., LTD., New Taipei (TW)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/473,189.
Application 18/473,189 is a continuation of application No. 17/444,387, filed on Aug. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,800,338.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/131,327, filed on Dec. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0015491 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/80 (2018.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 48/20 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 4/80 (2018.02) [G06F 13/4068 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 48/20 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A management system, comprising:
an access point, configured to receive and transmit data according to a Wi-Fi protocol; and
a plurality of docking station devices, each of the docking station devices comprising:
an interface, configured to couple one or a plurality of electronic devices;
a wireless sensor network transceiver circuit, configured to receive and transmit data from and to another docking station devices primarily according to a short-distance or low-energy wireless network communication protocol;
a Wi-Fi transceiver circuit, configured to receive and transmit data from and to the access point according to a Wi-Fi protocol; and
a control circuit, coupled to the interface, the wireless sensor network transceiver circuit, and the Wi-Fi transceiver circuit, wherein the docking station devices are configured to be communicatively connected to each other through their wireless sensor network transceiver circuits to form a mesh network through which a first one of the plurality of docking station devices is configured to receive data through the interface, the wireless sensor network transceiver circuit, and/or Wi-Fi transceiver circuit and then transmit the received data to a second one of the plurality of docking station devices; and
a backend server configured to transmit a selecting signal to at least one of the plurality of docking station devices through the mesh network to select at least one of the plurality of the docking station devices as at least one hub node, wherein the at least one hub node is configured to be communicatively connected to the access point, in response to transmission of an activating signal from the control circuit of the at least one hub node to the Wi-Fi transceiver circuit,
wherein the first one of the plurality of docking station devices is configured to transmit, via the access point, the received data to another device located outside of the mesh network.