US 11,800,338 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 Aug. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/444,387.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/131,327, filed on Dec. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0210730 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 48/20 (2009.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); 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)] 57 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 grouping signal to the plurality of docking station devices through the mesh network to divide the plurality of docking station devices into a plurality of groups, each of which has less than N of the docking station devices to form the mesh network.