	US 12,156,135 B2
	Method and system for wirelessly transmitting data
Ian R. Knowles, Burnham (GB)
Assigned to Imagination Technologies Limited, Kings Langley (GB)
Filed by Imagination Technologies Limited, Kings Langley (GB)
Filed on Sep. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/241,972.
Application 18/241,972 is a continuation of application No. 17/736,910, filed on May 4, 2022, granted, now 11,751,135, issued on Sep. 5, 2023.
Application 17/736,910 is a continuation of application No. 16/930,147, filed on Jul. 15, 2020, granted, now 11,343,769, issued on May 24, 2022.
Application 16/930,147 is a continuation of application No. 16/157,594, filed on Oct. 11, 2018, granted, now 10,757,651, issued on Aug. 25, 2020.
Application 16/157,594 is a continuation of application No. 14/952,462, filed on Nov. 25, 2015, granted, now 10,136,388, issued on Nov. 20, 2018.
Application 14/952,462 is a continuation of application No. 14/021,211, filed on Sep. 9, 2013, granted, now 9,351,252, issued on May 24, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 1217206 (GB), filed on Sep. 26, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2023/0422170 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 52/02 (2009.01); G08B 25/00 (2006.01); G08B 25/10 (2006.01)

CPC H04W 52/0225 (2013.01) [G08B 25/007 (2013.01); G08B 25/10 (2013.01); H04W 52/0229 (2013.01); H04W 52/0277 (2013.01); Y02D 30/70 (2020.08)]

17 Claims

1. A method to wirelessly transmit data, the method comprising:

generating at a first Wi-Fi station data to be transmitted to another Wi-Fi station, the data comprising one or more actions to be executed by the other Wi-Fi station;

inserting at the first Wi-Fi station the generated data in a vendor-specific information element of a Wi-Fi probe request frame; and

wirelessly transmitting at the first Wi-Fi station the Wi-Fi probe request frame;

wherein at least one of the first Wi-Fi station and the other Wi-Fi station is operating in a low-power mode in which at least one module in the Wi-Fi station is suspended to conserve power.