Method, apparatus, and computer program product for managing concurrent connections between wireless dockee devices in a wireless docking environment

摘要

Method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments enable a wireless docking center device to manage one or more wireless and/or wired peripheral devices on behalf multiple wireless dockee devices. An example embodiment of the invention includes receiving, by a wireless docking center device, at least two request messages for peripheral functions from at least two wireless dockee devices, including a first request message for a peripheral function from a first wireless dockee device, and a second request message for a peripheral function from a second wireless dockee device; and allocating, by the wireless docking center device, the requested peripheral function to the first wireless dockee device, based on determining at least a characteristic of the first request message indicates that the first wireless dockee device is entitled to the peripheral function.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
allocating, by a wireless docking center device, at least one peripheral function associated with a peripheral device, from a plurality of available peripheral functions associated with one or more peripheral devices, to a first wireless dockee device; receiving, by the wireless docking center device, a request message for available peripheral functions from a second wireless dockee device; providing, by the wireless docking center device to the second wireless dockee device, a list of available peripheral functions associated with one or more peripheral devices, excluding the at least one peripheral function allocated to the first wireless dockee device; receiving, by the wireless docking center device, a selection request from the second wireless dockee device to select at least one of the available peripheral functions associated with one or more peripheral devices, excluding the at least one peripheral function allocated to the first wireless dockee device; allocating, by the wireless docking center device, the requested at least one of the available peripheral functions associated with one or more peripheral devices, to the second wireless dockee device; and transmitting, by the wireless docking center device, a change notification to the first wireless dockee device indicating that the requested at least one of the available peripheral functions associated with one or more peripheral devices, allocated to the second wireless dockee device is no longer available in response to the allocation of said requested at least one peripheral function to the second wireless dockee device.