METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READY MEDIUM FOR RESTORING WLAN CONNECTIVITY ON MEDIA PLAYERS
Patent Information
- Application Number
- DE602018078045
- Authority / Receiving Office
- DE · DE
- Patent Type
- Patents
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Priority Date
- 2017-09-18
- Filing Date
- 2018-09-17
- Publication Date
- 2024-12-25
- Estimated Expiration
- 2038-09-17
AI Technical Summary
Playback devices in media playback systems can become 'lost' due to stale network parameters, leading to connectivity issues when the network configuration changes, such as wireless channel changes, causing them to fail in re-establishing a valid network connection.
A method where a first playback device broadcasts a probe request message to find a second playback device with a valid connection, receives and adopts its network parameters to re-establish connectivity, and updates its own parameters to ensure the most recent settings are used across the system.
This approach allows playback devices to automatically re-establish network connectivity without user input, ensuring stable and synchronized audio playback across the system by using the most recent network parameters, even in scenarios like wireless channel changes or access point replacements.