Terminal Search Method and Apparatus
First Claim
1. A terminal search method, comprising:
- acquiring an application identifier;
broadcasting a broadcast frame that carries the application identifier to a receiving end;
receiving a message that is sent by a candidate receiving end and carries a target application identifier, wherein the target application identifier is selected by the candidate receiving end from the application identifier; and
determining a target receiving end from the candidate receiving end to establish a connection of a target application with the target receiving end.
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Abstract
A terminal search method and apparatus are disclosed that relate to the field of wireless communications technologies and resolve a problem in the prior art that a terminal cannot find, without relying on support from a Location Based Service (LBS) server, another terminal that runs a same application in a local scope or an adjacent area. The method includes acquiring an application identifier; broadcasting a broadcast frame that carries the application identifier to a receiving end; receiving a message that is sent by a candidate receiving end and carries a target application identifier, where the target application identifier is selected by the candidate receiving end from the application identifier; and determining a target receiving end from the candidate receiving end, so as to establish a connection of a target application with the target receiving end. Embodiments of the present invention are mainly applied to a short-distance wireless communication process.
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36 Claims
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1. A terminal search method, comprising:
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acquiring an application identifier; broadcasting a broadcast frame that carries the application identifier to a receiving end; receiving a message that is sent by a candidate receiving end and carries a target application identifier, wherein the target application identifier is selected by the candidate receiving end from the application identifier; and determining a target receiving end from the candidate receiving end to establish a connection of a target application with the target receiving end. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A terminal search method, comprising:
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receiving a broadcast frame that is broadcast by a sending end and carries an application identifier; determining a target application identifier from the application identifier, wherein an application corresponding to the target application identifier is in an active state on a receiving end; and sending a message that carries the target application identifier to the sending end to establish a connection of the target application with the sending end. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A sending end, comprising:
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an application register service module; an acquiring unit configured to acquire an application identifier; a broadcasting unit configured to broadcast a broadcast frame that carries the application identifier to a receiving end; a receiving unit configured to receive a message that is sent by a candidate receiving end and carries a target application identifier, wherein the target application identifier is selected by the candidate receiving end from the application identifier; and a processing unit configured to determine a target receiving end from the candidate receiving end to establish a connection of a target application with the target receiving end. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A receiving end, comprising:
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an application register service module; a receiving unit configured to receive a broadcast frame that is broadcast by a sending end and carries an application identifier; a searching unit configured to determine a target application identifier from the application identifier, wherein an application corresponding to the target application identifier is in an active state on the receiving end; and a sending unit configured to send a message that carries the target application identifier to the sending end to establish a connection of the target application with the sending end. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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