HANDLING BLUETOOTH LOW ENERGY MESSAGES
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Abstract
This specification describes a method comprising responding to receipt of a first Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) advertising message, the first BLE advertising message comprising advertising data and an address of a source device from which the advertising data derived, by forming and causing transmission of a second BLE advertising message including the advertising data and the address of the source device. This specification also describes apparatuses and computer program code for causing performance of the method. The specification also describes other methods, apparatuses and computer program code relating to the above method.
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76 Claims
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1-60. -60. (canceled)
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61. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least; to be responsive to receipt of a first Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) advertising message, the first BLE advertising message comprising advertising data and an address of a source device from which the advertising data derived, to form and cause transmission of a second BLE advertising message including the advertising data and the address of the source device. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72)
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73. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least; to receive a BLE advertising message including advertising data and an address of a source device from which the advertising data derived; to examine a first field in the BLE advertising message to determine if the BLE advertising message includes re-transmitted advertising data; and if the BLE advertising message includes re-transmitted advertising data, to disregard the BLE advertising message. - View Dependent Claims (74, 75)
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76. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least; to prepare a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) advertising message, the BLE advertising message comprising advertising data and an address of a source device from which the advertising data derived; to set a value in a field of the BLE advertising message, the value indicating whether the advertising data and address are permitted to be re-transmitted by a recipient of the BLE advertising message; and to cause transmission of the BLE advertising message.
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