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Method and apparatus in a wireless transceiver for seeking and transferring information available from a network server

  • US 6,470,189 B1
  • Filed: 09/29/1999
  • Issued: 10/22/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/29/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method in a first transceiver of a plurality of wireless transceivers for seeking and transferring desired information that is available from a network server, the method comprising the steps of:

  • detecting a need for the desired information; and

    in response to the detecting step and before contacting the network server, attempting to obtain the desired information from another transceiver of the plurality of wireless transceivers near the first transceiver by forming an ad hoc short range network, thereby potentially eliminating a necessity for the first transceiver to contact the network server to obtain the desired information by;

    determining whether the first transceiver is in contact with a short range network and has received and stored a list of services available from the short range network; and

    when the first transceiver is determined to be in contact with the short range network and to have received and stored the list of services available, determining, from the list of services available, whether a second transceiver in the short range network is indicated to have the desired information; and

    communicating with the second transceiver to obtain the desired information, when the second transceiver is indicated to have the desired information.

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