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First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- communicating wirelessly one or more messages between a first communications device and a second communications device to initiate a wireless connection between the first and said second communications device;
carrying out a connection establishment process to establish the wireless connection between the first and said second communications device; and
based upon a successful completion of said wireless connection establishment process between the first and said second communications device, switching an operational mode of at least one of the first and said second communications device from a first operational mode into a second operational mode, where in the second operational mode information is communicated between the first and said second communications device over the established wireless connection, and where in the second operational mode the at least one of the first and said second communications device does not respond to any arriving messages to discover an address of the at least one of the first and said second communications device in order to establish a further connection after switching into said second operational mode.
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Abstract
In accordance with the exemplary embodiments of the invention there is at least a method, apparatus, and an executable computer program enabling a first communications device and a second communications device, possibly previously unknown to each other, to communicate with each other wirelessly using short-range radio frequency technology. A connection establishment process is executed to establish a connection between the first communications device and said second communications device. Further, in accordance with the embodiments, during the connection establishment process, or in response to successful completion of the connection establishment process, at least one of said first and second communications devices switches from said first mode into a second mode, in which second mode, the communications device that has switched into said second mode does not respond to messages arriving at it which have been sent to discover the address of the communications device that has switched into said second mode.
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51 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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communicating wirelessly one or more messages between a first communications device and a second communications device to initiate a wireless connection between the first and said second communications device; carrying out a connection establishment process to establish the wireless connection between the first and said second communications device; and based upon a successful completion of said wireless connection establishment process between the first and said second communications device, switching an operational mode of at least one of the first and said second communications device from a first operational mode into a second operational mode, where in the second operational mode information is communicated between the first and said second communications device over the established wireless connection, and where in the second operational mode the at least one of the first and said second communications device does not respond to any arriving messages to discover an address of the at least one of the first and said second communications device in order to establish a further connection after switching into said second operational mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, where the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to at least; communicate wirelessly one or more messages between the apparatus and another communications device to initiate a wireless connection between the apparatus and said another communications device; carry out a connection establishment process to establish the wireless connection between said apparatus and said another communications device; and based upon a successful completion of the wireless connection establishment process between said apparatus and said another communications device, switch an operational mode of said apparatus from a first operational mode into a second operational mode, where in the second operational mode information is communicated between said apparatus and said another communications device over the established wireless connection, and where in the second operational mode said apparatus does not respond to any arriving messages to discover an address of said apparatus in order to establish a further wireless connection after switching into said second operational mode. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system, comprising:
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a first apparatus configured to send an inquiry message to a second apparatus in order to determine an address of said-second apparatus; and said first apparatus configured to receive inquiry response message sent by said second apparatus to said first apparatus in response to the sent inquiry message, where said inquiry response message contains the address of said second apparatus; said first apparatus configured to carry out a connection establishment process with said second apparatus to establish a wireless connection between said first and said second apparatus; and based upon a successful completion of the wireless connection establishment process between said first and said second apparatus, at least one of said first and said second apparatus is configured to switch an operational mode from a first operational mode to a second operational mode, where in the second operational mode information is communicated between said first and said second apparatus over the established wireless connection, and where in the second operational mode the at least one of said first and said second apparatus does not respond to any arriving messages to discover an address of the at least one of said first and said second apparatus in order to establish a further wireless connection after switching into said second operational mode. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A memory embodying a computer program, the computer program executable by a processor to perform operations comprising:
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communicating wirelessly one or more messages between an apparatus and another communications device to initiate a wireless connection between the apparatus and the another communications device; carrying out a connection establishment process to establish the wireless connection between the apparatus and the another communications device; and based upon a successful completion of the wireless connection establishment process between the apparatus and the another communications device, switching an operational mode of the apparatus from a first operational mode to a second operational mode, where in the second operational mode information is communicated between the apparatus and the another communications device over the established wireless connection, and where in the second operational mode the apparatus does not respond to any arriving messages to discover an address of the apparatus in order to establish a further wireless connection after switching into said second operational mode. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37)
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38. A memory embodying a computer program, the computer program executable by a processor to perform operations comprising:
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sending, by an apparatus, an inquiry message to another communications device in order to determine an address of said another communications device; receiving, at the apparatus an inquiry response message from said another communications device, where said inquiry response message contains the address of said another communications device; and carrying out, by said apparatus, a connection establishment process with said another communications device to establish a wireless connection between said apparatus and said another communications device, and based upon a successful completion of the wireless connection establishment process with said another communications device, switching an operational mode of the apparatus from a first operational mode to a second operational mode, where in the second operational mode information is communicated between said apparatus and said another communications device over the established wireless connection, and where in the second operational mode the apparatus does not respond to any arriving messages to discover an address of the apparatus in order to establish a further wireless connection, and where said second operational mode is a non-discoverable mode. - View Dependent Claims (39)
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40. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, where the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to at least; send an inquiry message from the apparatus to another communications device to determine an address of the another communications device; receive at the apparatus an inquiry response message from the another communications device, where said inquiry response message includes the address of said another communications device; carry out a connection establishment process for establishing a wireless connection with said another communications device; and based upon a successful completion of said wireless connection establishment process with said another communications device, switch an operational mode of said apparatus from a first operational mode to a second operational mode, where in the second operational mode information is communicated between said apparatus and said another communications device over the established wireless connection, and where in the second operational mode said apparatus does not respond to any arriving messages to discover an address of said apparatus in order to establish a further wireless connection, and where the second operational mode is a non-discoverable mode. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A method, comprising:
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receiving at an apparatus an inquiry message from another apparatus, an inquiry message which has been sent to determine an address of the apparatus; generating and sending an inquiry response message including the address of the apparatus; carrying out a connection establishment process for establishing a wireless connection between said apparatus and said another apparatus; and based upon a successful completion of said wireless connection establishment process, switching an operational mode of said apparatus from a first operational mode to a second operational mode, where in the second operational mode information is communicated between said apparatus and said another apparatus over said established wireless connection, and where in the second operational mode the apparatus does not respond to any arriving messages to discover the address of the apparatus, where the second operational mode is a non-discoverable mode. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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Specification