Hiding a device
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- participating, by an apparatus, in an establishment of a wireless communication connection with an other device over a short-range communication link; and
in response to the establishment of the wireless communication connection with the other 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 other device over the established wireless communication connection, and where in the second operational mode the apparatus does not respond to any arriving messages to discover said apparatus in order to establish a further communication link with said apparatus.
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Abstract
The object of the invention is a method where a first communications device (10) and a second communications device (20), previously unknown to each other, communicate with each other wirelessly using short-range RF technology, said second communications device being at a certain moment of time in a first mode where the address of said second communications device is determinable by means of an inquiry wirelessly sent to it. In the method, the first communications device (10) sends (31) a first message in order to determine the address of said second communications device, said second communications device (20) receives (32) the first message, and said second communications device (20) generates and sends (33) to the first communications device a second message in response to the first message, the second message containing the address of said second communications device. In the method, a connection establishment process (35-38) is executed to establish a connection between the first communications device and said second communications device. 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 (10, 20) switches (40) 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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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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participating, by an apparatus, in an establishment of a wireless communication connection with an other device over a short-range communication link; and in response to the establishment of the wireless communication connection with the other 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 other device over the established wireless communication connection, and where in the second operational mode the apparatus does not respond to any arriving messages to discover said apparatus in order to establish a further communication link with said apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. 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; participate in an establishment of a wireless communication connection with an other device over a short-range communication link; and in response to the establishment of the wireless communication connection with the other device, switch 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 other device over the established wireless communication connection, and where in the second operational mode the apparatus does not respond to any arriving messages to discover said apparatus in order to establish a further communication link with said apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A tangible computer readable medium encoded with a computer program executable by a processor to perform actions comprising:
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participating, by an apparatus, in an establishment of a wireless communication connection with an other device over a short-range communication link; and in response to the establishment of the wireless communication connection with the other 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 other device over the established wireless communication connection, and where in the second operational mode the apparatus does not respond to any arriving messages to discover said apparatus in order to establish a further communication link with said apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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