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Transferring data using ad hoc networks

  • US 8,265,004 B2
  • Filed: 11/11/2006
  • Issued: 09/11/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for a local device to establish an ad hoc wireless communications link with a broadcast device, the local device having been assigned a first identifier and the broadcast device having been assigned a second identifier, the method comprising:

  • receiving from a trusted system, at the local device, the second identifier for the broadcast device;

    upon determining that the ad hoc wireless communications link with the broadcast device is to be formed, monitoring for a communication from the broadcast device identifying the local device by the first identifier for the local device, while the local device is in a low power discoverable mode in which a radio of the local device is turned on selectively;

    receiving connection parameters for the broadcast device from the broadcast device during a service registration operation with the broadcast device; and

    establishing the ad hoc wireless communications link with the broadcast device by sending a connection request to the broadcast device based on the connection parameters.

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