Pre-association discovery
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving, via a wireless interface, a frame from a wireless device, the frame including information useful to identify a name of a wireless network with which the wireless device is associated and a service provided by the wireless device, the information useful to identify the name of the wireless network and the service provided by the wireless device being included in a service set identifier (SSID) field of the frame, the service provided by the wireless device being a service other than access to the wireless network;
identifying the service provided by the wireless device based on the information in the SSID field of the frame and known service identification information; and
associating the identified service with the wireless device effective to enable use of the identified service via the wireless interface.
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Abstract
The present disclosure describes techniques for pre-association discovery. In some aspects a frame having information useful to identify a service provided by a wireless device is received, the service provided by the wireless device is identified based on the information of the frame and known service identification information, and the identified service is associated with the wireless device effective to enable use of the identified service.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, via a wireless interface, a frame from a wireless device, the frame including information useful to identify a name of a wireless network with which the wireless device is associated and a service provided by the wireless device, the information useful to identify the name of the wireless network and the service provided by the wireless device being included in a service set identifier (SSID) field of the frame, the service provided by the wireless device being a service other than access to the wireless network; identifying the service provided by the wireless device based on the information in the SSID field of the frame and known service identification information; and associating the identified service with the wireless device effective to enable use of the identified service via the wireless interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 20)
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7. A method comprising:
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broadcasting, from a wireless interface providing a wireless network, a frame including information identifying a name of the wireless network and a service that is accessible via the wireless network, the information identifying the name of the wireless network and the service being included in a service set identifier (SSID) field of the frame, the service accessible via the wireless network being a service other than network access; receiving a request to associate with the wireless network from a wireless device capable of accessing the service; and granting the request to associate with the wireless network effective to enable the wireless device to access the service over the wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. One or more computer-readable memory devices comprising computer-executable instructions that, responsive to execution, implement a wireless-service manager to:
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receive a request for a service from an application; configure, responsive to the request for the service, a wireless interface to receive beacons identifying services accessible via respective wireless networks, the services being services other than access to the respective wireless networks; receive one or more of the beacons identifying services accessible via the respective wireless networks, each of the one or more beacons having a respective service set identifier (SSID) field that includes information useful to identify a name of a respective wireless network and a service available via the respective wireless networks; determine, based on the one or more received beacons, which service accessible via the respective wireless networks corresponds with the request for the service; and cause the wireless interface to associate with the wireless network through which the corresponding service is accessible to enable fulfillment of the request for the service. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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