Disposable monikers for wireless privacy and power savings

• US 20050215195A1
• Filed: 03/23/2004
• Published: 09/29/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Pering, Trevor A., Want, Roy, Light, John, Sundararajan, Muralidharan
• Application Number:
  US10/808,016
• Publication Number:
  US 20050215195A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.200
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/75 Temporary identity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0225 using monitoring of external events, e.g. the presence of a signal
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A device having a moniker to enhance privacy and power saving is described. According to one embodiment, the moniker is stored within and is associated with a first device. The moniker is provided to a second device, which sends an inquiry message, including the moniker, to the first device. The first device determines whether to respond to the inquiry message based on the moniker.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

generating a moniker being associated with a first device;

providing the moniker to a second device, the second device including one or more services;

receiving an inquiry message, at the first device, from the second device; and

determining whether the first device should respond to the second device based on the moniker included in the inquiry message.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the moniker is a word.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the moniker is a phrase.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the moniker is alphanumeric.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the moniker is a digital image.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the moniker includes digital audio.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the moniker includes a timestamp.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the moniker is a hash of at least one of a word, a phrase, an alphanumeric, a digital image, and a digital audio.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing includes manually using an input device at the second device to provide the moniker.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing includes providing the moniker from the first device to the second device using out-of-band communications.

31. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the moniker within the first device.

11. A computerized method comprising:

receiving a moniker, the moniker being associated with a mobile device; and

broadcasting an inquiry message, the inquiry message including the moniker.

12. The computerized method of claim 11, wherein receiving the moniker includes receiving the moniker from a local input device.

13. The computerized method of claim 11, wherein the inquiry message is a Bluetooth compatible message enhanced with the moniker.

14. An apparatus comprising:

a communications module to receive an inquiry message, wherein the inquiry message includes a moniker, the communications module to generate a response to the inquiry message upon determining the moniker is associated with the apparatus.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the determining is based upon a signal strength.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the determining is based on whether the apparatus is currently connected with a host device.

17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the moniker is a word.

18. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the moniker is a phrase.

19. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the moniker is an alphanumeric.

20. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the moniker is a digital image.

21. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the moniker includes digital audio.

22. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the moniker includes a timestamp.

23. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the moniker is a hash of at least one of a word, a phrase, an alphanumeric, a digital image, and a digital audio.

24. An apparatus comprising:

a communications module to send an inquiry message to a mobile device, the inquiry message to include a moniker, the moniker being associated with the mobile device.

25. The apparatus of claim 24, further comprising:

an input device, a user to use the input device to provide the moniker of the mobile device to the apparatus.

26. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the inquiry message is a Bluetooth compatible message enhanced with the moniker.

27. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the sending includes sending via wireless communications.

28. A machine-accessible medium that provides instructions that, if executed by a machine, will cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

receiving a moniker, the moniker being associated with a mobile device; and

broadcasting the inquiry message, the inquiry message including the moniker.

29. The machine-accessible medium of claim 28, wherein the receiving the moniker includes receiving the moniker from a local input device.

30. The computerized method of claim 28, wherein the inquiry message is a Bluetooth compatible message enhanced with the moniker.