Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for advertising location information. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include sending, by a wireless device including a radio transceiver, an information indicating an availability of one or more services at the wireless device; changing, when a connection is established to the radio transceiver at the wireless device, the information to include at least one different location where the one or more indicated services may be accessed; and sending the changed information including the at least one different location. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.

Abstract: In an example embodiment, a method includes receiving, by an apparatus, one or more wireless discovery messages; determining, by the apparatus, whether a wireless device is in close proximity to the apparatus based on information obtained from the one or more received wireless discovery messages; exchanging, by the apparatus, messages with the wireless device in response to having determined that the wireless device is in close proximity to the apparatus; measuring, by the apparatus, signal strength of the exchanged messages while distance changes to the wireless device; and determining, by the apparatus, whether changes in the measured signal strength of the exchanged messages satisfy a predetermined behavior expected for signal strength as distance varies.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for facilitating device discovery so as to consume less power with reduced channel occupancy. In regards to a method implemented by a master device, a scan for an advertisement is caused to be performed and an advertisement packet is received during the scan that defines a time period in which the source device of the advertisement packet will be performing a page scan. The method also determines the time period in which the source device of the advertisement packet will be performing the page scan. The method also causes a page to be issued during the time period in which the source device of the advertisement packet will be performing the page scan, and then receives a page response in response to the page. Corresponding apparatus and computer program products as employed by both master and slave devices are also provided.

Abstract: A system for expediting wireless connection establishment between wireless-enabled apparatuses. In at least one example implementation an apparatus may transmit discovery messages for discovering other apparatuses. The apparatus may receive one or more messages responding to the discovery message, and may determine whether any of the received responses satisfy a predetermined response criteria. If the apparatus determines that any of the received messages satisfy the response criteria, wireless connection establishment may be expedited between the apparatus and a source apparatus for each of the received messages that satisfy the response criteria. In an alternative scenario where a touch mode may be active in an apparatus that receives a message from at least one other apparatus, the apparatus may determine whether the message satisfies a predetermined criteria. If the message is determined to satisfy the criteria, the apparatus may expedite wireless connection establishment to the other apparatus.

Abstract: An example embodiment enhances power savings in a wireless network, where each wireless device has a hop count value indicating how many hops away is one or more central wireless devices. A device determines that it has information to deliver to the one or more central devices. It selects a device of the one or more other wireless devices, the selected device having a smaller hop count value, than the hop count value of the device. It enters a sleep mode based on a known repetition interval of wireless device discovery messages received from the selected device. The device awakes from the sleep mode based on the known repetition interval of wireless device discovery messages of the selected device. It then creates a connection with the selected device and transmitting to the selected device the information for delivery to the one or more central devices via the connection.

Abstract: According to an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising at least one processing core configured to determine a pairing opportunity with a second apparatus and to cause a message to be transmitted to a server, the message comprising a generated number, a receiver configured to receive from the server an indication, and the at least one processing core being further configured to, at least in part based on the indication, cause the apparatus to participate in pairing with the second apparatus.

Abstract: In an example embodiment, a method includes determining, by an apparatus, whether the apparatus provides data for other wireless devices to request from the apparatus in response to wireless device discovery messages transmitted by the apparatus; and transmitting, by the apparatus, wireless device discovery messages including an indication that additional information should not be requested from the apparatus in response to the wireless device discovery messages, without establishing a connection with the apparatus, the indication being in response to the determination that the apparatus does not provide data for other wireless devices to request from the apparatus in response to the wireless device discovery messages.

Abstract: A technique for wireless communication is provided. According to an example embodiment, the technique comprises carrying out a proximity-based device selection for a second device in response to receiving, from a first device, one or more control messages that indicate presence of said second device and invoking at least one of one or more predefined actions in dependence of identity of said second device in response to said proximity-based device selection having resulted in selecting said second device.

Abstract: A technique for providing service data is provided. According to an example embodiment, the technique comprises operating, in a user apparatus, a first wireless communication portion for short-range wireless communication and a second wireless communication portion for wireless communication, providing, in response to receiving a list of allowable device identifiers from a remote server apparatus via the second wireless communication portion, said list of allowable device identifiers to the first wireless communication portion, and issuing, in response to the first wireless control portion receiving an advertising message comprising a device identifier included in said list of allowable device identifiers, an advertising report including at least one of the received device identifier and a service identifier associated with the received device identifier.

Abstract: In an example embodiment, a method includes receiving, by an apparatus, one or more wireless discovery messages over a first wireless communication protocol; determining whether a source device of the one or more wireless discovery messages is a media playback device having required characteristics, based on information obtained from the received wireless discovery messages; transmitting a device information message that includes at least information usable for the source device to access the apparatus using a second wireless communication protocol, in response to determining that the source device is a media playback device having the required characteristics; establishing a wireless connection with the source device over the second wireless communication protocol in response to receiving a connection request from the source device over the second wireless communication protocol; and providing information regarding media content for playback to the source device over the wireless connection via the second wi

Abstract: In an example embodiment, a method for authentication of a wireless device without making a connection, includes transmitting, by an apparatus, wireless device discovery messages including a nonce for authenticating wireless devices responding to the wireless device discovery messages; receiving, by the apparatus, a wireless response message from another wireless device responding to the wireless device discovery messages, the wireless response message including an authentication test value based on the nonce; and authenticating, by the apparatus, the other wireless device, without establishing a wireless connection to the other wireless device, if the authentication test value is valid.

Abstract: Method, apparatus, and computer program product example embodiments enhance wireless communications device discovery processes. In an example embodiment, a method comprises detecting, by an apparatus, a sequence of wireless device advertising channel messages in a first communications protocol during device discovery scans of the first communications protocol; and multiplexing, by the apparatus, transmission of a sequence of wireless device discovery messages in a second communications protocol, with the detected sequence of wireless device advertising channel messages in the first communications protocol, in response to the detecting of the sequence of wireless device advertising channel messages in the first communications protocol.

Abstract: A system for managing operation of a “whiteboard” supported by one or more devices. A whiteboard may comprise a shared storage area allocated amongst the memories of one or more devices enabled for wireless communication. The whiteboard may be accessed by various programs, or “nodes,” resident on the devices. In at least one scenario, some nodes may provide information to a whiteboard section of one device for use by nodes that may exist on other devices. This information may be accessible via wireless communication The present invention may evaluate the requirements of the various active nodes in view of the status of the plurality of devices in order to both optimize whiteboard operation while conserving device resources.

Abstract: In an example embodiment, a method includes determining, by an apparatus, whether the apparatus provides data for other wireless devices to request from the apparatus in response to wireless device discovery messages transmitted by the apparatus; and transmitting, by the apparatus, wireless device discovery messages including an indication that additional information should not be requested from the apparatus in response to the wireless device discovery messages, without establishing a connection with the apparatus, the indication being in response to the determination that the apparatus does not provide data for other wireless devices to request from the apparatus in response to the wireless device discovery messages.

Abstract: In an example embodiment, a method includes receiving, by an apparatus, from a remote server, a message including information about at least one device, the message including a second encryption key of the at least one device and an encrypted object encrypted with a first encryption key of the at least one device; transmitting, by the apparatus, an encrypted message that includes the encrypted object, encrypted with the second encryption key of the at least one device; and receiving, by the apparatus, from the at least one device, a message identifying or describing the at least one device, only if the at least one device has determined that the message transmitted by the apparatus is valid.

Abstract: In an example embodiment, a method includes receiving, by an apparatus, an identifier associated with a device; transmitting a message to a remote server, requesting a user interface corresponding to a user function to be performed, the request message containing information including at least one of a user identifier, an indication of characteristics of the apparatus and an indication relating to the received identifier of the device; receiving from the server, information composed by the server based on the information transmitted to the server, the information received from the server including at least information suitable for compiling a user interface including parameters enabling controlling of the device; and providing a user interface compiled based on the received information, to enable a user of the apparatus to perform the user function of at least one of monitoring and controlling the device.

Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus, a computer program product and a method is provided for application based connectivity event triggering. The example embodiment comprises determining, at an apparatus, whether an active application satisfies predefined criteria for connectivity event, and triggering a radio module at the apparatus to enter into a device discovery mode for transmitting device discovery messages in response to determining that the apparatus is actively operating an application satisfying the predefined criteria for connectivity event.

Abstract: A technique for facilitating establishment of a wireless connection is provided. According to an example embodiment, the technique comprises receiving one or more device discovery messages, transmitting, in response to receiving at least one device discovery message, one or more device discovery response messages to a source of the at least one device discovery message, carrying out, in response to receiving the at least one device discovery message, a further signaling with the source, the further signaling comprising receiving one or more further inbound signaling messages that carry information related to connection creation with the source, determining, in dependence of the one or more further signaling messages received from the source, whether a connection creation with the source is to be initiated, and transmitting, in response to the determination being affirmative one or more outbound connection request messages to initiate the connection creation with the source.

Abstract: In an example embodiment, a method includes establishing, by an apparatus, pairing with another wireless device to establish a secure relationship with the other device over a first wireless carrier and transmitting a device address of the apparatus associated with the secure relationship over the first wireless carrier; receiving, by the apparatus, wireless paging messages over a second wireless carrier from the other wireless device, the wireless paging messages being addressed to the apparatus using the device address associated with the secure relationship transmitted over the first wireless carrier; and exchanging, by the apparatus, paging response messages over the second wireless carrier with the other wireless device, and establishing a wireless connection over the second wireless carrier with the other wireless device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for processing information in an apparatus having one or more interfaces to one or more peripheral components, said method comprising obtaining information about resources of the one or more peripheral components from at least one peripheral component, forming a policy basing at least partly on the information about the resources of the at least one peripheral component, forming a cost function basing at least partly on the information about the resources of the at least one peripheral component, determining an entry combination of the resources forming the cost function such that the entry combination is at least in part compliant with the policy and changing configuration of the apparatus to at least partly comply with the determined entry combination.