System and method for establishing a connection between wireless devices
AssigneeBroadcom Corporation
InventorJason Hillyard
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Abstract
A system and method according to the present invention allow two or more peer-to-peer wireless devices to automatically connect to each other with no knowledge or pre-configuration of client/server roles. According to a first aspect of the present invention, a wireless device performs inquiries at a random interval, and performs an inquiry scan and a page scan when not performing the inquiries. Upon receiving a first device address in response to one of the inquiries, the wireless device performs a first page using the device address to establish a connection. And upon receiving an inquiry during the inquiry scan, the wireless device responds with a second device address, and if a second page is received during the page scan, establishes a connection.
Claims2
A method for establishing a connection between wireless devices, comprising:
- (a) performing an inquiry;
- (b) performing an inquiry scan for a random duration following said inquiry;
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- (c) establishing the connection after receiving a device address in response to said inquiry.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.