Power savings through cooperative operation of multiradio devices

A multiradio device comprising:

• a processor;
• at least one short range interface coupled to said processor;
• at least one long range interface coupled to said processor;
• an antenna array coupled to said at least one short range interface and said at least one long range interface;
• a power source coupled to said processor;
• a storage device coupled to said processor;
• and
• a proxy discovery application stored on said storage device, wherein, when executed by said processor, said proxy discovery application configures said multiradio device to:
• enter a probe mode using said at least one short range interface;
• transmit, according to a predetermined schedule, a plurality of probe packets using said at least one short range interface to at least one available proxy on a proxy list maintained at said multiradio device;
• and
• send at least one proxy identifier (ID) to a network server identifying said at least one available proxy discovered during said probe mode, wherein said executed proxy discovery application configures said multiradio device to send said at least one proxy ID using said at least one long range interface.

A computer readable medium including program code tangibly stored thereon, comprising:

• program code to enter a probe mode at a client multiradio device, wherein said probe mode is in a short range communication protocol;
• program code to transmit, according to a predetermined schedule, a plurality of probe packets in said short range communication protocol to said at least one proxy device on a list of proxy devices stored at said client multiradio device;
• and
• program code to transmit a list of proxy identifiers (IDs) to a network server, said list of proxy IDs identifying each of said at least one proxy device discovered during said probe mode, wherein execution of said program code to transmit causes said client multiradio device to transmit said list of proxy IDs using a long range communication protocol.

A multiradio device comprising:

• means for entering a probe mode at a client multiradio device, wherein said probe mode is in a short range communication protocol;
• means for transmitting, according to a predetermined schedule, a plurality of probe packets in said short range communication protocol to said at least one proxy device on a list of proxy devices stored at said client multiradio device;
• and
• means for transmitting a list of possible proxy identifiers (IDs) to a network server identifying each of said at least one proxy device discovered during said probe mode, wherein said client multiradio device transmits said list of proxy IDs using a long range communication protocol.