Discovery and connection to wireless displays

An information handling device, comprising:

• a receiver;
• a communication module;
• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory operatively coupled to the one or more processors that stores instructions executable by the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:
• receiving, from a wireless display device, one or more beacons using the receiver;
• using the one or more beacons to determine one or more wireless display device characteristics;
• initiating one of a plurality of wireless connection protocols determined based on the one or more wireless display device characteristics;
• establishing, using the communication module, a wireless connection with the wireless display device;
• and
• transmitting, with the communication module, data for display to the wireless display device.

A program product, comprising:

• a storage medium having computer program code embodied therewith, the computer program code comprising:
• computer program code configured to receive, from a wireless display device, one or more beacons using a receiver of an information handling device;
• computer program code configured to use, at the information handling device, the one or more beacons to determine one or more wireless display device characteristics;
• computer program code configured to initiate, at the information handling device, one of a plurality of wireless connection protocols determined based on the one or more wireless display device characteristics;
• computer program code configured to establish, using a communication module of the information handling device, a wireless connection with the wireless display device;
• and
• computer program code configured to transmit, with the communication module of the information handling device, data for display to the wireless display device.

A wireless display device, comprising:

• a wireless networking device that transmits one or more beacons to a receiver of an information handling device, the one or more beacons including information for determining one or more wireless display device characteristics;
• establishing, using a communication module of the wireless display device, a wireless connection with the wireless display device and the information handling device;
• and
• receiving, with a communication module of the wireless display device, data for display at the wireless display device.