Cloud support for discovery and data transfer for mobile client devices

A computer product comprising a computer readable medium storing a plurality of instructions for controlling a computer system to:

• at a host device comprising at least one wireless interface for communications, a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and to the at least one wireless interface:
• receive, via the at least one wireless interface, an advertisement message from a client device, the advertisement message including a identifier associated with the client device and a request for communication of data from a cloud-based service;
• responsive to the received advertisement message, send the identifier to the cloud-based service;
• receive from the cloud-based service, a proxy indication of available data associated with the client device;
• responsive to the received proxy indication of available data, provide, via the at least one wireless interface, a connection request including a client indication of the available data from the cloud-based service to the client device;
• receive the available data from the cloud-based service;
• and
• send the available data to the client device.

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums containing instructions configured to cause the one or more processors to perform operations including:
• at a host device comprising at least one wireless interface for communications, a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and to the at least one wireless interface:
• receiving, via the at least one wireless interface, an advertisement message from the client device, the advertisement message including a identifier associated with the client device and a request for communication of data from a cloud-based service;
• responsive to the received advertisement message, sending the identifier to the cloud-based service;
• receiving from the cloud-based service, a proxy indication of available data associated with the client device;
• responsive to the received proxy indication of available data, providing, via the at least one wireless interface, a connection request including a client indication of the available data from the cloud-based service to the client device;
• receiving the available data from the cloud-based service;
• and
• sending the available data to the client device.