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AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsThomas W. Kuehnel, Amer A. Hassan, Christian Huitema, David Jones, Savas Guven, Shannon J. Chan, Srinivas R. Gatta, Yi Lu
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Discovery of services between devices is provided prior to establishing a connection between devices, including wireless-enabled devices or devices that are communicatively coupled to wireless access points or other wireless communication devices. Discovering services prior to establishing a connection may facilitate finding a desired service. The services that may be discovered may be, for example, print services, camera services, PDA services or any other suitable services. Services may be discovered using 802.11, Bluetooth, UWB or any other suitable wireless technology. An information element is used to wirelessly convey information related to a service and/or information related to service discovery.
An information element for wirelessly conveying information to a first device about a service provided by a second device, prior to establishing a connection between the first device and the second device that is suitable for providing the service, the information element comprising:
At least one computer-readable memory device having computer-executable instructions for performing steps of a method of accessing, by a first device, a service provided by a second device that is in a proximity of first device, the method comprising:
A computer-implemented method of obtaining information related to a service provided by a second device that is in a proximity of a first device, the method comprising:
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