Method and apparatus for bluetooth-based general service discovery

At least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising a set of instructions that, in response to being executed at a wireless communication device, cause the wireless communication device to:

• transmit a packet over a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) advertising channel, the packet to comprise advertising data for a service associated with a non-Bluetooth wireless communication technology, the advertising data to indicate whether the wireless communication device is a seeking platform, the advertising data to comprise an identifier for an organization associated with the non-Bluetooth wireless communication technology;
• identify a remote device based on a response to the packet, the response received from the remote device, the remote device to comprise a device capable of wireless communication according to the non-Bluetooth wireless communication technology;
• and
• wirelessly communicate with the remote device according to the non-Bluetooth wireless communication technology.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a memory;
• circuitry for Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication, at least a portion of the circuitry coupled to the memory, the circuitry to:
• scan a BLE channel for advertising packets;
• identify a remote device based on a packet received from the remote device over the BLE channel, the packet to comprise advertising data for a service associated with a non-Bluetooth wireless communication technology, the advertising data to indicate whether the remote device is a seeking platform, the advertising data to comprise an identifier for an organization associated with the non-Bluetooth wireless communication technology;
• generate a response for transmission from a wireless communication device to the remote device to initiate an establishment of a BLE connection with the remote device;
• and
• cause the wireless communication device to engage in wireless communication with the remote device according to the non-Bluetooth wireless communication technology.

At least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising a set of instructions that, in response to being executed at a wireless communication device, cause the wireless communication device to:

• scan a BLE channel for advertising packets;
• identify a remote device based on a packet received from the remote device over the BLE channel, the packet to comprise advertising data for a service associated with a non-Bluetooth wireless communication technology, the advertising data to indicate whether the remote device is a seeking platform, the advertising data to comprise an identifier for an organization associated with the non-Bluetooth wireless communication technology;
• transmit a response to the remote device to initiate an establishment of a BLE connection with the remote device;
• and
• wirelessly communicate with the remote device according to the non-Bluetooth wireless communication technology.