Dynamic threshold for local connectivity setup

An apparatus, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:
• detect, at the apparatus an object proximate to a touch screen sensor, the detection performed at least in part via the touch screen sensor;
• generate, based on information received via the touch screen sensor, a touch profile representative of the detected object;
• compare the generated touch profile to one or more reference touch profiles representative of one or more reference objects corresponding to one or more apparatuses to determine whether the detected object corresponds to at least another apparatus that includes a second short-range transceiver;
• adjust, in response to the comparing indicates that the detected object matches a reference object representative of the second device, a received signal strength threshold for connection initiation, the adjustment of the received signal strength threshold based at least on the detected object being located in a first portion of the touch screen sensor, the received signal strength threshold being adjusted to a first value associated with the first portion of the touch screen sensor, the first value being different from a second value associated with a second portion of the touch screen sensor, and the second portion of the touch screen sensor being at a different distance from the first short-range transceiver than the first portion of the touch screen sensor;
• and
• initiate, by the apparatus and via a first short-range transceiver, a connection establishment to the second device including the second short-range transceiver, in response to a strength of a signal received from the detected object exceeding the adjusted receive signal strength threshold.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including computer program code which when executed by at least one processor causes operations comprising:

• detecting, at a first device including a touch screen sensor and a first short-range transceiver, an object proximate to the touch screen sensor, wherein the detection is performed at least in part via the touch screen sensor;
• generating, based on information received via the touch screen, a touch profile representative of the detected object;
• comparing the generated touch profile to one or more reference touch profiles representative of one or more reference objects corresponding to one or more devices to determine whether the detected object corresponds to at least a second device that includes a second short-range transceiver;
• adjusting, in response to the comparing indicates that the detected object matches a reference object representative of the second device, a received signal strength threshold for connection initiation, the adjustment of the received signal strength threshold based at least on the detected object being located in a first portion of the touch screen sensor, the received signal strength threshold being adjusted to a first value associated with the first portion of the touch screen sensor, the first value being different from a second value associated with a second portion of the touch screen sensor, and the second portion of the touch screen sensor being at a different distance from the first short-range transceiver than the first portion of the touch screen sensor;
• and
• initiating, by the first device via the first short-range transceiver, a connection establishment to the second device including the second short-range transceiver, in response to a strength of a signal received from the detected object exceeding the adjusted received signal strength threshold.