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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2008
Vincent D. Park, Budd Lake, NJ (US);
Michaela Vanderveen, Tracy, CA (US);
Junyi LI, Bedminster, NJ (US);
M. Scott Corson, Gillette, NJ (US);
Vincent D. Park, Budd Lake, NJ (US);
Michaela Vanderveen, Tracy, CA (US);
Junyi Li, Bedminster, NJ (US);
M. Scott Corson, Gillette, NJ (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus related to a peer to peer wireless communications system supporting secure advertisement of identification and/or discovery information e.g., upper layer discovery information, are described. Air interface timing and/or other information received from a third device, e.g., a beacon or GPS transmitter is incorporated in the computation of identification/discovery information which is communicated from a first device to a second device. The second device stores some identification/discovery credentials corresponding to the first device, which have been communicated out of band from the first device to the second device. Upon receipt of a identifier from a first device, the second device determines if the stored information corresponds to the device that transmitted the identifier. Various embodiments facilitate secure advertisement of identification and/or discovery information and discovery, e.g., selective discovery by trusted peers.