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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2013
Pico Mobile Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Saran Saund, Mountain View, CA (US);
Paul A. Lambert, Mountain View, CA (US);
PICO MOBILE NETWORKS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A first wireless device including a receiver configured to receive a beacon transmitted by a second wireless device, where the beacon includes a service set identifier, and where the service set identifier is encoded to include a capability of the second wireless device; and a transmitter configured to transmit, to a server, the service set identifier received from the second wireless device, where the service set identifier is decodable by the server to retrieve the capability of the second wireless device from the service set identifier. The receiver is further configured to receive, from the server, the capability of the second wireless device subsequent to the server having decoded the service set identifier.