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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 01, 2012
Applicants:

Jarkko Lauri Sakari Kneckt, Espoo, FI;

Olli Petteri Alanen, Vantaa, FI;

Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 40/24 (2009.01); H04W 4/06 (2009.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 48/08 (2009.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/06 (2013.01); H04L 69/22 (2013.01); H04W 40/246 (2013.01); H04W 52/0216 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 48/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

Method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments of the invention are disclosed to improve the discovery of wireless networks. In example embodiments of the invention, a method comprises: transmitting a wireless message including at least one condition for response from one or more wireless devices, the condition for response including at least one of receive power of the wireless message at the one or more wireless devices, service level of the one or more wireless devices, or identity of the one or more wireless devices that can respond with a selected response; and receiving one or more responses from the one or more wireless devices that can satisfy the at least one condition.


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