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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2012
Applicants:
Arto Palin, Viiala, FI;
Jukka Reunamäki, Tampere, FI;
Tommy Ginman, Masala, FI;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/20 (2009.01); H04W 4/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/008 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/08 (2013.01); H04W 4/20 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus, a computer program product and a method is provided for application based connectivity event triggering. The example embodiment comprises determining, at an apparatus, whether an active application satisfies predefined criteria for connectivity event, and triggering a radio module at the apparatus to enter into a device discovery mode for transmitting device discovery messages in response to determining that the apparatus is actively operating an application satisfying the predefined criteria for connectivity event.