Controlling visibility of a wireless device in discoverable mode
CA 2554325 C · Owner: Brown, Michael K. · Inventors: Brown, Michael K.; Brown, Michael S.; Kirkup, Michael G.
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A wireless device in a discoverable mode controls its visibility by determining whether to ignore or respond to an inquiry received from an inquiring device that is searching for discoverable devices based at least in part on one or more properties of the inquiring device. The wireless device will respond to the inquiry if an identifier of the inquiring device is ascertainable from the inquiry and the identifier is in a set of identifiers of one or more devices previously connected to the wireless device.
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- Filed July 27, 2006 and granted December 11, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 27, 2026.
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