Patent ID: 11871333
Assignee: MALIKIE INNOVATIONS LIMITED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 5:
6. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon executable code for execution by a processor of an access point (AP), the executable code comprising instructions for:
generating a service type announcement element indicating one or more network service types offered by the AP or offered by a wireless network through the AP;
transmitting the service type announcement element to a mobile device by:
including the service type announcement element in a beacon frame; and

transmitting the beacon frame by the AP to the mobile device;
receiving, from the mobile device, a service request in a first layer 2 frame, the service request comprising a service hash value for a service; and
generating and transmitting to the mobile device, a service response in a second layer 2 frame in response to the service request, the service response comprising one or more attributes of the service;
wherein the service type announcement element is transmitted to the mobile device prior to the mobile device being associated with the AP.