Patent ID: 11889580
Assignee: VEEA INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. An integrated circuit for a wireless communication unit for communicating with a beacon device, the integrated device comprising:
at least one first port coupled to a receiver configured to receive on a second technology and process a Bluetooth™ low energy, BLE, advertising message comprising at least a beacon indicator from the beacon device, wherein the beacon indicator indicates to the wireless communication unit that content is available from a remote server using a first wireless technology or wireline technology; and the at least one first port is coupled to a transmitter configured to transmit a first message to the beacon device on the second technology in response to the received BLE advertising message comprising the beacon indicator, wherein the first message requests information relating to a third technology to use to obtain locally the same content direct from the beacon device wherein the third technology is WiFi™;
a controller operably coupled to the receiver and configured to process a received second BLE message from the beacon device only in response to the first message wherein the second BLE message is indicative of the beacon device having identified that the content stored locally in memory or external memory is the same content that the at least one discovering device would have obtained from the remote server using legacy functionality and the second BLE message comprises details of how the same content is to be downloaded directly from the beacon device; and at least one second port coupled to a second receiver that supports a first wireless technology;
wherein the controller is configured to associate itself with an access point, AP, of the beacon device in response to the second BLE message and obtain the same content direct from the AP using the third WiFi™ technology.