Patent ID: 9418372
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing a service on a first electronic device, comprising: receiving an advertising request for the service in the first electronic device from an application executing on the first electronic device that provides the service; enabling a virtual access point interface in the first electronic device in response to receiving the advertising request, the enabling comprising providing, from the first electronic device, a corresponding lightweight access point; using the virtual access point interface and a discovery protocol to advertise the service on the first electronic device, wherein the virtual access point interface enables discovery of the service by a second electronic device without an infrastructure connection between the first and second electronic devices; using the virtual access point interface to establish a wireless peer-to-peer connection between the first electronic device and a second electronic device; providing the service to the second electronic device through the wireless peer-to-peer connection; detecting a termination of advertising for the service, the detecting comprising receiving a request from the application to discontinue advertising the service; and based on the detecting, disabling the virtual access point interface.