Patent ID: 9307551
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: interacting, by an apparatus, with other apparatuses in a wireless network to communicate at least awareness information within the wireless network, wherein the awareness information comprises at least one of information regarding an availability of published data from the apparatus to other apparatuses in the wireless network and information regarding data searched for within the wireless network by the apparatus; determining whether any data-related tasks relating to the apparatus are pending in the network by evaluating the awareness information in the apparatus, wherein the data-related tasks comprise at least one of providing published data, that has been identified as available, from the apparatus to at least one of the other apparatuses in the wireless network and obtaining published data, that has been identified as available, from at least one of the other apparatuses in the wireless network that substantially matches the data searched for within the wireless network by the apparatus; and if at least one data-related task relating to the apparatus is determined to be pending, interacting with at least one other apparatus within the network between network beacon signals during which the apparatus is permitted to communicate service data information within the wireless network.