Patent ID: 9288273
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for an access point for transmitting service information on a network, the method comprising: storing one or more offered services in a memory, the offered services including services which are available through the access point; receiving a service query from a wireless device, the service query multicast to a plurality of access points including the access point, the service query requesting information on one or more services offered on the network, and the service query comprising information indicating a number of similar service queries the wireless device has transmitted, as determined at the wireless device; determining a signal strength of a wireless connection to the wireless device, based at least in part on a signal strength of the received service query; determining whether the one or more services in the service query are included in the one or more offered services in the memory; comparing the signal strength of the wireless connection to a threshold signal strength value, wherein the threshold signal strength value is dynamically determined based, at least in part, on the number of similar service queries the wireless device has transmitted, and wherein the threshold signal strength value is lowered or maintained for each subsequent received similar service query; selectively responding to the service query from the wireless device based at least in part on the signal strength of the wireless connection being above the threshold signal strength value and based on whether the one or more services in the service query are included in the one or more offered services in the memory.