Patent ID: 9648655
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: G01S,H04B,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: identifying, by a computing device, one or more wireless broadcast signals that are each associated with a name that conforms to a specified wireless naming scheme; responsive to identifying a particular wireless broadcast signal broadcasted by a remote device that is associated with a respective name conforming to the specified wireless naming scheme, identifying, by the computing device, a second wireless broadcast signal being broadcasted by the remote device, the second wireless broadcast signal being different from the particular wireless broadcast signal; determining, by the computing device, a signal strength of the second wireless broadcast signal; determining, by the computing device, a likelihood that the remote device is within a specified proximity of the computing device, wherein determining the likelihood that the remote device is within the specified proximity of the computing device is based at least in part on (1) a type of the computing device, (2) a type of the remote device broadcasting the second wireless broadcast signal, and (3) the signal strength of the second wireless broadcast signal; and responsive to determining that the likelihood that the remote device is within the specified proximity of the computing device exceeds a specified threshold, initiating, by the computing device, an establishment of a wireless connection with the remote device.