Patent ID: 9667512
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A non-transitory Computer Readable Medium (CRM) comprising instructions, which when executed by one or more hardware processors, causes performance of operations comprising: listening for a predetermined period of time, by a first digital device in a group of digital devices, for an advertisement for a particular service, wherein the group of digital devices are divided into classes based on capabilities of each of the digital devices to provide the particular service, and the predetermined period of time for the first digital device is set in accordance with one of the classes comprising the first digital device; and responsive to the first digital device not receiving the advertisement for the particular service for the predetermined period of time: wherein listening for the advertisement for the particular service comprises listening for the advertisement for an authentication service, and wherein transmitting the first advertisement responsive to not receiving the advertisement comprises transmitting the first advertisement for the authentication service in response to not receiving the advertisement for the authentication service.