Patent ID: 9641607
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A product comprising one or more tangible computer-readable non-transitory storage media comprising computer-executable instructions operable to, when executed by at least one computer processor, enable the at least one computer processor to implement operations at a first Application Service Platform (ASP) on a first wireless device, the operations comprising: allowing the first ASP to form an ASP Peer-to-Peer (P2P) (ASP-P2P) group with a second ASP of a second wireless device only as a persistent P2P group extendable over a plurality of distinct ASP sessions; sending a provision discovery request from the first ASP to the second ASP, the provision discovery request comprising an indication of an intent to use an ASP-P2P persistent group, and a P2P interface address attribute; processing a provision discovery response from the second ASP, the provision discovery response comprising an indication of a confirmation to use the ASP-P2P persistent group; and using the ASP-P2P persistent group to communicate between the first ASP and the second ASP during one or more of the plurality of distinct ASP sessions.