Patent ID: 7463894
Filing Date: 2008-12-09
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a plurality of context-determining devices each having a short range wireless signal transceiver capable of receiving wireless signals and configured to broadcast information via short range wireless signals independent of any received wireless signals; and at least one subscriber unit configured to detect presence of at least one of the plurality of context-determining devices by at least detecting the short range wireless signals from the at least one of the plurality of context-determining devices and further configured to derive contextual information from the short range wireless signals, wherein the derived contextual information includes at least information relating to one or more service capabilities of the at least one of the plurality of context-determining devices; wherein the at least one subscriber unit is further configured to issue, to the at least one of the plurality of context-determining devices, one or more wireless control signals capable of controlling one or more services of the one or more service capabilities based on the derived contextual information.