Patent ID: 7693542
Filing Date: 2010-04-06
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for short-range wireless communications with an object within a short-range wireless communications area of an apparatus, the method comprising: transmitting a query message to the object to determine whether the object is present within the short-range wireless communications area, wherein the query message is transmitted over a first network within the short-range wireless communications area during an active call over a second network different from the first network without disruption to the active call; detecting a response from the object to the query message via a channel of the first network, wherein the response is received via the channel based on a permission-to-be-found setting at the object; generating a found list that includes the object based on detecting the response therefrom; and displaying the found list identifying the object that has been detected within the short-range wireless communications area of the apparatus.