Patent ID: 8799485
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method executable by an intermediating device to facilitate communication between a first device and a second device on a network, wherein the network is an internet protocol (IP) network, the method comprising: establishing a first ad hoc wireless communication session between the first device and the intermediating device, wherein the first ad hoc wireless communication session is separate from the network; receiving a message from the first device at the intermediating device via the first ad hoc wireless communications session, wherein the message has a payload specifying a first address, wherein the first address is an IP network address used by the first device to communicate on the IP network; establishing a second ad hoc wireless communication session between the intermediating device and a second device, wherein the second ad hoc wireless communication session is separate from the first ad hoc communication session and from the network; and transferring the first address of the first device from the intermediating device to the second device via the second ad hoc wireless communication session thereby allow the second device to locate the first device on the IP network and to communicate with the first device via the IP network using the first address.