Patent ID: 9154934
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a seeker device, the method comprising: generating, by the seeker device, a first seeker truncated hash output from a sought service name; generating, by the seeker device, a second seeker truncated hash output from the sought service name, wherein the first seeker truncated hash output and the second seeker truncated hash output are uncorrelated; transmitting, by the seeker device, a first request message including the first seeker truncated hash output; receiving, by the seeker device, a first response message from an advertiser device, the first response message including a second advertiser truncated hash output generated from an advertised service name, wherein the first seeker truncated hash output matches a first advertiser truncated hash output generated from the advertised service name; and determining, by the seeker device, that the advertised service name matches the sought service name in response to determining that the second advertiser truncated hash output matches the second seeker truncated hash output.