Patent ID: 7574174

Claim:
A method, comprising: sending a remote paging signal to an originating wireless access point from an originating device over a wireless short-range communication link, wherein the remote paging signal is destined to a remote target device located beyond a coverage area of the originating device for establishing a communications connection between the originating device and the remote target device, wherein the remote paging signal includes at least an address of the remote target device; receiving a paging response signal from the originating wireless access point over the wireless short-range communication link, wherein the paging response signal is effected from the remote target device; and establishing, through the originating wireless access point and a remote wireless access point, the communications connection between the originating device and the remote target device, wherein the communications connection comprises a wireless short-range connection between the originating device and the originating wireless access point, a wireless short-range connection between the remote target device and the remote wireless access point, and a direct connection between the originating wireless access point and the remote wireless access point.