Patent ID: 8917645

Claim:
A first network device comprising: a control module configured to a) operate the first network device, prior to beginning discovery of a second network device, (i) initially in a power save mode and (ii) subsequently in a normal mode in response to receiving an input from a user of the first network device while operating in the power save mode, wherein the first network device (i) performs an operation in the normal mode and (ii) does not perform the operation in the power save mode; and b) prior to beginning discovery of the second network device and subsequent to the first network device switching from operating in the power save mode to the normal mode in response to receiving the input from the user of the first network device while operating in the power save mode, alternate between operating the first network device as a client station and an access point; and a device detection module configured to begin, subsequent to the first network device switching from operating in the power save mode to the normal mode in response to receiving the input from the user of the first network device while operating in the power save mode, discovery of the second network device by (i) scanning a network in response to the first network device operating as the client station or (ii) transmitting a beacon over the network in response to the first network device operating as the access point.