Patent ID: 7565108

Claim:
A method, comprising: a) generating a RF-ID interrogation signal by a first terminal equipped with a RF-ID tag reader device; b) detecting the RF-ID interrogation signal by a second terminal when within the range of the RF-ID interrogation signal; c) in response to detecting the presence of the RF-ID interrogation signal, providing a notification to activate a processor in the second terminal, the processor using the notification for setting a short-range communication module in the second terminal into a page scanning mode for detecting paging signals directed to the second terminal; d) responding to the RF-ID interrogation signal by transmitting a RF-ID response signal to the first terminal including identification information relating to the short-range communication module of the second terminal; e) processing the received RF-ID response signal by the first terminal to activate a short-range communication module in the first terminal to initiate a shortened session setup by skipping the inquiry stage; transmitting a short-range paging signal directed to the second terminal based on information of the received RF-ID response signal and entering a page mode to establish a short-range connection with the second terminal; and f) detecting the paging signal by the short-range communication module in the second terminal for immediate establishment of a short-range connection between the first and second terminals by skipping the inquiry stage.