Patent ID: 8327178

Claim:
A method for advertising a service, the method comprising: in a local device, performing operations for: based on a condition of the local device, dynamically adjusting a time period between a broadcast of a service advertisement and an availability window during which the local device monitors for service requests; broadcasting the service advertisement in a wireless network, the service advertisement including one or more service identifiers (IDs) identifying one or more services being advertised and an availability schedule of the device, wherein the availability schedule comprises a specification of the availability window; reducing power to at least a portion of the local device for a time period after the service advertisement has been broadcast and before the availability window; restoring power to the at least the portion of the local device and monitoring for service requests in the wireless network during the availability window; and in response to receiving a service request from a remote device during the availability window, transmitting a service response to the remote device, the service response having detailed information associated with one or more services identified by one or more service IDs in the service request.