Patent ID: 7065382

Claim:
A wireless terminal for communicating with other wireless terminals in a network using wireless signals, comprising: an input device for inputting commands and data; an output device for outputting information; a transmitter/receiver circuit for transmitting and receiving wireless signals; and a controller having a plurality of user selectable modes, the controller controlling said input device, said output device and said transmitter/receiver circuit; wherein one of said users selected modes is a scanner mode which causes said wireless terminal to scan received wireless signals to determine whether identifying wireless signals corresponding to a target device have been received and if said identifying wireless signals have been received, outputting via said output device an indication that said wireless terminal is within range of said target device where communications with said target device can be conducted; wherein said users selected modes further includes: a target mode which causes said wireless terminal to operate as a target device and transmit identifying wireless signals identifying the wireless terminal; and further wherein said controller is set to the scanner mode said wireless terminal scans received wireless signals to determine whether the identifying wireless signals indicates the target device as being associated with predefined information.