Patent ID: 8102901

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a connection management module to automatically form a first connection between a first mobile device and a second mobile device, and a second connection between said second mobile device and a fixed device, wherein said first mobile device is to exchange information with said fixed device using said first and second connections and wherein both of the first and second connections are automatically initiated based on a single button press on one or more of the first or second mobile device and said connection management module operative to form said first and second connections without user intervention; said connection management module comprising: a service discovery module to discover and identify wireless devices and associated capabilities within communication range of said first mobile device; a service selection module to select said second mobile device from the wireless devices identified by the service discovery module based on said associated capabilities; a security management module to authenticate said second mobile device to form said first connection; and a configuration module to configure said second mobile device with configuration information to form said second connection.