Patent ID: 7746834

Claim:
In a computer network having at least one Bluetooth compatible wireless access point, a method for connecting to a Bluetooth compatible destination device located at an unknown location to the computer network, the method comprising the acts of: transmitting a wireless discovery request, said request originating from a device connected to the network by a wired connection and including a device identifier for the Bluetooth compatible destination device, throughout the computer network to determine whether the Bluetooth compatible destination device is already connected to the computer network, wherein if the Bluetooth compatible destination device does not respond to the wireless discovery request within a certain period of time, the transmitting further comprises: transmitting, if no response to the wireless discovery request is received from the Bluetooth compatible destination device, a Bluetooth direct connection request containing the device identifier over the at least one Bluetooth compatible wireless access points within the computer network for a specified number of iterations; and automatically establishing by the Bluetooth compatible destination device, in response to the Bluetooth direct connection request, a connection between the Bluetooth compatible destination device and the computer network.