Patent ID: 8576846

Claim:
A wireless device comprising: at least one processor configured to determine to initiate a discovery procedure to discover one or more wireless devices by selecting between (i) a background discovery procedure that is characterized by active transmission to search for the one or more wireless devices independent of any attempt to set-up a call with the one or more wireless devices, and (ii) an active discovery procedure that is characterized by active transmission to search for the one or more wireless devices in conjunction with an attempt to set-up the call with the one or more wireless devices, determine a service set identifier (SSID) based on at least one user-specific identifier for at least one wireless device, wherein each user-specific identifier is configured to uniquely identify a given wireless device or a user of the given wireless device for peer-to-peer (PTP) communication, wherein the wireless device comprises a PTP list, wherein the PTP list comprises a SSID associated with each peer in the PTP list and configured to use the SSID in one or more wireless transmissions for discovery of the one or more wireless devices for peer-to-peer communication in accordance with the background discovery procedure or the active discovery procedure, wherein, if the background discovery procedure is selected, the SSID is based on a user-specific identifier of the wireless device, and wherein, if the active discovery procedure is selected, the SSID is based on one or more user-specific identifiers associated with the at least one target wireless device; and a memory coupled to the at least one processor.