Patent ID: 8904499

Claim:
A wireless device, comprising: a radio transceiver that includes radio front-end circuitry and circuitry that generates radio frequency signals according to a Bluetooth wireless communication protocol; and wherein the wireless device is configured to: maintain a mapping of a plurality of access identifications (IDs) and corresponding service related access information in relation to a plurality of wireless communication device beacons; receive one of the plurality of wireless communication device beacons; determine one of the plurality of access IDs corresponding to the received one of the plurality of wireless communication device beacons from the mapping by: determining a Bluetooth service provider identification from the received one of the plurality of wireless communication device beacons; and determining one of the plurality of access IDs corresponding to the Bluetooth service provider identification in the mapping; transmit the determined one of the plurality of access IDs to establish a wireless communication link according to the Bluetooth wireless communication protocol; and transmit service related access information in relation to the received one of the plurality of wireless communication device beacons to support a service using the established Bluetooth wireless communication link; and switch communications from one service provider providing a first service to another service provider providing a second service using the established Bluetooth wireless communication link.