Patent ID: 8005505

Claim:
A process for identifying and selecting remote devices that may be used in conjunction with at least one task to be performed by a portable electronic device, the portable electronic device having a plurality of wireless communication devices, the process comprising: selecting a wireless protocol transmission type from a plurality of wireless protocol transmission types by which the plurality of wireless communication devices are configured to communicate with a plurality of different types of remote devices; before the portable electronic device receives signals of the selected wireless protocol transmission type, selecting a type of remote device of the plurality of different types of remote devices; after both selecting the type of remote device and selecting the wireless protocol transmission type, causing the portable electronic device to receive signals of the selected wireless protocol transmission type utilizing a selected one of the plurality of wireless communication devices compatible with the selected wireless protocol transmission type; and evaluating the received wireless protocol transmission type signals to identify a remote device of the selected type of remote devices; and displaying on the portable electronic device the identified remote device.