Patent ID: 7519393

Claim:
A method of establishing a wireless data session between a first wireless device capable of wireless communication via at least a first wireless protocol and a second wireless device capable of wireless communication via at least the first wireless protocol, comprising the steps of: establishing a wireless control channel between the first and the second wireless devices using the first wireless protocol; exchanging wireless capability information between the first and the second wireless devices via the wireless control channel to determine common wireless capabilities including at least two common wireless protocols activating a first profile stored on the first wireless device and a second profile stored on the second wireless device when establishing the wireless control channel, each respective profile comprising preference information indicating a connection priority for the at least two common wireless protocols; negotiating a preferred wireless protocol based on the preference information, wherein negotiating comprises: exchanging messages between the first wireless device and the second wireless device via the wireless control channel, the messages indicating the preference information for the respective wireless devices, and selecting the preferred wireless protocol as the one of the at least two common wireless protocols having a highest connection priority as indicated by the exchanged preference information; and establishing a wireless data session utilizing the preferred wireless protocol between the first and the second wireless devices.