Patent ID: 8775633

Claim:
A method, comprising: changing a service offering in a device that is wirelessly connected to a second device; generating in the first device a reassociation request frame including a dedicated field including a selectable indication, the selectable indication capable of being set to a first value to trigger a generic advertisement service request or to a second value to indicate that the reassociation request frame was sent for some other reason than a change in service offering, the reassociation request frame being generated in response to the change in the service offering, including the selectable indication being set to the first value to trigger the second device to issue the generic advertisement service request; transmitting the reassociation request frame to the second device; receiving from the second device a generic advertisement service request in response to the transmitted reassociation request frame; and transmitting a generic advertisement service response frame to the second device, with an updated service description corresponding to the change in the service offering.