Patent ID: 6957086

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; determining common wireless capabilities between the first and the second wireless devices; establishing a wireless data session utilizing the common wireless capabilities between the first and the second wireless devices; wherein the step of determining common wireless capabilities reveals that the first and the second wireless devices each are capable of wireless communication via at least two common wireless protocols, further comprising the step of negotiating a preferred wireless protocol for the wireless data session; and wherein the step of negotiating comprises the steps of: transmitting user wireless preferences identifying a first preferred wireless protocol from the first wireless device to the second wireless device; transmitting an ACK message from the second wireless device to the first wireless device when the first preferred wireless protocol is acceptable; and transmitting a NACK message from the second wireless device to the first wireless device when the first preferred wireless protocol is not acceptable.