Patent ID: 8719112

Claim:
A method of invoking an accessory-specific user experience at a mobile host device, comprising: receiving accessory device information from an accessory device connected to the mobile host device, the accessory device information comprising one or more suggested accessory usage categories; selecting one of the one or more suggested accessory usage categories as an accessory usage category for the accessory device; transmitting the accessory device information to an online marketplace over a wireless communication network; receiving information indicating one or more accessory-specific goods or services from the online marketplace over the wireless communication network based in part on the transmitted accessory device information; and invoking the accessory-specific user experience at the mobile host device, the accessory-specific user experience comprising displaying information relating to the one or more accessory-specific goods or services from the online marketplace, wherein the accessory-specific user experience further comprises displaying proximity information for at least one provider of the one or more accessory-specific goods and services.