Patent ID: 7769348

Claim:
A method, performed by a communication device including a short-range unit to communicate with nearby wireless devices, a multi-directional antenna connected to the short-range unit, and at least one directional communication device connected to the short-range unit, where the at least one directional communication device includes a camera arrangement, the method comprising: detecting, using the multi-directional antenna, at least two of the nearby wireless devices within a communication range of the communication device; activating, when the multi-directional antenna detects the at least two of the nearby wireless devices, the at least one directional communication device; directing, upon the activation, the camera arrangement in a direction of a first one of the at least two of the nearby wireless devices; detecting, by the camera arrangement, light emitted from the first nearby wireless device, where the light includes connection information; establishing, based on the connection information, a connection to the first nearby wireless device; and communicating, upon establishing the connection, with the first nearby wireless device via the multi-directional antenna.