Mobile discovery via community self-naming conventions
View Patent ↗Systems and methods may provide for determining a self-naming convention associated with a group of devices and receiving a first discovery communication from a remote mobile device. Additionally, a pairing process between the remote mobile device and a local mobile device may be accelerated if the first discovery communication is a remote device name that complies with the self-naming convention. In one example, a local device name may be generated in accordance with the self-naming convention and the local device name may be broadcasted as a second discovery communication.
1. A local mobile device comprising:
a battery port to receive power for the local mobile device;
logic to:
determine a self-naming convention associated with a group of devices,
receive a first discovery communication from a remote mobile device, and
accelerate a pairing process between the remote mobile device and the local mobile device by bypassing one or more authentication activities if the first discovery communication is a remote device name that complies with the self-naming convention; and
a display to visually output a status of the pairing process.
2. The local mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the logic is to:
generate a local device name in accordance with the self-naming convention, and broadcast the local device name as a second discovery communication.
3. The local mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the logic is to conduct the one or more authentication activities if the first discovery communication is not a remote device name that complies with the self-naming convention.
4. The local mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the logic is to:
determine a location of the local mobile device based on data from another device having a device name that complies with the self-naming convention; and
send the location to the remote mobile device.
5. An apparatus comprising: a processor and;
logic, implemented at least partly in one or more of configurable logic or fixed-functionality logic hardware, to:
determine a self-naming convention associated with a group of devices,
receive a first discovery communication from a remote mobile device, and
accelerate a pairing process between the remote mobile device and a local mobile device by bypassing one or more authentication activities if the first discovery communication is a remote device name that complies with the self-naming convention.
6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the logic is to:
generate a local device name in accordance with the self-naming convention, and broadcast the local device name as a second discovery communication.
7. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the logic is to conduct the one or more authentication activities if the first discovery communication is not a remote device name that complies with the self-naming convention.
8. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the logic is to:
determine a location of the local mobile device based on data from another device having a device name that complies with the self-naming convention, and
send the location to the remote mobile device.
9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the logic is to send the location of the local mobile device to a server having a device name that does not comply with the self-naming convention.
10. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the logic is to manage one or more network settings based at least in part on the first discovery communication.
11. A method comprising:
determining a self-naming convention associated with a group of devices;
receiving a first discovery communication from a remote mobile device; and
accelerating a pairing process between the remote mobile device and a local mobile device by bypassing one or more authentication activities if the first discovery communication is a remote device name that complies with the self-naming convention.
12. The method of claim 11 , further including:
generating a local device name in accordance with the self-naming convention; and
broadcasting the local device name as a second discovery communication.
13. The method of claim 11 , further including conducting the one or more authentication activities if the first discovery communication is not a remote device name that complies with the self-naming convention.
14. The method of claim 11 , further including:
determining a location of the local mobile device based on data from another device having a device name that complies with the self-naming convention; and
sending the location to the remote mobile device.
15. At least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions, which when executed by a local mobile device, cause the local mobile device to:
determine a self-naming convention associated with a group of devices;
receive a fast discovery communication from a remote mobile device; and
accelerate a pairing process between the remote mobile device and a local mobile device by bypassing one or more authentication activities if the first discovery communication is a remote device name that complies with the self-naming convention.
16. The at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the local mobile device to:
generate a local device name in accordance with the self-naming convention; and
broadcast the local device name as a second discovery communication.
17. The at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the local mobile device to conduct the one or more authentication activities if the first discovery communication is not a remote device name that complies with the self-naming convention.
18. The at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the local mobile device to:
determine a location of the local mobile device based on data from another device having a device name that complies with the self-naming convention; and
send the location to the remote mobile device.
19. The at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the local mobile device to send the location of the local mobile device to a server having a device name that does not comply with the self-naming convention.
20. The at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the local mobile device to manage one or more network settings based at least in part on the first discovery communication.