Method and apparatus for communication between applications in wireless networks

A method for communication between applications running on different devices in a wireless network, wherein the sending unit and the receiving unit have no knowledge of the presence of the respective other unit characterized, - initiated that is stored by a running on a device application, a list of identifiers for which the application wants to receive data, wherein the identifier for an intended communication between the units of the network are unambiguous; - that the data to be transmitted elements are identified with a predetermined by the initiating application identifier, - that data elements identified in the wireless network are broadcast for reception by other units, are extending assigned within a radio range of the transmitting unit; - that a broadcasted data item is received when a receiving unit is within radio range of the transmitting unit, - and that the receiving unit checks the identifier of the received data item and the received ...