via the bluetooth u2122 radio interface this time the forwarded message 10 u2033 is received by the respective bluetooth u2122 transceivers 30 and 34 of a stereo 32 and the walkman u2122 2 the stereo 32 again modifies and forwards the message as indicated at 10 u2033 u2032 via the bluetooth u2122 radio interface the modification again includes incrementing the counter and updating the path parameter this time to indicate that the request has traveled from the computer 4 via the laptop 20 and television 26 and to the stereo 32 because the walkman u2122 2 is also located near the stereo 32 the message 10 u2033 u2032 from the stereo 32 is also received by the walkman u2122 2 based on the respective messages 10 u2033 and 10 u2033 u2032 from the television 26 and the stereo 32 the walkman u2122 2 is able to determine that it matches the description of the device being sought based on profile information and or on a bluetooth u2122 identity number included within the messages 10 u2033 and 10 u2033 u2032 accordingly the walkman u2122 2 sends response messages 36 and 36 u2032 to each of the television 26 and the stereo 32 these response messages 36 and 36 u2032 are processed by the stereo 32 and the television 26 to generate location messages 35 and 37 respectively which each identify the entire path taken by the successful request these location messages 35 and 37 are then forwarded without modification back up the chain of devices 20 and 26 to the computer 4 by identifying the television 26 and the stereo 32 that successfully located the walkman u2122.