Qualcomm used its Innovation Qualcomm 2011 event to highlight its previously-announced AllJoyn technology, intended to enable the creation of apps with peer-to-peer features, using existing device radio technology.

The company announced AllJoyn as an open-source project earlier this year, under the guidance of its Qualcomm Innovation Center (QIC). The intention is to provide a technology to manage the complexities of a peer-to-peer networking technology, such as device and security discovery, networking functionality, message routing and security.

Rob Chandhok, president of QIC, said that “all this sort of stuff is bookkeeping to some degree, but necessary bookkeeping.”

According to Chandhok, AllJoyn has been created from the perspective of the developer. “What’s really important is that when we sit down and talk to people about this, we get a very strong positive reaction that ‘you guys really thought about the pieces that I need, so that I can focus on differentiating myself.’ And that’s really where we want to be.”

The technology is already being explored by some developers, for social networking apps, multiplayer gaming, and “some other things I can’t talk about yet.”

“It’s taking off, but I feel like the next six to twelve months are going to be a really important,” Chandhok said.