Improved device pairing between a scanning wireless radio communication device and target wireless electronic devices is provided by initiating a discovery process and during the discovery process: receiving, from each of a plurality of target wireless electronic devices, wireless pairing information, receiving, from some or all of the target wireless electronic devices, and in addition to the wireless pairing information, physical state information describing a particular physical state of the target wireless electronic device; for each target wireless electronic device providing the particular physical state of the target wireless electronic device, correlating the received physical state information with state information stored at the scanning wireless radio communication device and associated with an indication that the target wireless electronic device is a preferred discoverable target wireless electronic device; and initiating pairing with or displaying only those physical stated correlated target wireless electronic devices.