Intel Corporation

Charlie D Lenahan

Marc A Funston

Patrick C Lankswert

Christopher M Songer

Gene M Chang

Robert M Cole

Ahmad J Mirani

Marc Funston

Gene Chang

Systems, methods, and apparatuses are directed to facilitating avatar representation of users within proximity using approved avatars. In one embodiment, logic may be configured to determine communication devices that are within a proximity threshold. The determined communication devices may include first and second communication devices that are associated with first and second users, respectively. The first user may be associated with a first avatar and the second user may be associated with a second avatar. The logic may also be configured to determine a request initiated at the first communication device for avatar information associated with one or more users of the determined communication devices. The logic may further be configured to provide the second avatar to the first user via the first communication device based on determining that the second avatar is included in an approved avatar set.

Avatar representation of users within proximity using approved avatars

A method of constructing an approximate spatial representation of electronic devices in a neighborhood of devices is described. The method may include collecting data from electronic devices within a range, wherein the data comprises one or more of a unique identifier for an electronic device, endpoints of original electronic devices, and level of indirection of a discovered endpoint and building a data collection representing a neighborhood of electronic devices from the collected data. The collected data may further include relative distance or received signal strength indication or other information about physical location of the electronic device.

Approximation of the physical location of devices and transitive device discovery through the sharing of neighborhood information using wireless or wired discovery mechanisms

A method of managing peer-to-peer communications between electronic devices is described. The method may include establishing an address for a plurality of network media types that a protocol stack is able to access, the address being configured as an endpoint on a first electronic device to which a second electronic device may connect to and connecting through the established address of the second electronic device supporting the same network medium. The method may further include determining which endpoint to use to establish a connection between two devices.

Management and optimization of wireless communications multiplexed over multiple layer-three transports with indefinite duration layer-two sessions

Systems, methods, and apparatuses are directed to application registration with a non-OS service. In one embodiment, logic may be configured to provide an installation indication that an installation of an application has been initiated on an operating system of the communication device to a service configured to run on the operating system. The logic may also be configured to provide, to the application, a registration request that is initiated by the service based on receipt of the installation indication by the service and that notifies the application to register with the service. The logic may further be configured to provide registration information associated with the application to the service based on receipt of the registration request by the application. In another embodiment, the service may be a non-OS service configured to maintain registration information for a plurality of applications installed on the operating system.

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Charlie D Lenahan