Nortel Networks Corporation

Avaya Inc.

Jodee Varney

Thomas Chmara

Herman Kwong

Robert Hadaway

Francis A Ovenden

Bradley Raymond Black

Silvana D Romagnino

A computer-implemented method for handling a microflow includes receiving a workflow request that includes a task associated with the workflow and a contact address associated with the task, performing an operation associated with receiving the workflow request that includes at least one of opening a communication session with the contact address and sending a response to the workflow request to the contact address. The method further includes storing the task, prioritizing the task, and performing an operation associated with execution of the workflow including at least one of opening a communications session with the contact address, sending a status associated with performance of the task, and sending a completion status of the task.

Mobile activity manager

A mobile ad hoc network is formed by selecting at least one client to function as a Virtual Mobile Server ('VMS') on behalf of other clients: Those other clients subsequently communicate with a cell station via the VMS on an UWB format. Other clients may function as Virtual Distributed Mobile Servers ('VDMSs') which relay communications between the VMS and clients which are out of direct communication range of the VMS. Further, multiple VMSs may be implemented for a single ad hoc network in order to bundle bandwidth. Clients may also extend the communication range of the VMS to a new cell station in order to enable earlier initiation of cell station handoff.

Mobile ad hoc network

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