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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018

Filed:

May. 17, 2016
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Kenji Hamahata, Chagasaki, JP;

Koichi Nishitani, Hodogaya-ku, JP;

Tadayuki Yoshida, Yokohama, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/027 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method comprising: storing, by a computer, a list of mobile devices; creating, by the computer, a plurality of groups of the mobile devices, each group including at least one mobile device, based on locations of the mobile devices; providing, by the computer, at least one mobile device of the plurality of groups with information of a target location; and handling, by the computer, information for a mutual interaction between at least two groups of the plurality of groups.


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