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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2017
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Mehrad Yasrebi, Austin, TX (US);
James E. Jackson, Austin, TX (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for social networking in a dynamic environment. In one embodiment, a method for social networking in a network includes broadcasting a first set of one or more keywords representing one or more interests of a first user in the network, receiving a response from a second user in the network indicating interest in at least one of the interests of the first user, and connecting to a server in the network, where the server hosts a group for supporting communications between at least the first network user and the second network user.