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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:
Oct. 13, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 15, 2019
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Thomas Arnold Anschutz, Conyers, GA (US);

Mounire El Houmaidi, Atlanta, GA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/01 (2006.01); H04W 40/20 (2009.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); G08G 1/0967 (2006.01); H04W 40/18 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/0141 (2013.01); G08G 1/012 (2013.01); G08G 1/0112 (2013.01); G08G 1/096725 (2013.01); G08G 1/096775 (2013.01); G08G 1/096791 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 40/20 (2013.01); H04W 40/18 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of operating a mobile electronic device includes detecting at least one other mobile electronic device within a predetermined distance of the mobile electronic device, and determining a spatial relationship of the at least one other mobile electronic device relative to the mobile electronic device. An ad hoc wireless connection is established with the at least one other mobile electronic device based on the determined spatial relationship. Data may be transmitted to and/or received from the at least one other mobile electronic device over the ad hoc wireless connection based on the determined spatial relationship. Related systems, devices, and computer program products are also discussed.


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