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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2001
Sara H. Basson, White Plains, NY (US);
Dimitri Kanevsky, Ossining, NY (US);
Mariusz Sabath, Scarsdale, NY (US);
Jan Sedivy, Praha, CZ;
Alexander Zlatsin, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Sara H. Basson, White Plains, NY (US);
Dimitri Kanevsky, Ossining, NY (US);
Mariusz Sabath, Scarsdale, NY (US);
Jan Sedivy, Praha, CZ;
Alexander Zlatsin, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for forming a virtual network. The method comprises the steps of providing each of a plurality of mobile objects with a transceiver, and transmitting a cellular/radio signals from a source. At least a first of the mobile objects is located in an area where the transceiver of the first mobile object does not receive the signal directly from the source, while a second of the mobile objects is in a position where the transceiver of the second mobile object receives the signal directly from the source. The transceiver of the second mobile object is used to receive the signal directly from the source and to transmit the signal to the transceiver of the first mobile object.