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Patent No.:

US 7478126 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2009

Filed:

Apr. 04, 2003
Applicants:

Andrew M. Prohel, San Francisco, CA (US);

Philip Mckay, San Francisco, CA (US);

Himgan Wibisono, San Francisco, CA (US);

Michael Hoch, San Jose, CA (US);

Jeff Liu, Fremont, CA (US);

Ravi Gauba, Fremont, CA (US);

Sidney Wang, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Ippei Tambata, San Francisco, CA (US);

Elizabeth Coppinger, Montclair, NJ (US);

Michael S. Harwayne, New York, NY (US);

Rodger Lea, Vancouver, CA;

Inventors:

Andrew M. Prohel, San Francisco, CA (US);

Philip McKay, San Francisco, CA (US);

Himgan Wibisono, San Francisco, CA (US);

Michael Hoch, San Jose, CA (US);

Jeff Liu, Fremont, CA (US);

Ravi Gauba, Fremont, CA (US);

Sidney Wang, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Ippei Tambata, San Francisco, CA (US);

Elizabeth Coppinger, Montclair, NJ (US);

Michael S. Harwayne, New York, NY (US);

Rodger Lea, Vancouver, CA;

Assignees:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A relationship initiation between devices in a network is described. According to one embodiment, persona information is exchanged between devices in a network. Based upon the persona information, a user of a device may initiate a relationship with another device.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Prohel, Andrew. (2009). Initializing relationships between devices in a network (U.S. Patent No. 7478126). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7478126

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