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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2006
Magnus Jendbro, Staffanstorp, SE;
William O. Camp, Jr., Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Brett A. Pantalone, Pittsboro, NC (US);
Magnus Jendbro, Staffanstorp, SE;
William O. Camp, Jr., Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Brett A. Pantalone, Pittsboro, NC (US);
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, Lund, SE;
Abstract
A portable communication device () may send a service device locating request () including a position associated with the portable communication device to a service device locating device (). The service device locating device () may determine at least one service device located close to the indicated position and respond to the request by sending a response () including at least one network identifier of a service device () capable of handling the desired service. The portable communication device may then directly contact () the service device ().