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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2008
John H Hart, Saratoga, CA (US);
John H Hart, Saratoga, CA (US);
Plantronics, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of determining communication resource availability within range of a user-centric mobile network is disclosed. In one embodiment the method comprises discovering communication resources within range of the user-centric mobile network, the communication resources including unique resource identifiers, and transmitting the unique resource identifiers and a user identifier to a server that is accessible from outside the user-centric mobile network. The communication resources may have associated therewith an available service and a current status and the method may further comprise transmitting available service information and current status information to the server. Also disclosed is a service discovery device for use in implementing the method.