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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2004
Gajinder Singh Vij, San Diego, CA (US);
Beth Ann Brewer, La Mesa, CA (US);
Douglas M. Crockett, San Diego, CA (US);
Gajinder Singh Vij, San Diego, CA (US);
Beth Ann Brewer, La Mesa, CA (US);
Douglas M. Crockett, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed embodiments provide methods and apparatus for detecting or announcing presence and/or location information in a wireless communication network. In one aspect, a method for sharing user information in a wireless communication network includes sending an alert from an originator to a target, the alert including information about the originator and requesting information about the target, receiving information by the originator from the target in response to the alert, and updating information in the originator about the target, based on the received information. In another aspect, a method includes sending at least one alert from an originator, requesting information about at least one target user; receiving information by the originator in response to the alert; and updating information by the originator about the target user, based on information received.