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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2013
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Maria M. Sagayaraj, Tamil Nadu, IN;
NarayanaDhoss Gopalakrishnan, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Ganesh Ramasamy, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Poothabalan Somasundaram, Tamil Nadu, IN;
KrishnaKumar Sundaram, Erode, IN;
Saravanan Vijayakumar, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Arunkumar Surulinathan, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Sundar Sivaraman, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Ravi Chandra Appasani, Irving, TX (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A user interested in a networked station, such as a mobile station of a particular type, can obtain information to enable the user to locate and/or contact another person with a station of the particular type, e.g. at a location within a set distance from or in proximity to the current location of the user's station. Alternatively, the user of the requesting networked station may provide identities of members of a social media network; and the system can then identify the members who are users of the particular networked station. In either case, the user of the requesting networked station can use the received information to obtain a first-hand review of the particular networked station or to contact another user to request a meeting to view of operate the particular station.