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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2010
Saumitra Mohan Das, San Jose, CA (US);
Vidya Narayanan, San Diego, CA (US);
Lakshminath Reddy Dondeti, Hyderabad, IN;
Saumitra Mohan Das, San Jose, CA (US);
Vidya Narayanan, San Diego, CA (US);
Lakshminath Reddy Dondeti, Hyderabad, IN;
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
The described apparatus and methods may include a local network formation module configured to join an overlay network via an available connection, retrieve from the overlay network at least one ad associated with forming a local network, determine if there is at least one matching ad to form the local network, and if no matching ads are determined, then publish an ad with a first local network configuration, or if one or more matching ads are determined, then join a local network according to a second local network configuration corresponding to one of the one or more matching ads.