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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2012
Applicants:
Gregory Burns, Seattle, WA (US);
Jack H. Profit, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Gregory Burns, Seattle, WA (US);
Jack H. Profit, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 61/256 (2013.01); H04L 29/1249 (2013.01); H04L 67/14 (2013.01); H04L 67/142 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method of communication include establishing, by a first communication device, a proximity-based connection with a another communication device, transmitting a first public network address of the first communication device over the proximity-based connection, receiving a second public network address of another communication device over the proximity-based connection, and establishing a communication session over a wide area connection using the first public network address and the second public network address.