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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017

Filed:

May. 08, 2015
Applicant:

Avago Technologies General Ip (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;

Inventors:

Florin Baboescu, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Dutt Kalapatapu, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Kamesh Medapalli, San Jose, CA (US);

Marko Niemi, Oulu, FI;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 68/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/12 (2013.01); H04W 4/005 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/025 (2013.01); H04W 68/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods disclosed herein provide proximity services using a proximity services server that can be integrated into existing network infrastructure. Proximity services procedures are disclosed, including procedures for registration to a proximity services server, publication of the direct path of a proximity services enabled user equipment (UE) to a proximity services server, requesting proximity information by a UE, and notifying UEs that are in proximity.


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