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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:
Sep. 05, 2017

Filed:

May. 03, 2016
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Hirofumi Nishikawa, Tokyo, JP;

Tomohiro Shioya, Tokyo, JP;

Kei Sugano, Tokyo, JP;

Shoichiro Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 40/38 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04L 12/733 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 84/18 (2013.01); H04W 4/008 (2013.01); H04W 4/022 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 76/023 (2013.01); H04L 45/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for transferring data among communication devices. The method includes a first communication device receiving, from a second communication device, data to be transferred and a condition defining a range of data transfer. The first communication device then determines whether a third communication device satisfies the condition defining the range of data transfer. On condition that the first communication device determines that the third communication device satisfies the condition, the first communication device directly transfers the data and the condition to the third communication device.


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