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Patent No.:

US 9967887 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 03, 2016

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Applicants:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

At&t Mobility Ii Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Ginger Chien, Bellevue, WA (US);

Yehoshuva Arasavelli, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignees:

AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);

AT&T MOBILITY II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorney:

Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C.

Primary Examiner:

Mohammed Rachedine

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 4/08 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); G06Q 30/08 (2012.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/048 (2013.01); G06Q 30/08 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/08 (2013.01); H04W 8/186 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes storing locations of mobile devices that are registered for ad hoc grouping, and matching an access request that specifies a location that corresponds to a goal for an ad hoc grouping with candidate mobile devices that match the access request. The method also includes retrieving network addresses of the candidate mobile devices and sending invitations to join the ad hoc grouping. An ad hoc grouping is formed from the candidate mobile devices accepting the invitations.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Chien, Ginger. (2018). [object object] (U.S. Patent No. 9967887). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9967887

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