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Device-to-device network membership confirmation

  • US 10,097,555 B2
  • Filed: 03/04/2016
  • Issued: 10/09/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electronic device, comprising:

  • an interface circuit configured to communicate with a group of one or more other instances of the electronic device via dynamic connections that are based at least in part on pre-established and maintained associations in a device-to-device network of a user of the electronic device, wherein the pre-established and maintained associations are maintained for longer time than the dynamic connections,wherein a pre-established and maintained association and a given dynamic connection between the electronic device and a given instance of the electronic device in the group is set up by the electronic device without assistance of a computer in another network;

    wherein the pre-established and maintained associations are in response to invitations from the user without advertising in the device-to-device network, the device-to-device network partially overlaps one or more other device-to-device networks of users of the one or more other instances of the electronic device, and a given one of the one or more other device-to-device networks is controlled by a given one of the users; and

    wherein the interface circuit is configured to communicate with the given instance of the electronic device via at least a non-wireless communication technique and the other network; and

    a control circuit, coupled to the interface circuit, configured to;

    confirm that a second instance of the electronic device in the group is associated with a provider of the electronic device, wherein the second instance of the electronic device is associated with a second user in the device-to-device network; and

    when the association is confirmed, communicate, via the interface circuit, a message for the second instance of the electronic device at a location specified by one of the pre-established and maintained associations.

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