Method and system for establishing RF Aware and SST Aware communications networks where network aware devices may detect, discover, authenticate and communicate directly with each other, based on such attributes as interests, proximity, or location within or outside of a specified zone

• US 10,206,089 B2
• Filed: 03/29/2016
• Issued: 02/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pokos Communication Corp
• Original Assignee: Pokos Communication Corp
• Inventors: Platt, Timo, Krueger, Stephan, Roselle, Barbara
• Primary Examiner(s): Park, Jung H
• Application Number:
  US15/084,376
• Publication Number:
  US 20160242023A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,050 Days
• CPC Class Codes: C07F 5/02 Boron compounds
• CPC Class Codes: C07F 5/027 Organoboranes and organoborohydrides
• CPC Class Codes: C07F 7/0816 said ring comprising Si as a ring atom
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 11/06 containing organic luminescent materials
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0256 User search
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/80 for detecting, monitoring or modelling epidemics or pandemics, e.g. flu
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 : Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 2101/40 : Interrelation of parameters between multiple constituent active layers or sublayers, e.g. HOMO values in adjacent layers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/11 : characterised by the electroluminescent [EL] layers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/15 : Hole transporting layers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/16 : Electron transporting layers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/40 : Organosilicon compounds, e.g. TIPS pentacene
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/657 : Polycyclic condensed heteroaromatic hydrocarbons
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/6572 : comprising only nitrogen in the heteroaromatic polycondensed ring system, e.g. phenanthroline or carbazole

Abstract

A communications network is provided where devices are assigned either a static or random unique device identifier; where devices may be configured to be in public or private mode; and, where devices are in public mode, they may detect, discover, authenticate and communicate directly with each other, based on such attributes as interests, proximity, or location within or outside a specified zone.

Claims

1. A communications network method enabling communications by, among and to devices in a specified geographic zone, the method comprising:

For each network device in the specified geographic zone, use of a variable identification information software or firmware client to assign a unique device identifier (ID), selected by using either;

generation of a static ID (“

S-ID”

) based on at least one item from a set comprised of at least one of the following identifiers (“

VII”

) associated with the network device (including its software and firmware);

a MAC address, IP address, serial number, other device identifying information, attribute, service message, tag, token, vendor device identifier, advertising device identifier, other datum, and other variable identification information, or

generation of a random or dynamically changing ID (“

R-ID”

) based on at least one VII associated with the network device;

Using a sixth-sense (“

SST”

) software or firmware client on a first network device to detect at least one attribute (“

SFA”

) from a set comprised of at least one of the following data associated with a recipient network device (“

recipient device”

);

a searched-for interest, activity, attribute, characteristic, interest, preference, location, parameter, software, firmware, hardware component, promotion, service, product, VII, and other datum;

Using the VII client on the first network device to authenticate, inside or outside the specified geographic zone, the at least one recipient device based on either its S-ID or R-ID; and

Using the VII client on the at least one recipient device to authenticate, inside or outside the specified geographic zone, any other network device based on either its S-ID or R-ID.

2. A communications network method described in claim 1, wherein at least one of the network devices may be configured to enable at least one of the following capabilities:

Be in public mode wherein the ID of such a network device (“

aware device”

) is detectable by other network devices;

Using either its VII Client or SST Client, a first aware device can conduct, with respect to at least one recipient aware device (“

affinity device”

), at least one function from a set comprised of the following functions;

search, detection, and authentication;

Search for at least one SFA associated with at least one affinity device;

Establish a data connection independent of existing telephone, Internet Protocol, Wi-Fi and other networks to share voice, video or data, using a peer-to-peer technology or an infrastructure connection;

Send an alert to at least one aware device;

Send an alert to at least one affinity device;

Receive an alert from at least one aware device;

Receive an alert from at least one affinity device;

Send a public broadcast message or other communication to at least one aware device;

Send a public broadcast message or other communication to at least one affinity device;

Receive a public broadcast message or other communication from at least one aware device;

Receive a public broadcast message or other communication from at least one affinity device;

Send a public broadcast message or other communication to at least one aware device based on at least one SFA of the said device;

Send a public broadcast message or other communication to at least one affinity device based on at least one SFA of the said device;

Receive a public broadcast message or other communication from at least one aware device based on at least one SFA of the said device;

Receive a public broadcast message or other communication from at least one affinity device based on at least one SFA of the said device;

Send a private message or other communication to at least one aware device;

Send a private message or other communication to at least one affinity device;

Receive a private message or other communication from at least one aware device;

Receive a private message or other communication from at least one affinity device;

Using a service communication filter (“

SCF”

) in its SST client, send a private message or other communication to at least one aware device based on at least one SFA of the said device;

Using a SCF in its SST client, send a private message or other communication to at least one affinity device based on at least one SFA of the said device;

Using a SCF in its SST client, receive a private message or other communication from at least one aware device based on at least one SFA of the said device;

Using a SCF in its SST client, receive a private message or other communication from at least one affinity device based on at least one SFA of the said device;

Passively receive from at least one aware device at least one communication from a set comprised of at least one of the following;

public broadcast search inquiry, alert, message and other communication;

Passively receive from at least one affinity device at least one communication from a set comprised of at least one of the following;

public broadcast search inquiry, alert, message and other communication;

Passively receive at least one communication from a set comprised of at least one of the following—

private search inquiry, alert, message and other communication—

where such communication is based on at least one SFA of the recipient device identified by at least one sending aware device using a SCF in its SST client;

Passively receive at least one communication from a set comprised of at least one of the following—

private search inquiry, alert, message and other communication—

where such communication is based on at least one SFA of the recipient device identified by at least one sending affinity device using a SCF in its SST client; and

Be in private mode, wherein the ID of the said private mode device is not detectable by other network devices.

3. A communications network method for communications by, among and to devices that enables searching and detecting attributes, characteristics, parameters or other data among known and unknown devices and their users, authenticating such devices and their users, message routing and directing private or anonymous targeted communications to and with specific devices and their users, and maintaining continuous or initiating repeat communications with and to such specific devices and their users, in each case regardless of initial or continued location of such devices or the proximity of such devices in a limited or designated physical area or zone, the method comprising:

Using a sixth-sense (“

SST”

) software or firmware client on a first device to search for at least one attribute (“

SFA”

) from a set comprised of at least one of the following data associated with a recipient network device (“

recipient device”

);

interest, activity, attribute, characteristic, preference, location, parameter, software, firmware, hardware component, promotion, service, product, service message, tag, token, vendor device identifier, advertising device identifier, other datum, and other variable identification information;

Setting the SST client on the first device to enable at least one of the following capabilities;

(i) discover at least one SFA of at least one recipient device;

(ii) communicate with at least one recipient device whose identification information is unknown; and

(iii) screen and locate at least one recipient device worldwide or within at least one geographic location or zone;

Enabling the SST client on the first device to obtain and compile on the first device at least one of the following data;

(i) at least one item from a set comprised of at least one of the following data associated with at least one recipient device, including its software and firmware;

SFA, information and other data; and

(ii) at least one item from a set comprised of at least one of the following identifiers (“

VII”

) associated with at least one recipient device (including its software and firmware);

a MAC address, IP address, serial number or other device identifying information, attribute, service message, tag, token, vendor device identifier, advertising device identifier, other datum, and other variable identification information;

Applying at least one filter in the SST client of the first device to enable the first device to select at least one designated screened device, based on an analysis of items from a set comprised of at least one of the following identifiers associated with the at least one screened device;

its SFA, VII and other compiled data;

Using a VII client on the first device to assign a unique device identifier (ID) to the at least one designated screened device based on a set comprised of at least one of the following identifiers associated with said designated screened device;

its SFA, VII and other compiled data;

Using the VII client of the first device to authenticate and send a service message only to the at least one designated screened device, where either of the following conditions is also satisfied;

(i) the email address, public or private cryptography key, IM screen name, social media or Internet screen name, handle, alias, or avatar, phone number, MAC address, IP address or other contact information of the at least one designated screened device is not either known to the user of the first device or previously stored or used by either the first device, or any business, social or communications network to which the first device is registered;

or

(ii) the service message is authenticated by and/or from the first device using its VII client based on SFA, VII or compiled data of the at least one designated screened device; and

without using email, public or private cryptography key, instant messaging (IM), text messaging, telephony or any other communications protocol or technique based on fixed endpoints where any of such contact information of the at least one designated screen device is either known to the user of the first device or previously stored or used by any of the first device, or any business, social or communications network to which the first device is registered; and

Using the VII client or the SST client of the at least one designated screened device to authenticate the identity of the first device, based on an identifier from a set comprised of at least one of the ID, SFA, VII and other compiled data associated with the first device, regardless of whether either device remains in the zone in which initial contact and authentication between the devices was established.

4. A communications network method described in claim 3, wherein at least one of the network devices may be configured to enable at least one of the following capabilities:

Using the VII software or firmware client to assign an ID to at least one network device;

Setting privacy preferences on the first device, enabling the first device to send at least one of the following identifiers, from a set comprised of its SFA, VII and other compiled data, to at least one designated screened device;

Enabling the SST client on the first device to specify whether a service message is a private service message, wherein the private service message is sent only to, and is accessible only by, at least one designated screened device;

Be in public mode, wherein the ID of a network device (“

public-mode device”

) is detectable by other network devices;

Using either its VII Client or SST Client, a first pubic-mode device can conduct, with respect to at least one recipient public-mode device (“

affinity public-mode device”

), at least one function from a set comprised of the following functions;

search, detection, and authentication;

Search for at least one SFA associated with at least one affinity public-mode device;

Establish a data connection independent of existing telephone, Internet Protocol, Wi-Fi or other networks to share data, using a peer-to-peer technology or an infrastructure connection;

Send an alert to at least one public-mode device;

Send an alert to at least one affinity public-mode device;

Receive an alert from at least one public-mode device;

Receive an alert from at least one affinity public-mode device;

Send a public broadcast message or other communication to at least one public-mode device;

Send a public broadcast message or other communication to at least one affinity public-mode device;

Receive a public broadcast message or other communication from at least one public-mode device;

Receive a public broadcast message or other communication from at least one affinity public-mode device;

Send a public broadcast message or other communication to at least one public-mode device based on at least one SFA of the said device;

Send a public broadcast message or other communication to at least one affinity public-mode device based on at least one SFA of the said device;

Receive a public broadcast message or other communication from at least one public-mode device based on at least one SFA of the said device;

Receive a public broadcast message or other communication from at least one affinity public-mode device based on at least one SFA of the said device;

Send a private message or other communication to at least one public-mode device;

Send a private message or other communication to at least one affinity public-mode device;

Receive a private message or other communication from at least one public-mode device;

Receive a private message or other communication from at least one affinity public-mode device;

Using a service communication filter (“

SCF”

) in its SST client, send a private message or other communication to at least one public-mode device based on at least one SFA of the said device;

Using a SCF in its SST client, send a private message or other communication to at least one affinity public-mode device based on at least one SFA of the said device;

Using a SCF in its SST client, receive a private message or other communication from at least one public-mode device based on at least one SFA of the said device;

Using a SCF in its SST client, receive a private message or other communication from at least one affinity public-mode device based on at least one SFA of the said device;

Passively receive from at least one public-mode device at least one communication from a set comprised of at least one of the following;

public broadcast search inquiry, alert, message and other communication;

Passively receive from at least one affinity public-mode device at least one communication from a set comprised of at least one of the following;

public broadcast search inquiry, alert, message and other communication;

Passively receive at least one communication from a set comprised of at least one of the following—

private search inquiry, alert, message or other communication—

based on at least one SFA of the recipient device identified by at least one sending public-mode device using a SCF in its SST client;

Passively receive at least one communication from a set comprised of at least one of the following—

private search inquiry, alert, message or other communication—

based on at least one SFA of the recipient device identified by at least one sending affinity public-mode device using a SCF in its SST client; and

Be in private mode, wherein the ID of the said private mode device is not detectable by other network devices.