Mobile peer-to-peer content sharing method and system

• US 10,462,832 B2
• Filed: 02/02/2018
• Issued: 10/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Inventors: Chiang, Mung
• Primary Examiner(s): Jung, Min
• Application Number:
  US15/887,157
• Publication Number:
  US 20180160465A1
• Time in Patent Office: 634 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1078 Resource delivery mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1082 involving incentive schemes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/182 Network node acting on behalf of an other network entity, e.g. proxy
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/18 between terminal devices

Abstract

Embodiments of the disclosure set forth methods for sharing data in a wireless network. Some example methods include storing in a database a content related information associated with a first mobile device, receiving a request for the content related information from a second mobile device, searching the database for the content related information, and transmitting a search result to the second mobile device to enable the transfer of content between the first mobile device and the second mobile device.

Claims

1. A method for a direct device-to-device communication in a wireless communication network, the method comprising:

receiving, by a stationary device, a first set of information associated with a first mobile device, wherein the first set of information includes identification information of the first mobile device to enable discovery of the first mobile device by a second mobile device;

after receiving the first set of information, transmitting, by the stationary device, a query for state information associated with the first mobile device;

receiving, by the stationary device, a response to the query, wherein the response to the query includes the state information associated with the first mobile device;

receiving, by the stationary device, a request that is transmitted by the second mobile device;

in response to the request, transmitting, by the stationary device to the second mobile device, a second set of information,

wherein the second set of information is based on the state information associated with the first mobile device,

wherein the second set of information includes location information of the first mobile device, and

wherein the location information is usable by the second mobile device to determine whether to establish a direct device-to-device communication between the first mobile device and the second mobile device based on a proximity of the first mobile device to the second mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless communication network includes a long term evolution (LTE) network.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless communication network includes a Wi-Fi network.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the second set of information includes transmitting identification information of a stationary device that currently provides wireless coverage to the first mobile device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the query includes transmitting the query periodically.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the request received by the stationary device includes a request for content that is available with the first mobile device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to receiving the first set of information, transmitting, by the stationary device, a third set of information indicative of a number of direct device-to-device communication peers established for the first mobile device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the stationary device manages the enablement of the discovery of the first mobile device by the second mobile device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the direct device-to-device communication between the first mobile device and the second mobile device is established when a distance between the first mobile device and the second mobile device is less than a particular threshold value.

10. A stationary device configured to manage direct device-to-device communication in a wireless communication network, the stationary device comprising:

a memory operable to store instructions; and

a processor, operatively coupled to the memory, configured to execute the instructions stored in the memory, wherein the instructions, in response to execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform or control performance of operations comprising;

identify a first set of information associated with a first mobile device, wherein the first set of information includes identification information of the first mobile device to enable discovery of the first mobile device by a second mobile device;

after identification of the first set of information, send a query for state information associated with the first mobile device;

identify a response to the query, wherein the response to the query includes the state information associated with the first mobile device;

identify a request that is transmitted by the second mobile device; and

in response to the request, send a second set of information,

wherein the second set of information is based on the state information associated with the first mobile device,

wherein the second set of information includes location information of the first mobile device, and

wherein the location information is usable by the second mobile device to determine whether to establish a direct device-to-device communication between the first mobile device and the second mobile device based on a proximity of the first mobile device to the second mobile device.

11. The stationary device of claim 10, wherein the memory is further operable to store a database, and wherein the database stores network topology information of the wireless communication network.

12. The stationary device of claim 10, wherein the wireless communication network includes one of:

a long term evolution (LTE) network, a WiMAX network, and a Wi-Fi network.

13. The stationary device of claim 10, wherein the request transmitted by the second mobile device includes a request for content that is available with the first mobile device.

14. The stationary device of claim 10, wherein the second set of information includes identification information of a stationary device that currently provides wireless coverage to the first mobile device.

15. The stationary device of claim 10, wherein the direct device-to-device communication between the first mobile device and the second mobile device is established when a distance between the first mobile device and the second mobile device is less than a particular threshold value.

16. A method for direct device-to-device communication in a wireless network communication, the method comprising:

sending, by a first mobile device to a stationary device, a first set of information includes identification information of the first mobile device to enable discovery of the first mobile device by a second mobile device, wherein the stationary device manages the enablement of the discovery;

receiving, by the stationary device, a second set of information associated with a state of the first mobile device,

wherein the second set of information includes state information stored at a database, and

wherein the state information includes network topology information; and

transmitting, by the stationary device to the second mobile device, a search result, wherein the search result is based at least in part on the first set of information that includes the identification information of the first mobile device and on the network topology information.