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Limiting message diffusion between mobile devices

  • US 20010039181A1
  • Filed: 02/28/2001
  • Published: 11/08/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of locally diffusing information for presentation to users of mobile devices, the method involving propagating the information from an originating point in messages passed from device to device by non-wired short-range communication means of the devices, the number of copies of a message in propagation initially tending to increase due to the propagation activities of the receiving devices and then dying away as the devices implement propagation limitation measures for the message, at least one device being operative to send messages multiple times with the interval between retransmissions ofthe message being dependent on how many times the same message has been received by the device either in total or during a recent period.

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