Method, system and devices for creating spontaneous electronic information propagation and retrieval

• US 20060088042A1
• Filed: 10/17/2005
• Published: 04/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Eran Shoham, Nimrod Borosh, Yaakov Ostrover
• Original Assignee: Nimrod Borosh El Al.
• Inventors: Ostrover, Yaakov, Shoham, Eran
• Application Number:
  US11/250,437
• Publication Number:
  US 20060088042A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/401
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/26 Special purpose or proprietary protocols or architectures network applications for proprietary or special purpose networking environments H04L67/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

A system and method for spontaneous electronic information propagation and retrieval. The system comprises a plurality of devices operative to propagate information and to autonomously recognize and analyze the information; and a propagation mechanism that includes a special communication protocol (SCP). The SCP and the autonomous recognition and analysis of the information render the system free of any device recognition, registration or administration and free of a network coordinator or any device management element that operates as a mandatory condition for enabling the communication.

Claims

1. A method for creating spontaneous electronic information propagation and retrieval comprising the steps of:

a. by a first device, sending electronic information using a special communications protocol (SCP);

b. in at least one second device, receiving the electronic information;

c. in each second device in which the information was received, recognizing and analyzing the electronic information autonomously using the SCP , thereby obtaining autonomous analysis results; and

d. by each second device, performing at least one action in response to the autonomous analysis results;

whereby the SPC and the autonomous recognition and analysis of the information render the electronic information propagation and retrieval free of any need for device recognition, registration or administration and whereby the method is performed without including actions by a network coordinator.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of recognizing and analyzing the electronic information autonomously includes analyzing the information independently of an action selected from the group consisting of controlled device management, device recognition, network routing and network control.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of recognizing and analyzing the electronic information autonomously includes checking if the information already exists in the second device, and wherein the step of performing includes performing an operation selected from the group consisting of processing the information, storing the information, displaying the information and a combination thereof if the information already exists in the second device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of recognizing and analyzing the electronic information autonomously includes checking if the information already exists in the second device, and, if no, further checking if the information includes at least one matching parameter matching an internal parameter of the second device in which the information was received.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein, if an ID parameter match is found, the step of performing at least one action includes, by the second device, sending an appropriate message reflecting the match.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising the step of receiving the appropriate message in the first device.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein, if a match is not found, the step of performing at least one action includes, by the second device, sending the electronic information as is using the simplified communications protocol and wherein the method further includes:

e. in at least one third device, receiving the electronic information;

f. in each third device in which the information was received, recognizing and analyzing the electronic information autonomously, thereby obtaining autonomous analysis results; and

g. by each third device, performing at least one action in response to the autonomous analysis results.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the checking if the information includes at least one matching parameter includes checking if the information includes a parameter selected from the group consisting of identification (ID) parameters, informative content parameters and hierarchical identification parameters.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein an ID parameter is selected from the group consisting of a single unique ID and a group ID.

10. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of recognizing and analyzing the electronic information autonomously includes providing in each device a functionality operative to carry parameters, rules and criteria that determine the way in which received and sent information is searched, matched and manipulated.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the providing in each device a functionality operative to carry parameters, rules and criteria includes providing rules and criteria selected from the group consisting of information filtering rules and sending permission rules.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the rules and criteria are selected from the group consisting of search engines filter rules and criteria, e-mail filter rules and criteria and firewall application rules and criteria.

13. The method of claim 7, wherein the steps performed by each first, second and third devices are repeated by respectively at least one N^th, (N+1)^th and (N+2)^th device, wherein N is an integer ≧

4.

14. A method for creating spontaneous electronic information propagation and retrieval comprising the steps of:

a. providing a plurality of devices, each device operative to perform autonomous data creation, recognition, analysis and communication; and

b. propagating the electronic information from device to device, wherein each device is free of any awareness of the presence of other devices while performing the propagation.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the step of propagating the electronic information from device to device wherein each device is free of any awareness of the presence of other devices while performing the propagation includes propagating the electronic information from device to device wherein each device is free of recognition of and by any other device.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the step of propagating the electronic information from device to device wherein each device is free of any awareness of the presence of other devices while performing the propagation includes propagating the electronic information wherein each device is free of registration with a communications network and free of management by the communications network.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the propagating the electronic information wherein each device is free of registration with a communications network and free of management by the communications network includes propagation free of use, by the communications network, of routing tables, routing lists and device recognition.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the step of propagating the electronic information includes using a special communication protocol (SCP) that comprises solely a physical layer, a data link layer and a transport layer.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the using a SCP that comprises solely a physical layer, a data link layer and a transport layer includes using a simplified communication protocol.

20. A system for spontaneous electronic information propagation and retrieval comprising:

a. a plurality of devices, each operative to autonomously recognize and analyze sent and received electronic information; and

b. a propagation mechanism operative to propagate the electronic information from device to device, wherein each device is free of any awareness of the presence of other devices.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the propagation mechanism includes a special communication protocol (SCP) comprising solely a physical layer, a data link layer and a transport layer,

whereby the SPC and the autonomous recognition and analysis of the information render the system free of any device recognition, registration or administration and whereby the system is free of a network coordinator or any device management element that operates as a mandatory condition for enabling the communication

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the SCP is a simplified communication protocol.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein each device includes an autonomous recognition mechanism operative to perform the autonomous recognition and analysis.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein at least one device includes a data send module for sending the electronic information and wherein at least one device includes a data receive module for receiving the electronic information.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein at least one device includes a data send and receive module for both sending and receiving the electronic information.

26. The system of claim 21, wherein the propagation mechanism includes a wireless communication mechanism, and wherein each device is operative to at least send or receive the electronic information using wireless communications.

27. The system of claim 21, wherein the propagation mechanism is operative to perform 1:

1 communication, group communication and information retrieval,

whereby each device can communicate with other devices without the system having to establish any path or handshake as part of the communication process.

28. The system of claim 21, wherein a device is selected from the group consisting of a computer, a personal digital assistant, a mobile phone, a smart phone having computer capabilities, a smart object, a smart watch, a games console, a bio-chip, a chemo-chip, a wireless sensor node, a dedicated device and a combination thereof.

29. The system of claim 21, wherein the electronic information includes data selected from the group consisting of digital data, analog data and a combination thereof.