Method and system for establishing a communication network

• US 20060141941A1
• Filed: 02/14/2006
• Published: 06/29/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Carolyn A. Zacks, Dan Harel, Douglas B. Beaudet, Frank Marino, Joseph A. Manico, Michael J. Telek
• Original Assignee: Carolyn A. Zacks, Dan Harel, Douglas B. Beaudet, Frank Marino, Joseph A. Manico, Michael J. Telek
• Inventors: Telek, Michael J., Manico, Joseph A., Beaudet, Douglas B., Marino, Frank, Zacks, Carolyn A., Harel, Dan
• Application Number:
  US11/353,496
• Publication Number:
  US 20060141941A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/18 between terminal devices

Abstract

A communication device is provided having a transceiver adapted to send and receive wireless communication signals and a contact surface. A contact circuit is adapted to detect contact of another communication device with said contact surface. A controller is adapted to enable communication only between the communication device and detected communication devices.

Claims

1. A communication device comprising:

a transceiver adapted to send and receive wireless communication signals;

a contact surface;

a contact circuit adapted to detect physical contact of another communication device with said contact surface; and

a controller adapted to enable wireless communication only between the communication device and detected communication devices.