Initializing Relationships Between Devices In A Network

• US 20090150492A1
• Filed: 12/08/2008
• Published: 06/11/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Andrew M. Prohel, Elizabeth Coppinger, Himgan Wibisono, Ippei Tambata, Jeff Liu, Michael Hoch, Michael S. Harwayne, Philip Mckay, Ravi Gauba, Rodger Lea, Sidney Wang
• Original Assignee: Andrew M. Prohel, Elizabeth Coppinger, Himgan Wibisono, Ippei Tambata, Jeff Liu, Michael Hoch, Michael S. Harwayne, Philip Mckay, Ravi Gauba, Rodger Lea, Sidney Wang
• Inventors: McKay, Philip, Wibisono, Himgan, Hoch, Michael, Gauba, Ravi, Lea, Rodger, Harwayne, Michael S., Liu, Jeff, Wang, Sidney, Tambata, Ippei, Coppinger, Elizabeth, Prohel, Andrew M.
• Granted Patent: US 7,853,650 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1854 with non-centralised forwarding system, e.g. chaincast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/131 Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

A relationship initiation between devices in a network is described. According to one embodiment, persona information is exchanged between devices in a network. Based upon the persona information, a user of a device may initiate a relationship with another device.

Claims

1. A computerized method:

communicating persona information associated with a first user from a first device to a second device on a network;

receiving persona information associated with a second user of the second device; and

initiating a relationship between the first and second devices based on the persona information associated with the second user.