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1. A method for transferring data from an originating device to a destination device, the method comprising:
- transmitting data from the originating device to a first intermediate device, wherein the originating device and the first intermediate device are both communicating with one another in a first ad hoc network, and neither the originating device or the first intermediate device are directly coupled to a fixed communications network;
transmitting the data from the first intermediate device to a second intermediate device, wherein;
the first and second intermediate devices are both communicating with one another in a second ad hoc network, neither the first or second intermediate devices are directly coupled to a fixed communication network, the originating device is not a member of the second ad hoc network, and the first intermediate device has terminated a session with the first ad hoc network;
transmitting the data from the second intermediate device to a gateway device coupled to a wired network connection, wherein;
the second intermediate device and gateway device are both communicating with one another in a third ad hoc network, the originating device and the first intermediate device are not members of the third ad hoc network, the second intermediate device has terminated a session with the second ad hoc network; and
transmitting the data to a destination device from the gateway device over the wired network connection.
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Abstract
A communication device communicates with an originating device during an originating session and receives originating data from the originating device over a wireless communication link and then communicates with a receiving device during a receiving session and sends the originating data to the receiving device over a wireless communication link, such that the originating session and the receiving session occur at different times, and at least one of the sessions is an ad hoc communication session.
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1. A method for transferring data from an originating device to a destination device, the method comprising:
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transmitting data from the originating device to a first intermediate device, wherein the originating device and the first intermediate device are both communicating with one another in a first ad hoc network, and neither the originating device or the first intermediate device are directly coupled to a fixed communications network; transmitting the data from the first intermediate device to a second intermediate device, wherein;
the first and second intermediate devices are both communicating with one another in a second ad hoc network, neither the first or second intermediate devices are directly coupled to a fixed communication network, the originating device is not a member of the second ad hoc network, and the first intermediate device has terminated a session with the first ad hoc network;transmitting the data from the second intermediate device to a gateway device coupled to a wired network connection, wherein;
the second intermediate device and gateway device are both communicating with one another in a third ad hoc network, the originating device and the first intermediate device are not members of the third ad hoc network, the second intermediate device has terminated a session with the second ad hoc network; andtransmitting the data to a destination device from the gateway device over the wired network connection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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