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Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Establishing an Impromptu Network

  • US 20120240042A1
  • Filed: 03/31/2011
  • Published: 09/20/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electronic device, comprising:

  • a display;

    a touch-sensitive surface;

    one or more processors;

    memory; and

    one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for;

    receiving a network-initiation input from a user;

    in response to receiving the network-initiation input from the user, opening a network connection time window for establishing one or more network connections with a plurality of candidate devices within a predefined network range of the electronic device, the network connection time window having a predefined expiration time;

    receiving, while the network connection time window is open, one or more respective requests to form a network connection sent from one or more respective responding devices in the plurality of candidate devices within the predefined network range; and

    in response to receiving a respective request from a respective responding device within the predefined network range while the network connection time window is open, establishing a respective network connection with the respective responding device.

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