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Secure Distributed Device-to-Device Network

  • US 20160261568A1
  • Filed: 03/03/2016
  • Published: 09/08/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electronic device, comprising:

  • an interface circuit configured to communicate with a group of one or more other instances of the electronic device via dynamic connections that are based on pre-established and maintained associations in a device-to-device network of a user of the electronic device, wherein the associations are maintained for longer time than the dynamic connections, andwherein a given dynamic connection between the electronic device and a given instance of the electronic device in the group is setup by the electronic device without assistance of a computer in another network, which conveys the communication between the electronic device and the given instance of the electronic device via at least a non-wireless communication technique;

    memory; and

    a control mechanism, coupled to the interface circuit and the memory, configured to;

    receive content from the user,accessing an encryption key associated with the user that is stored in the memory;

    generate a message based on the content, wherein generating the message involves encrypting the content based on the encryption key; and

    provide, via the interface circuit, the message to at least a second instance of the electronic device in the group at a location specified by one of the associations, wherein the second instance of the electronic device is associated with a second user in the device-to-device network.

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