SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROXIMITY BASED PAIRING AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE BETWEEN MOBILE DEVICES

• US 20180098367A1
• Filed: 10/05/2016
• Published: 04/05/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Masa Pezdirc
• Original Assignee: Masa Pezdirc
• Inventors: Pezdirc, Masa
• Application Number:
  US15/286,554
• Publication Number:
  US 20180098367A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and methods for exchanging information between a plurality of mobile devices by pairing the two mobile devices based on proximity of the two mobile devices that are in ready to exchange mode within the network. The two different methods to initiate the pairing can work simultaneously or independently. One utilizes a set of actions within a specific time and the angle of the devices facing each other, as the other utilizes a unique sound and its recognition. Once paired, the server sends an information to the each of the said mobile devices.

Claims

1. A system for exchanging information between a plurality of mobile devices based on proximity of two mobile devices within a network, wherein said system comprises of a local server application, a clients'"'"' application is configured to:

identify the location of each of said plurality of mobile devices by the client applications and determine the two closely placed devices within proximity of one another;

determine availability of plurality of mobile devices closest based on specific geographic and positional angular range of each of said devices within the space through said gyroscope and/or other sensors;

determine the two devices in closest proximity of each of said plurality of mobile devices through said GPS and other location identifier techniques;

determine the readiness for exchanging information between two devices based on the two devices preforming a specific action within a specific time frame;

determine the readiness for exchanging information between two devices based on the angle of the two devices facing each other;

pair the two devices based on the proximity, action within a time frame and the angle of the devices within a space;

establish a connection between two devices, that are paired, for exchanging information;

initiate information exchange between the two mobile devices, which are paired.

3. The system as claimed in claims 1 and 2, wherein said system allows a user to register with the client application installed on each of said plurality of mobile devices.

4. The system as claimed in claims 1 and 2, wherein more than 2 devices may be paired at once if criteria set forth above is set forth and initiator approves.

5. The system as claimed in claims 1 and 2, wherein said system is configured to identify the location of each of said plurality of mobile device, using a global positioning system (GPS) along with the other location identifier techniques.

6. The system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the location determined for each of said plurality of mobile devices is shared with the server application within the network.

7. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the position determined (gyroscope) for each of said plurality of mobile devices within the limited time frame, is shared with the server application to exclude any devices that are not in the desired position.

8. The system as claimed in claim 1 and 2, wherein the readiness for exchange is determined (special screen mode) for each of said plurality of mobile devices within the limited time frame when shared with the server application to exclude any other devices that are not in the desired ready to exchange mode.

9. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the proximity is determined (proximity sensor) for each of said plurality of mobile devices within the limited time frame when shared with the server application to exclude any devices that are not within proximity.

10. The system as claimed in claims 1 and 2, wherein the two paired mobile devices may be notified by vibrate or sound initiated by the server application

12. The system as claimed in claims 1 and 2, where said server application initiates the information transfer.

13. The system as claimed in claims 1 and 2, wherein exchanging information through the client application comprises of sharing information, location details, and the exact time associated with the moment when the exchange happened.

14. The methods 1 and 2 as claimed in claim 12, wherein the method takes a snap shot of the location using a global positioning system (GPS) along with the time determined by Universal Time Coordination (UTC) format at the time when the exchange happened.

15. The methods 1 and 2 as claimed in claim 12, wherein the system within the application provides a search engine where the information that was exchanged can be accessed and found by entering the time, location, or the name of the exchanged information.

2. A system for exchanging information between a plurality of mobile devices based on proximity of two mobile devices within a network, wherein said system comprises of a local server application, a clients'"'"' application is configured to:

identify the devices closest within proximity and determine the location of each of said plurality of mobile devices by the client applications;

pair the two devices in the proximity of each of said plurality of mobile devices that the system has identified, based on the unique sound that the devices make that is identified and detected through said gyroscope sensor which acts as a microphone.

11. The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the two paired mobile devices may perform an action for sharing with the server application.