Contextually aware network announcements of people
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1. A context-sensitive data announcing device comprisingan ad hoc network interface configured to receive a plurality of announcements identifying a plurality of members of an ad hoc network;
- a database comprising information regarding each of the plurality of members;
a processor configured to extract the information regarding the plurality of members from the database using the identifying plurality of announcements and to identify members within a certain proximity; and
a user output device for outputting the information regarding the members identified to be within the certain proximity, the outputted information including an identity and employment information of a person associated with each of the plurality of members.
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Abstract
A context sensitive data announcing device includes an ad hoc network interface configured to receive one or more announcements identifying one or more members of an ad hoc network. The device includes a database which contains information regarding the one or more members of the ad hoc network. A processor is configured to extract the information regarding the one or more members from the database using the identifying announcements. The device includes an output for displaying the information regarding the one or more members.
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1. A context-sensitive data announcing device comprising
an ad hoc network interface configured to receive a plurality of announcements identifying a plurality of members of an ad hoc network; -
a database comprising information regarding each of the plurality of members;
a processor configured to extract the information regarding the plurality of members from the database using the identifying plurality of announcements and to identify members within a certain proximity; and
a user output device for outputting the information regarding the members identified to be within the certain proximity, the outputted information including an identity and employment information of a person associated with each of the plurality of members. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 26, 29, 30)
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9. A method for an announcing member of an ad hoc network to announce the presence of one or more members of the ad hoc network, the method comprising
receiving an identifying announcement from a plurality of members of the ad hoc network; -
accessing a database using the plurality of identifying announcements to retrieve information regarding each of the plurality of member of the ad hoc network from which an announcement was received;
identifying members within a certain proximity; and
outputting the information regarding the members identified to be within the certain proximity to a user output device, the outputted information including an identity and employment information of a person associated with each of the plurality of members. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 27, 31, 32)
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18. A system for identifying members of an ad hoc network, the system comprising
communicators, associated with a plurality of source members and a display member, for communicating announcements regarding the source members between the source members and the display member, a database comprising information regarding the source members; -
a processor configured to access the database using the announcements to produce accessed information and to identify members within a certain proximity; and
an output associated with the display member for outputting the accessed information regarding the source members identified to be within the certain proximity, the accessed information including an identity and employment information of a person associated with each source member. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 33, 34)
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