Group application for group formation and management
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1. An electronic device comprising:
- a communication section for communicating with another device;
a controller for controlling operation of the electronic device; and
a group application, coupled to the controller and the communication section, for providing communication between a user of the group application and members of a group of users each having a group application, comprising membership list management means for interacting directly with other group applications without user intervention to maintain an accurate local membership list of all group members at each member group application by sending a message to all the members listed in the local membership list, the message comprising information for at least one of (a) deleting a member from a membership list and (b) adding a member to a membership list.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a group application for group formation and management, in particular in a wireless environment. The present invention provides a group application in which a membership list of a group is kept updated automatically by communications between the group applications of the group. The group application handles all the complexity involved in setting up a group and maintaining a membership list for the group, without user intervention. Advantageously, the group application is implemented as a software agent. The invention also relates to an electronic device having a group application or software agent of the invention loaded therein.
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17 Claims
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1. An electronic device comprising:
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a communication section for communicating with another device; a controller for controlling operation of the electronic device; and a group application, coupled to the controller and the communication section, for providing communication between a user of the group application and members of a group of users each having a group application, comprising membership list management means for interacting directly with other group applications without user intervention to maintain an accurate local membership list of all group members at each member group application by sending a message to all the members listed in the local membership list, the message comprising information for at least one of (a) deleting a member from a membership list and (b) adding a member to a membership list. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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