Device and system for selective wireless communication with contact list memory
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1. A wireless communication device comprising:
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(b) a contact list memory for storing a contact list that includes at least one contact name;
(c) a mechanism for defining a neighborhood of the wireless communication device;
(d) a contact name indication mechanism for indicating which of said at least one contact name is associated with a respective said other wireless device located within said neighborhood; and
(e) a mechanism for setting up a piconet that includes the wireless communication device and said respective other wireless device that is located within said neighborhood.
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Abstract
Methods, devices and systems for wireless communication. A device user defines a list of contacts and receives a collective indication of which contacts are located within a neighborhood of the device. The neighborhood is defined at the device, for example by the device itself or by the user. A plurality of device users define respective user profiles including user attributes. One of the users defines a target attribute, and receives an indication of which other users that have that attribute have devices in the first user'"'"'s neighborhood. The devices communicate among themselves either indirectly, for example via cellular base stations, or directly.
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1. A wireless communication device comprising:
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(a) a transceiver for communicating with other wireless devices; (b) a contact list memory for storing a contact list that includes at least one contact name; (c) a mechanism for defining a neighborhood of the wireless communication device; (d) a contact name indication mechanism for indicating which of said at least one contact name is associated with a respective said other wireless device located within said neighborhood; and (e) a mechanism for setting up a piconet that includes the wireless communication device and said respective other wireless device that is located within said neighborhood.
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2. A system for wireless communication, comprising:
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(a) a plurality of wireless communication devices, each said wireless communication device including; (i) a transceiver for communicating with other wireless devices, (ii) a contact list memory for storing a contact list that includes at least one respective contact name; (iii) a mechanism for defining a neighborhood of said each wireless communication device, and (iv) a mechanism for indicating which of said at least one respective contact name is associated with a respective said other wireless device located within said neighborhood; and (b) at least one base station for managing wireless communication among said wireless communication devices. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5)
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6. A wireless communication device, comprising:
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(a) a transceiver for communicating with other wireless devices; (b) a contact list memory for storing a contact list that includes at least one contact name, wherein with at least one said at least one contact name is associated at least one respective attribute; (c) a mechanism for defining a neighborhood of the wireless communication device; (d) a contact name indication mechanism for indicating which of at least one contact name is associated with a respective said other wireless device located within said neighborhood; and (e) a mechanism for defining a target attribute; and wherein said mechanism for indicating which of said at least one contact name is associated with said respective other wireless device, that is located within said neighborhood, also indicates, for each said contact name with which is associated said at least one respective attribute, whether said target attribute is among said at least one respective attribute that is associated with said at least one contact name. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. A system for wireless communication, comprising:
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(a) a plurality of wireless communication devices, each said wireless communication device including; (i) a transceiver for communicating with other wireless devices, (ii) a contact list memory for storing a contact list that includes at least one respective contact name, (iii) a mechanism for defining a neighborhood of said each wireless communication device, and (iv) a mechanism for indicating which of said at least one respective contact name is associated with a respective said other wireless device located within said neighborhood; and (b) at least one user profile memory for storing, for each said wireless communication device, a respective user profile; wherein at least one said user profile includes at least one respective user attribute; and
wherein, for each said wireless communication device;
if said respective other wireless device is another of said plurality of wireless communication devices, and if said respective user profile of said respective other wireless device includes said at least one respective user attribute;
then said mechanism, of said each wireless communication device, for indicating which of said at least one contact name is associated with said other wireless communication device, indicates whether said target attribute is among said at least one respective user attribute of said respective user profile of said respective other wireless communication device.- View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for wireless communication, comprising:
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(a) a plurality of wireless communication devices, each said wireless communication device including; (i) a transceiver for communicating with other wireless devices, (ii) a mechanism for defining a neighborhood of said each wireless communication device, (iii) a mechanism for defining a target attribute, and (iv) a display mechanism for indicating whether a respective said other wireless device, of a user who has said target attribute, is located within said neighborhood; and (b) at least one base station for managing wireless communication among said wireless communication devices. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A system for wireless communication, comprising:
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(a) a plurality of wireless communication devices, each said wireless communication device including; (i) a transceiver for communicating with other wireless devices, (ii) a mechanism for defining a neighborhood of said each wireless communication device, (iii) a mechanism for defining a target attribute, and (iv) a display mechanism for indicating whether a respective said other wireless device, of a user who has said target attribute, is located within said neighborhood; and (b) at least one user profile memory for storing, for each said wireless communication device, a respective user profile; wherein at least one said user profile includes at least one respective user attribute; and
wherein, for each said wireless communication device;
if said respective other wireless device is another of said plurality of wireless communication devices, and if said respective user profile of said respective other wireless device includes said at least one respective user attribute;
then said display mechanism of said each wireless communication device indicates that said respective other wireless device is located within said neighborhood if said target attribute is among said at least one respective user attribute of said respective user profile of said respective other wireless communication device.- View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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