Wireless communication system and method for facilitating wireless communication
First Claim
1. A wireless communication system comprising a main wireless infrastructure using a plurality of agent'"'"'s devices, each agent'"'"'s device comprising communication means for communicating with other agent'"'"'s devices within the main wireless infrastructure and means for storing a local database of acquaintances which keeps a history of previous interactions with other agent'"'"'s devices with the names of the other agents and the levels of acquaintances,wherein, in the database of acquaintances, the agents are distributed among a total of three to six levels of acquaintances, andwherein, in the database of acquaintances of a defined agent, the level 0 of acquaintances comprises level 0 agents with whom interaction was initiated via direct contact with said defined agent, the level 1 of acquaintances comprises level 1 agents with whom there has not been direct contact with said defined agent, but who have been introduced to said defined agent by a level 0 agent, the level 2 of acquaintances comprises level 2 agents who have been introduced to said defined agent by a level 1 agent, and so on, the trust decreasing from level 0 of acquaintances to the level N of acquaintances, N being comprised between 2 and 5.
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Abstract
In a system and method for facilitating wireless communication between agents in a wireless network, each agent is equipped with an agent'"'"'s device (10a, 10b) using a main wireless infrastructure (2) and a separate auxiliary wireless infrastructure (1). Initial contact between any first agent'"'"'s device (10a) and any other agent'"'"'s device (10b) is made within the auxiliary wireless infrastructure, whereas, once this initial contact has been established, all ensuing communications between the first agent'"'"'s device (10a) and the other agent'"'"'s device (10b) take place within the main wireless infrastructure.
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1. A wireless communication system comprising a main wireless infrastructure using a plurality of agent'"'"'s devices, each agent'"'"'s device comprising communication means for communicating with other agent'"'"'s devices within the main wireless infrastructure and means for storing a local database of acquaintances which keeps a history of previous interactions with other agent'"'"'s devices with the names of the other agents and the levels of acquaintances,
wherein, in the database of acquaintances, the agents are distributed among a total of three to six levels of acquaintances, and wherein, in the database of acquaintances of a defined agent, the level 0 of acquaintances comprises level 0 agents with whom interaction was initiated via direct contact with said defined agent, the level 1 of acquaintances comprises level 1 agents with whom there has not been direct contact with said defined agent, but who have been introduced to said defined agent by a level 0 agent, the level 2 of acquaintances comprises level 2 agents who have been introduced to said defined agent by a level 1 agent, and so on, the trust decreasing from level 0 of acquaintances to the level N of acquaintances, N being comprised between 2 and 5.
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3. A computer readable medium having computer-executable instructions for an agent'"'"'s device of a communication network which is put into communication with a first other agent'"'"'s device within said communication network, said computer-executable instructions performing the steps of hierarchically discovering, in cascading series of discoveries, other agent'"'"'s devices based on acquaintances already known to said first other agent'"'"'s device,
wherein each agent'"'"'s device includes a local database of acquaintances which keeps a history of previous interactions with other agent'"'"'s devices with the names of the other agents and the levels of acquaintances, wherein, in the databases of acquaintances, the agents are distributed among a total of three to six levels of acquaintances, and wherein, in the database of acquaintances of a defined agent, the level 0 of acquaintances comprises level 0 agents with whom interaction was initiated via direct contact with said defined agent, the level 1 of acquaintances comprises level 1 agents with whom there has not been direct contact with said defined agent, but who have been introduced to said defined agent by a level 0 agent, the level 2 of acquaintances comprises level 2 agents who have been introduced to said defined agent by a level 1 agent, and so on, the trust decreasing from level 0 of acquaintances to the level N of acquaintances, N being comprised between 2 and 5.
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4. A method for facilitating communication between agents in a network, wherein each agent is equipped with an agent'"'"'s device using a main infrastructure, wherein a first agent'"'"'s device having been put into communication with a first other agent'"'"'s device within the main infrastructure is allowed to hierarchically discover, in cascading series of discoveries, other agent'"'"'s devices based on acquaintances already known to said first other agent'"'"'s device,
wherein each agent'"'"'s device includes a local database of acquaintances which keeps a history of previous interactions with other agent'"'"'s devices with the names of the other agents and the levels of acquaintances, wherein, in the databases of acquaintances, the agents are distributed among a total of three to six levels of acquaintances, and wherein, in the database of acquaintances of a defined agent, the level 0 of acquaintances comprises level 0 agents with whom interaction was initiated via direct contact with said defined agent, the level 1 of acquaintances comprises level 1 agents with whom there has not been direct contact with said defined agent, but who have been introduced to said defined agent by a level 0 agent, the level 2 of acquaintances comprises level 2 agents who have been introduced to said defined agent by a level 1 agent, and so on, the trust decreasing from level 0 of acquaintances to the level N of acquaintances, N being comprised between 2 and 5.
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