Establishing a collaborative domain among communication terminals responsive to authentication
First Claim
1. A method of establishing a collaborative domain among a plurality of communication terminals:
- at a first communication terminal carrying out an authentication process for a second communication terminal by communicating with the second communication terminal through at least one intervening base station transceiver to receive personal information therefrom that is defined within the second communication terminal, and authenticating the second communication terminal in response to the received personal information and in response to determining that the second communication terminal is within a defined geographic range of the first communication terminal when the first communication terminal can sense the presence of the second communication terminal through an attempted establishment of a direct point-to-point communication interface between the first and second communication terminals; and
enabling communication of user and/or program information, which is unrelated to authentication, between at least the first and second communication terminals in response to the authentication by the first communication terminal.
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Abstract
A method of establishing a collaborative domain among a plurality of communication terminals can include having a communication terminal authenticate one or more other communication terminals based on personal information, which can be stored on a removable memory card in the other terminals, and/or based on the geographic location of the other terminals. A first communication terminal can determine the geographic location of a second communication terminal and can authenticate the second communication terminal in response to both the determined geographic location and personal information defined in the second communication terminal. In response to the authentication by the first communication terminal, communication of user and/or program information, which is unrelated to authentication, is allowed between at least the first and second communication terminals.
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14 Claims
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1. A method of establishing a collaborative domain among a plurality of communication terminals:
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at a first communication terminal carrying out an authentication process for a second communication terminal by communicating with the second communication terminal through at least one intervening base station transceiver to receive personal information therefrom that is defined within the second communication terminal, and authenticating the second communication terminal in response to the received personal information and in response to determining that the second communication terminal is within a defined geographic range of the first communication terminal when the first communication terminal can sense the presence of the second communication terminal through an attempted establishment of a direct point-to-point communication interface between the first and second communication terminals; and enabling communication of user and/or program information, which is unrelated to authentication, between at least the first and second communication terminals in response to the authentication by the first communication terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of establishing a collaborative domain among a plurality of communication terminals:
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reading personal information from a removable memory card in the first communication terminal; communicating the personal information from the first communication terminal to the second communication terminal through at least one intervening base station transceiver; at the second communication terminal, authenticating the first communication terminal in response to the personal information received from the first communication terminal through the intervening base station transceiver and in response to determining that the first communication terminal is within a defined geographic range of the second communication terminal when the second communication terminal can sense the presence of the first communication terminal through an attempted establishment of a direct point-to-point communication interface between the first and second communication terminals; reading personal information from a removable memory card in the second communication terminal; communicating the personal information from the second communication terminal to the first communication terminal through the intervening base station transceiver; at the first communication terminal, authenticating the second communication terminal in response to the personal information received from the second communication terminal through the intervening base station transceiver and in response to determining that the second communication terminal is within a defined geographic range of the first communication terminal when the first communication terminal can sense the presence of the second communication terminal through an attempted establishment of a direct point-to-point communication interface between the first and second communication terminals; and enabling communication of user and/or program information, which is unrelated to authentication, between at least the first and second communication terminals in response to the authentication by the first and second communication terminals. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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