Methods and systems for proximity communication
First Claim
1. A proximity communication device (“
- PCD”
) comprising;
a locator to determine the geographic location of said PCD; and
a wireless transceiver for exchanging information between said PCD and other PCDs wherein the information exchanged includes location information of all PCDs and wherein the information exchanged further includes user data,wherein said PCD is adapted to initially establish a peer-to-peer connection with another identified PCD, wherein said another identified PCD is selected by a user of the PCD based on the location information of said another identified PCD, andwherein said PCD is adapted to communicate with said other PCDs by synchronizing exchanges using one or more synchronization channels transmitted through the wireless transceiver such that synchronization information derived from one or more timing sources is transmitted on the one or more synchronization channels.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for proximity based communication between users of proximity communication devices (“PCDs”). A localized communication network is established by peer-to-peer communication between PCDs. Each PCD communicates with other PCDs in a wireless, localized, peer-to-peer network structure. Each PCD is identified to other PCDs in its own localized area by its geographical position and/or other attributes. A user may therefore establish communications with another user based upon the other user'"'"'s proximity to the first user'"'"'s PCD or other attributes rather than by a fixed ID code such as a phone number or address. The PCDs may share multiple synchronization channels derived from multiple timing sources and may select among the synchronization channels when establishing a connection. The PCDs may provide a user interface to permit filtering of display of PCDs in the proximity of communication and may also provide multi-player video gaming through the proximity communication features hereof.
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19 Claims
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1. A proximity communication device (“
- PCD”
) comprising;a locator to determine the geographic location of said PCD; and a wireless transceiver for exchanging information between said PCD and other PCDs wherein the information exchanged includes location information of all PCDs and wherein the information exchanged further includes user data, wherein said PCD is adapted to initially establish a peer-to-peer connection with another identified PCD, wherein said another identified PCD is selected by a user of the PCD based on the location information of said another identified PCD, and wherein said PCD is adapted to communicate with said other PCDs by synchronizing exchanges using one or more synchronization channels transmitted through the wireless transceiver such that synchronization information derived from one or more timing sources is transmitted on the one or more synchronization channels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
- PCD”
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8. A system comprising:
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a plurality of proximity communication devices (“
PCDs”
), each PCD further comprising;a locator to determine the geographic location of said PCD; and a wireless transceiver for exchanging information between said PCD and other PCDs wherein the information exchanged includes location information of all PCDs and wherein the information exchanged further includes user data, wherein each PCD of the plurality of PCDs is adapted to initially establish a peer-to-peer connection with another identified PCD of the plurality of PCDs, wherein said another identified PCD is selected by a user of said each PCD based on the location information of said another identified PCD, and wherein said each PCD shares multiple synchronization channels to exchange synchronization information with other PCDs of the plurality of PCDs based on multiple timing sources, wherein said each PCD is adapted to communicate with said other PCDs by synchronizing exchanges using one or more synchronization channels transmitted through the wireless transceiver such that synchronization information derived from one or more timing sources is transmitted on the one or more synchronization channels. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for proximity based communication comprising:
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establishing multiple synchronization channels for use among a plurality of proximity communication devices (“
PCDs”
) using wireless communication;displaying the relative position of the other PCDs on a display screen of a first PCD of the plurality of PCDs; selecting a second PCD from the displayed other PCDs based on location information relating to the proximity of the second PCD relative to the first PCD; selecting one of the multiple synchronization channels for use in communications between the first PCD and the second PCD; and initially establishing at least one call connection between the first PCD and the second PCD wherein the call connection is synchronized utilizing the selected synchronization channel. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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