Wireless social networking
First Claim
1. A method of communicating using a first wireless device, the method comprising:
- joining a wireless mesh network that includes at least one wireless device configured to operate a wireless routing protocol;
discovering a group of other wireless devices configured to participate in the wireless mesh network;
identifying a network topology that indicates a location of the first wireless device in the wireless mesh network and a location of the second wireless device relative to a location of wireless routers, wherein the first wireless device, the second wireless device and the wireless routers are structured and arranged to run a wireless routing protocol;
accessing an interest metric for a second wireless device in the group of other wireless devices, wherein the interest metric is based in part on a network topology from the wireless mesh network;
relating the interest metric to an interest threshold;
determining whether relating the interest metric to the interest threshold supports enabling messaging communications between the first and second wireless devices; and
if so, enabling messaging communications to be exchanged between the first and second wireless devices.
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Abstract
A first device may communicate by joining a wireless mesh network that includes at least one wireless device configured to operate a wireless routing protocol, discovering a group of other wireless devices configured to participate in the wireless mesh network, and accessing an interest metric for a second wireless device in the group of other wireless devices. The interest metric is based in part on a network topology from the wireless mesh network. The interest metric is related to an interest threshold and it is determined whether relating the interest metric to the interest threshold supports enabling messaging communications. If so, messaging communications may be enabled.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of communicating using a first wireless device, the method comprising:
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joining a wireless mesh network that includes at least one wireless device configured to operate a wireless routing protocol; discovering a group of other wireless devices configured to participate in the wireless mesh network; identifying a network topology that indicates a location of the first wireless device in the wireless mesh network and a location of the second wireless device relative to a location of wireless routers, wherein the first wireless device, the second wireless device and the wireless routers are structured and arranged to run a wireless routing protocol; accessing an interest metric for a second wireless device in the group of other wireless devices, wherein the interest metric is based in part on a network topology from the wireless mesh network; relating the interest metric to an interest threshold; determining whether relating the interest metric to the interest threshold supports enabling messaging communications between the first and second wireless devices; and if so, enabling messaging communications to be exchanged between the first and second wireless devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system configured to communicate across a wireless network on a computer readable medium, the system comprising:
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a communications interface structured and configured to; join a wireless mesh network that includes at least one wireless device configured to operate a wireless routing protocol; discover a group of other wireless devices configured to participate in the wireless mesh network; identify a network topology that indicates a location of the first wireless device in the wireless mesh network and a location of the second wireless device relative to a location of wireless routers, wherein the first wireless device, the second wireless device and the wireless routers are structured and arranged to run a wireless routing protocol; a processor structured and configured to; access an interest metric for a second wireless device in the group of other wireless devices, wherein the interest metric is based in part on a network topology from the wireless mesh network; relate the interest metric to an interest threshold; determine whether relating the interest metric to the interest threshold supports enabling messaging communications between the first and second wireless devices; and if so, enable messaging communications to be exchanged between the first and second wireless devices. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system configured to communicate across a wireless network on a computer readable medium, the system comprising:
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means for joining a wireless mesh network that includes at least one wireless device configured to operate a wireless routing protocol; means for discovering a group of other wireless devices configured to participate in the wireless mesh network; means for identifying a network topology that indicates a location of the first wireless device in the wireless mesh network and a location of the second wireless device relative to a location of wireless routers, wherein the first wireless device, the second wireless device and the wireless routers are structured and arranged to run a wireless routing protocol; means for accessing an interest metric for a second wireless device in the group of other wireless devices, wherein the interest metric is based in part on a network topology from the wireless mesh network; means for relating the interest metric to an interest threshold; means for determining whether relating the interest metric to the interest threshold supports enabling messaging communications between the first and second wireless devices; and if so, means for enabling messaging communications to be exchanged between the first and second wireless devices.
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