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Health-related opportunistic networking

  • US 8,260,272 B2
  • Filed: 09/01/2011
  • Issued: 09/04/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method comprising:

  • establishing an opportunistic networking infrastructure by occasional or periodic interconnection of a plurality of mobile devices;

    receiving data at an origin device to be delivered to a target entity on a mobile device;

    aggregating the data on the origin device;

    determining whether capacity is still available to capture additional information bound for the target entity;

    upon determining that capacity is still available, capturing, on the origin device, additional information from at least one other proximate device;

    determining priority of transmission based on an analysis of a content of the data;

    identifying a communication path through the opportunistic networking infrastructure as a function of the priority; and

    based on an occurrence of an opportunity to transmit the data, transferring the data and the additional information to the target entity by way of the communication path.

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