Device and method for clustering a plurality of users in a mobile network
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1. A method for clustering a plurality of users in a mobile network, comprising:
- assigning each user a specific profile containing data about said user and at least one constraint;
performing a direct data interchange between at least two users as soon as they are in a specified communication zone; and
clustering users within the same communication zone, based on the data and constraints of their profiles, each cluster having an initiator and one or more other users, the initiator being the only user in each cluster that is permitted to send the first communication within the respective user cluster;
wherein the initiator is selected by an active selection algorithm or a passive selection algorithm.
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Abstract
A method clusters a plurality of users in a mobile network, according to a specific profile. Data regarding the user is allocated to each user. Data is immediately exchanged between at least two users as soon as said users are located in a predefined communication range in order to spot users with profiles having a given content.
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1. A method for clustering a plurality of users in a mobile network, comprising:
- assigning each user a specific profile containing data about said user and at least one constraint;
performing a direct data interchange between at least two users as soon as they are in a specified communication zone; and
clustering users within the same communication zone, based on the data and constraints of their profiles, each cluster having an initiator and one or more other users, the initiator being the only user in each cluster that is permitted to send the first communication within the respective user cluster;
wherein the initiator is selected by an active selection algorithm or a passive selection algorithm. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
- assigning each user a specific profile containing data about said user and at least one constraint;
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17. A device for clustering a plurality of users in mobile networks, wherein each user is assigned a specific profile containing profile data and at least one constraint, data exchange taking place directly between at least two users as soon as they are in a specified communication zone in order to find users with profiles of a specified content, taking the constraints into account, in the specified communication zone, each cluster having an initiator and one or more other users, the initiator being the only user in each cluster that is permitted to send the first communication within the respective user cluster;
- wherein the initiator is selected by an active selection algorithm or a passive selection algorithm.
- View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for clustering a plurality of users in a mobile network, comprising:
- specifying attributes of desirable users, the attributes being specified at an initiator mobile terminal in an ad hoc communication network;
searching, by the initiator mobile terminal, for users having the attributes specified by the initiator user by performing a direct data interchange between the initiator mobile terminal and each of a plurality of users in the mobile network, the initiator mobile terminal being the only user in the ad hoc communication network that is permitted to send the first communication;
clustering together users having the attributes specified by the initiator mobile terminal, to thereby form a user cluster; and
providing the users of the user cluster with information regarding other users within the same cluster;
wherein the initiator is selected by an active selection algorithm or a passive selection algorithm.
- specifying attributes of desirable users, the attributes being specified at an initiator mobile terminal in an ad hoc communication network;
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26. A computer readable medium storing a computer program to execute a method for clustering a plurality of users in a mobile network, the method comprising:
- assigning each user a specific profile containing data about said user and at least one constraint;
performing a direct data interchange between at least two users as soon as they are in a specified communication zone;
clustering users within the same communication zone, based on the data and constraints of their profiles, each cluster having an initiator and one or more other users, the initiator being the only user in each cluster that is permitted to send the first communication within the respective user cluster; and
assigning each user a specific profile containing data about said user and at least one constraint;
wherein the initiator is selected by an active selection algorithm or a passive selection algorithm.
- assigning each user a specific profile containing data about said user and at least one constraint;
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