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Device and method for clustering a plurality of users in a mobile network

  • US 8,520,551 B2
  • Filed: 08/20/2004
  • Issued: 08/27/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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