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Method to provide ad hoc and password protected digital and voice networks

  • US 8,880,042 B1
  • Filed: 09/16/2013
  • Issued: 11/04/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of communicating among a group of participants/designated users each having a cell phone including a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) or smart PDA/Personal Computing (PC) device, a touch screen display, and associated Global Positioning System (GPS) and Advanced Communication Software (ACS) allowing each of said cellular phone users to exchange data through a server for establishing a network of participants to exchange or display identity, location, status, said method including establishing a private ad hoc digital network that includes an ad hoc event name for rapidly coordinating activities that eliminates the need for pre-entry data to a web or identifying others by name, E mail address or phone number comprising the steps of:

  • providing for sending a message from a first user cell phone PDA/PC to the Server by entering the Server'"'"'s Internet Protocol (IP) address and an ad hoc event name and a password onto the Server identifying said first user;

    providing the Server storing the first user'"'"'s IP address and the first user'"'"'s ad hoc event nameand a password onto the Server'"'"'s database;

    providing notification to the first user that the cell phone PDA/PC of the first user is connected to the Server;

    providing for reporting the first user'"'"'s cell phone PDA/PC GPS location and status information including cell strength and GPS and battery status to the Server;

    providing recognition at the Server other users'"'"' cell phone PDA/PC devices that sign on the Server with the same ad hoc event name and password and storing each of the other users'"'"' cell phone PDA/PC'"'"'s IP addresses;

    providing for passing cell phone users'"'"' location and status, information between all the ad hoc network users'"'"' cell phone PDA/PC devices who are signed on through the Server; and

    providing for transmitting received information that a particular cell phone ad hoc event user has addressed to another cell phone ad hoc event user by entering the other cell phone users'"'"' names or selecting other users'"'"' symbol; and

    providing for automatically establishing voice communications between all cell phone participants in the ad hoc event name digital network.

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