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Mobile ad hoc networking

  • US 9,037,653 B2
  • Filed: 12/09/2011
  • Issued: 05/19/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, from a first-user mobile device associated with a first user, a first message, the first message received via a mobile network by a second-user mobile device associated with a second user, the first message comprising;

    a first-user identifier corresponding to the first user of the first-user mobile device, wherein the first-user identifier corresponds to a first-user account of the first user at a social-networking site; and

    a public encryption key allowing the second-user mobile device within direct radio communication of the first-user mobile device to use the public key to access relevant information associated with the first-user account from the social-networking site;

    using, by the second-user mobile device, the public encryption key to access relevant information associated with the first-user account of the social networking site;

    receiving, by the second-user mobile device, the relevant information associated with the first-user account from the social networking site;

    transmitting, to the first mobile device, a second message comprising a second-user identifier corresponding to the second-user mobile device and a second-user account of the second user in the social-networking site;

    establishing a mobile ad hoc network between the first-user mobile device and the second user-mobile device, the mobile ad hoc network being configured to provide a fall-back when the mobile network is unavailable; and

    when the mobile network is unavailable, then receiving, by the second-user mobile device, via the mobile ad hoc network, one or more third messages from the first-user mobile device.

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