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Method and apparatus for providing a colloborative reply over an ad-hoc mesh network

  • US 10,552,867 B2
  • Filed: 06/12/2018
  • Issued: 02/04/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • broadcasting a query message from a wireless node that comprises an application, wherein the application is based on awareness information;

    receiving a reply message to the application of the wireless node from a neighboring wireless node positioned at a physical location, wherein the reply message comprises location information of the neighboring wireless node;

    displaying the reply message in the wireless node based on the received location information and an associated context of the wireless node,wherein the wireless node is a wireless device of a user,wherein the wireless node and the neighboring wireless node communicate with each other via the query message broadcast as a flooding message from the wireless node and the reply message received by the application of the wireless node from the neighboring wireless node,wherein the reply message relates to the application of the wireless node and is processed by the application, andwherein information relevant to the user is displayed in the wireless node based on the processed reply message that relates to the query message of the application of the wireless node;

    displaying different information in the wireless node based on time and a local environment; and

    initiating by the application local discussion threads and/or group chats over a wireless local area network.

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