System and method for hosting and transitioning to a wireless network
AssigneeDavid Clark Company Incorporated
InventorsMark Estabrook, Sanjay Gupta
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Abstract
A system and method allows for communication between mobile devices running a communication application. The mobile devices include a host device and a plurality of client devices. When there is limited connectivity to other networks, the host device creates a host network and the client devices are transitioned to the host network. After the client devices are transitioned to the host network, communication can occur between the host device and the client devices, through the communication application and over the host network.
Claims22
A method of communicating between mobile devices comprising:
- creating, by a server, a first network creating a first local coverage area;
- connecting, by a plurality of mobile devices, to first network, the mobile devices including a host device and a plurality of client devices;
- hosting, by the host device, a host network creating a second local coverage area allowing audio communication over the host network through a communication application;
- providing to the client devices, through the communication application and over the first network, wireless credentials for connecting to the host network;
- creating, by the host device, a communication session for communication over the host network and through the communication application, wherein the wireless credentials allow the client devices to connect to the host network while the communication session is active;
- transitioning, by the client devices, from the first network to the host network, transitioning including disconnecting from the first network and immediately connecting to the host network after connectivity to the first network falls below a threshold;
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- after the client devices transition to the host network, providing audio communication, from the host device, to the client devices through the communication application.
A communication system for communication between mobile devices comprising:
- a server creating a first network creating a first local coverage area, wherein the mobile devices are configured to connect to the first network when in the first local coverage area;
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- a plurality of mobile devices including a host device and a plurality of client devices, the host device configured to create a communication session for communication over the host network and through the communication application, wherein the client devices are provided, through the communication application and over the first network, wireless credentials for connecting to the host network while the communication session is active,
- wherein:
- after connectivity to the first network falls below a predetermined threshold, the host device is configured to immediately transition the client devices from the first network to a host network created by the host device, the host network creating a second local coverage area allowing audio communication over the host network through a communication application on each mobile device;
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- during the communication session, whenever a client device loses connectivity to the host network, the communication application is configured to cause said client device to continue to look for the host network and reconnect to the host network when the host network is found.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.