System and method for enabling wireless social networking
AssigneeDevicescape Software, Inc.
InventorsSimon Wynn, David G. Fraser
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Abstract
Exemplary systems and methods for sharing a personal network of a first user are provided. The exemplary method comprises receiving credentials for the personal network which are used to generate a network profile. When an indication to share the personal network is received, one or more user devices of a second user are queued to receive the network profile. The network profile is then provided to the one or more user devices to provision the one or more user devices for accessing the personal network.
Claims20
A method for sharing a personal network, comprising:
- receiving credentials for the personal network of a first user;
- receiving an indication to share the personal network with a second user;
- generating a network profile based on the received credentials;
- queuing one or more user devices of the second user to receive the network profile;
- and
- providing the network profile to the one or more user devices to provision the one or more user devices for accessing the personal network.
A system for sharing a personal network, comprising:
- a messaging engine configured to send and receive messages regarding sharing of the personal network;
- a personal network engine configured to receive credentials of the personal network and generate a network profile based on the credentials;
- and
- a polling module configured to provide the network profile to one or more user devices of a sharing user.
A machine readable medium having embodied thereon a program, the program having instructions operable by a machine for sharing a personal network, the method comprising:
- receiving credentials for the personal network of a first user;
- receiving an indication to share the personal network with a second user;
- generating a network profile based on the received credentials;
- queuing one or more user devices of the second user to receive the network profile;
- and
- providing the network profile to the one or more user devices to provision the one or more user devices for accessing the personal network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.