Method and system for short-range mobile device communication management
AssigneeProject Omega, Inc.
InventorsHui Chen, Luciano Mazzella, Roxy Wu
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Abstract
A method and system for managing short-range mobile device communications are provided. The method includes receiving a user-defined criteria for requested information. The method includes automatically detecting a set of in-range devices, wherein each in-range device is associated with an identifier. The method includes receiving a broadcasted public information from each in-range device. The method includes, responsive to detecting the received broadcasted public information satisfies the user-defined criteria, displaying public info to a user. The method includes, responsive to a user command, transmitting a message in response to the broadcasted public information.
Claims24
A method for managing short-range mobile device communications, comprising:
- receiving a user-defined criteria for requested information;
- automatically detecting a set of in-range devices, wherein each in-range device is associated with an identifier;
- receiving a broadcasted public information from a transmitting in-range device selected from the set of in-range devices;
- responsive to detecting the received broadcasted public information satisfies the user-defined criteria, displaying public info to a user;
- and
- responsive to a user command, transmitting a message in response to the broadcasted public information.
A mobile device for managing short-range mobile device communications, comprising:
- a processor, the processor configured to,
- receive a user-defined criteria for requested information;
- automatically detecting a set of in-range devices, wherein each in-range device is associated with an identifier,
- receive a broadcasted public information from a transmitting in-range device selected from the set of in-range devices,
- responsive to detecting the received broadcasted public information satisfies the user-defined criteria, display public info to a user;
- and
- responsive to a user command, transmit a message in response to the broadcasted public information.
A computer-readable storage medium including instructions adapted to execute a method for managing short-range mobile device communications, the method comprising:
- receiving a user-defined criteria for requested information;
- automatically detecting a set of in-range devices, wherein each in-range device is associated with an identifier;
- receiving a broadcasted public information from a transmitting in-range device selected from the set of in-range devices;
- responsive to detecting the received broadcasted public information satisfies the user-defined criteria, displaying public info to a user;
- and
- responsive to a user command, transmitting a message in response to the broadcasted public information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.