Mobile Conferencing Method and System
AssigneePendragon Wireless LLC
InventorDaniel Lin
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Abstract
A server-based architecture for mobile conferencing is presented. Session-based mobile conferencing is established by transmitting necessary server network address information through page-mode based messaging services to establish connections among the various mobile devices with the server.
Claims20
A method of initiating a data exchange session among mobile devices, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a server, a request from an initiating mobile device to allocate a session identifier to use in a data exchange session with a participating mobile device, wherein the session identifier comprises a network port number of the server;
- transmitting, from the server, the session identifier to the initiating mobile device, wherein the initiating mobile device uses a page-mode messaging service to assist in communicating the session identifier to the participating mobile device and wherein the page-mode messaging service utilizes a unique identifier to locate the participating mobile device;
- establishing, at the server, connections with the initiating mobile device and the participating mobile device based on the session identifier;
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- facilitating, at the server, the data exchange session between the initiating mobile device and the participating mobile device.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions for initiating a data exchange session among mobile devices, which when executed cause a processor to perform the steps of:
- receiving, at a server, a request from an initiating mobile device to allocate a session identifier to use in a data exchange session with a participating mobile device, wherein the session identifier comprises a network port number of the server;
- transmitting, from the server, the session identifier to the initiating mobile device, wherein the initiating mobile device uses a page-mode messaging service to assist in communicating the session identifier to the participating mobile device and wherein the page-mode messaging service utilizes a unique identifier to locate the participating mobile device;
- establishing, at the server, connections with the initiating mobile device and the participating mobile device based on the session identifier;
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- facilitating, at the server, the data exchange session between the initiating mobile device and the participating mobile device.
A server configured to facilitate a data exchange session among mobile devices, the server comprising:
- an input port to receive a request from an initiating mobile device to allocate a session identifier to use in a data exchange session with a participating mobile device, wherein the session identifier comprises a network port number of the server;
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- an output port to transmit the session identifier to the initiating mobile device, wherein the initiating mobile device uses a page-mode messaging service to assist in communicating the session identifier to the participating mobile device and wherein the page-mode messaging service utilizes a unique identifier to locate the participating mobile device;
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- a computer for:
- establishing connections with the initiating mobile device and the participating mobile device based on the session identifier;
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- facilitating the data exchange session between the initiating mobile device and the participating mobile device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.