# US 2014/0194065 A1 · AD-HOC Network

> Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt

- Number: US 2014/0194065 A1
- Document ID: US20140194065A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/142,239
- Filed: 2013-12-27
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2013-01-04
- Assignees: Kopin Corporation
- Applicants: Kopin Corporation
- Inventors: David Hollick; Christopher Parkinson
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140194065A1

## CPC

- H04W 76/11: Allocation or use of connection identifiers
- H04W 4/21: for social networking applications
- H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

The invention is a mobile device collaboration framework (MDCF)—a form of communications framework, which enables devices to discover other devices that support the framework, access applications and services on those devices and exchange a variety of media and application-specific data. It is not tied to any one communications medium or protocol. It supports access restriction and data security at many levels. Sessions can involve multiple devices, creating subnets of devices, each with a shared purpose or task.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of networking digital processing devices comprising:
(a) using a collaboration services module executed by a processor:
detecting one or more devices within range;
determining a factor in common amongst the detected devices in range of the processor;
requesting the detected device to interact; and
upon acceptance by the detected device, interacting the processor and the detected device, resulting in a network including the processor and the detected device; and
(b) configuring the network to interact the processor and the detected device as a function of determined factor in common.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the processor is a headset computer.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, wherein the factor in common is an activity identifier and the network is configured by determining applications, programs, services, and functions on the detected device that are shareable with and useable by the headset computer.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the interacting enables communications, control and data transfer between the processor and the detected device.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein the interacting in configuring the network is context driven.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the interacting between the processor and the detected device is over a wireless transport.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6, wherein the wireless transport is any of BlueTooth, WiFi or other protocol.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the network is formed of multiple detected devices and the processor.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein the multiple detected devices are headset computers.

### Claim 10

A computer apparatus networking digital processing devices comprising:
a collaboration services module executed by a processor, the collaboration services module
detecting one or more devices within range,
determining a factor in common amongst the detected devices in range of the processor, and
requesting the detected device to interact; and
upon acceptance by the detected device, interacting the processor and the detected device, resulting in a network including the processor and the detected device; and
a device collaboration framework configuring the network to interact the processor and the detected device as a function of determined factor in common.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The computer apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is a headset computer

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The computer apparatus of claim 11, wherein the factor in common is an activity identifier and the network is configured by determining applications, programs, services and functions on the detected device that are shareable with and useable by the headset computer.

### Claim 13 (depends on 10)

The computer apparatus of claim 10, wherein the interacting enables communications, control and data transfer between the processor and the detected device.

### Claim 14 (depends on 10)

The computer apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is a headset computer.

### Claim 15 (depends on 10)

The computer apparatus of claim 10, wherein the device collaborative framework configures the network in a context driven manner.

### Claim 16 (depends on 10)

The computer apparatus of claim 10, wherein network is formed of multiple detected devices and the processor.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The computer apparatus of claim 16, wherein the multiple detected devices are headset computers.