Method and apparatus for social networking in a dynamic environment
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsMEHRAD YASREBI, James E. Jackson
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Abstract
In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for social networking in a dynamic environment. In one embodiment, a method for social networking in a network includes broadcasting a first set of one or more keywords representing one or more interests of a first user in the network, receiving a response from a second user in the network indicating interest in at least one of the interests of the first user, and connecting to a server in the network, where the server hosts a group for supporting communications between at least the first network user and the second network user.
Claims20
A method for connecting to a server in a network, the method comprising:
- broadcasting, by a first device in the network via a broadcast internet protocol address of the network, a first set comprising a keyword representing an interest of a first user;
- receiving, by the first device, a response from a second device in the network operated by a second user, the response indicating an interest in the interest of the first user;
- and
- connecting, by the first device, to the server in the network to join a first group associated with the keyword when the response is received from the second device, where the server hosts the first group for supporting a communication between the first device and the second device.
A system comprising:
- a first user device in a network for broadcasting, via a broadcast internet protocol address of the network, a first set comprising a keyword representing an interest of a first user;
- a second user device in the network for sending a response from a second user to the first user device, the response indicating an interest in the interest of the first user;
- and
- a server for hosting a first group associated with the keyword for supporting a communication between the first user device and the second user device, wherein the first user device and the second user device connect to the server to join the first group.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor of a first device in a network, cause the processor to perform operations for connecting to a server in the network, the operations comprising:
- broadcasting, via a broadcast internet protocol address of the network, a first set comprising a keyword representing an interest of a first user;
- receiving a response from a second device in the network operated by a second user, the response indicating an interest in the interest of the first user;
- and
- connecting to the server in the network to join a first group associated with the keyword when the response is received from the second device, where the server hosts the first group for supporting a communication between the first device and the second device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.