Centralized hybrid wireless self-organizing networks

A method in a system comprising one or more servers, and a plurality of wireless telecommunications devices registered with said system as registered client devices, the method comprising, by said one or more servers:

• (A) obtaining corresponding client configuration states for at least some of said registered client devices, wherein a client configuration state for a given registered client device includes and/or is based on information about other devices with which the given registered client device can communicate in at least one direction;
• (B) determining and maintaining a virtual representation of at least one hybrid network of gateways and said registered client devices;
• (C) determining a particular sub-network configuration of a particular sub-network for a particular client device, wherein said particular sub-network configuration is determined based on said virtual representation of said at least one hybrid network and on a client configuration state for said particular client device, and wherein said particular sub-network configuration comprises at least one path between said one or more servers and said particular client device;
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• (D) routing data to and/or from said particular client device via said particular sub-network.

A computer program product having computer-readable instructions stored on non-transitory computer readable media, the computer-readable instructions including instructions for implementing a computer-implemented method, in a system comprising one or more servers, and a plurality of wireless telecommunications devices registered with said system as registered client devices, the method comprising, by said one or more servers, the method comprising:

• (A) obtaining corresponding client configuration states for at least some of said registered client devices, wherein a client configuration state for a given registered client device includes and/or is based on information about other devices with which the given registered client device can communicate in at least one direction;
• (B) determining and maintaining a virtual representation of at least one hybrid network of gateways and said registered client devices;
• (C) determining a particular sub-network configuration of a particular sub-network for a particular client device, wherein said particular sub-network configuration is determined based on said virtual representation of said at least one hybrid network and on a client configuration state for said particular client device, and wherein said particular sub-network configuration comprises at least one path between said one or more servers and said particular client device;
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• (D) routing data to and/or from said particular client device via said particular sub-network.

A telecommunications device, operable in a system comprising one or more servers, said telecommunications device being a client device in said system, said telecommunications device constructed and adapted to:

• (a) provide, to said one or more servers, a client configuration state for said client device, wherein said client configuration state includes and/or is based on information about other devices with which the client device can communicate in at least one direction;
• (b) obtain from said one or more servers a sub-network configuration of a particular sub-network, wherein said particular sub-network configuration comprises at least one path between said one or more servers and said client device, wherein said client device is in said sub-network, and wherein said sub-network configuration was determined by the one or more servers based on:
• (i) said client configuration state, and (ii) at least one other client configuration state of at least one other client device;
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• (c) use said particular sub-network to communicate with at least one other device and/or with one or more content sources via said one or more servers.

A method, on a telecommunications device operating in a system comprising one or more servers, said telecommunications device being a client device in said system, the method comprising:

• (A) providing, to said one or more servers, a client configuration state for said client device, wherein said client configuration state includes and/or is based on information about other devices with which the client device can communicate in at least one direction;
• (B) obtaining from said one or more servers a particular sub-network configuration, wherein said particular sub-network configuration comprises at least one path from said one or more servers to said client device, wherein said client device is in said particular sub-network, and wherein said particular sub-network configuration was determined by the one or more servers based on:
• (i) said client configuration state, and (ii) at least one other client configuration state of at least one other client device;
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• (C) using said particular sub-network to communicate with at least one other device and/or with one or more content sources via said one or more servers.

A computer program product having computer-readable instructions stored on non-transitory computer readable media, the computer-readable instructions including instructions for implementing a computer-implemented method on a telecommunications device operating in a system comprising one or more servers, said telecommunications device being a client device in said system, the method comprising:

• (A) providing, to said one or more servers, a client configuration state for said client device, wherein said client configuration state includes and/or is based on information about other devices with which the client device can communicate in at least one direction;
• (B) obtaining from said one or more servers a particular sub-network configuration, wherein said particular sub-network configuration comprises at least one path from said one or more servers to said client device, wherein said client device is in said particular sub-network, and wherein said particular sub-network configuration was determined by the one or more servers based on:
• (i) said client configuration state, and (ii) at least one other client configuration state of at least one other client device;
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• (C) using said particular sub-network to communicate with at least one other device and/or with one or more content sources via said one or more servers.