US 2019/0166195 A1 · SECURE FILE TRANSFER USING PEER TO PEER WIRELESS COMMUNICATION WITH AUTHENTICATION THROUGH SOCIAL NETWORK CONNECTIONS

Abstract

A computer system allows two devices operated by two users from a plurality of trusted users to establish a direct peer to peer wireless connection based on a social network connection. An online system uses social network connection information to determine trusted users for each of the client devices, and monitors the geographic locations of the client devices. Responsive to determining that the client devices are within a predetermined distance from each other and are trusted users for each other, the online system transmits connection information to the client devices, prompting the client devices to establish a direct peer to peer wireless connection through which content can be transmitted.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method comprising:

monitoring, by an online system, at least a first geographic location corresponding to a first client device and a second geographic location corresponding to a second client device, the first and second client devices associated with respective first and second users connected within a social network;
determining, by the online system, that the first client device and the second client device are located within a predetermined distance of each other, based upon the monitored first geographic location and second geographic location;
transmitting, by the online system, connection information to the first client device;
and
transmitting, by the online system, the connection information to the second client device, the first client device and the second client device to establish a point to point communication based on the connection information.

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A non-transitory computer readable medium storing program code, the program code comprising instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to:

monitor, by an online system, at least a first geographic location corresponding to a first client device and a second geographic location corresponding to a second client device, the first and second client devices associated with respective first and second users connected within a social network
determine, by the online system, that the first client device and the second client device are located within a predetermined distance of each other, based upon the monitored first geographic location and second geographic location;
transmit, by the online system, connection information to a first client device of the two client devices;
and
transmit, by the online system, the connection information to a second client device of the two client devices, the first client device and the second client device to establish a point to point communication based on the connection information

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Secure file transfer using peer to peer wireless communication with authentication through social network connections

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Secure file transfer using peer to peer wireless communication with authentication through social network connections

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Abstract

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