Peer-to-peer discovery for location-based forwarding

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2005-08-09

2005-08-09

Smith, Creighton (Department: 2645)

Telecommunications

Radiotelephone system

Special service

Reexamination Certificate

active

06928279

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for enabling signals directed to a first telecommunications terminal to be forwarded intelligently to a second telecommunications terminal in the vicinity of the first terminal is disclosed. In particular, the illustrative embodiment automatically forwards signals from a first terminal to the closest terminal in the network that the first terminal is authorized to forward to. The closest authorized terminal is determined via short-range wireless communication between the first terminal and other terminals in the first terminal's vicinity. In the illustrative embodiment, the terminals communicate with each other via Bluetooth transceivers.

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