Patent ID: 9380434
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for creating ad-hoc groups for messaging, comprising: detecting two or more subscribers proximate a common location; creating an ad-hoc group including information of the two or more subscribers proximate the common location, wherein creating the ad-hoc ,group further includes: obtaining contact list information from each device of the two or more subscribers proximate the common location; and creating the ad-hoc , group based on the contact list information obtained, wherein the ad-hoc, group includes contact information of secondary contacts of subscribers associated with the ad-hoc , group, and wherein the secondary contacts are contacts of at least one of the subscribers associated with the ad-hoc, group; transmitting information associated with the ad-hoc group to a device of each of the two or more subscribers of the ad-hoc group; and transmitting a group time-out message to each subscriber device in the ad-hoc group after determining that at least one of the two or more subscribers is no longer proximate the common location and transmitting the group time-out message periodically, wherein the message includes a request that each subscriber device remove the ad-hoc group.