Patent ID: 9730026
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method of forming a communication group based on mobile station location history, the method comprising: receiving, at a controller device, a group formation request from a requesting device, the request specifying a location and a time window of interest that is in the past; identifying, by the controller device, one or more mobile stations determined to be within a threshold area relative to the location during the time window of interest; and causing, by the controller device, a communication group to be created including the identified one or more mobile stations; wherein the step of identifying comprises causing, by the controller device, a group forming mobile station request message to be transmitted to each of the one or more mobile stations including the threshold area and the time window of interest and identifying the one or more mobile stations that transmit a join response indicating their presence within the threshold area during the time window of interest.