Patent ID: 9716760
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method for connecting to a server in a network, the method comprising: broadcasting, by a first device in the network via a broadcast internet protocol address of the network, a first set comprising a keyword representing an interest of a first user; receiving, by the first device, a response from a second device in the network operated by a second user, the response indicating an interest in the interest of the first user; and connecting, by the first device, to the server in the network to join a first group associated with the keyword when the response is received from the second device, where the server hosts the first group for supporting a communication between the first device and the second device, wherein the server has been selected in accordance with a method proposed by the first device, wherein the first device is further for broadcasting the method proposed by the first device together with the first set.