Patent ID: 8180898
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for distributing data in a data network including a plurality of users each of the users having a terminal, each terminal containing a software program that can be updated as desired by a network administrator, the plurality of users including ad-hoc networking capabilities, the method comprising: sending software update data from a central location to a first user of the plurality of users; establishing a first spontaneous communication link between the first user to a second user of the plurality of users; requesting a first data set of the software update data from the first user by the second user; establishing a second spontaneous communication link between the first user to a third user of the plurality of users; requesting a second data set of the software update data from the first user by the third user; and wherein the software update data, the first data set, and the second data set are each a complete data set such that an installation or a setup can be started in a terminal of at least one of the first user, the second user, and the third user once the software update data, the first data set, or the second data set is received by a terminal of a respective one of the first user, the second user, and the third user; and wherein the first data set is different data set than the second data set.