Patent ID: 8358609
Filing Date: 2013-01-22
Classification: G01C,G08G,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of communicating using a situational network, the method comprising: broadcasting by a first mobile device corresponding to a first individual a set of positional coordinates corresponding to a location of the first individual, wherein the broadcast includes a request for at least one service; receiving by the first mobile device from at least one other mobile device corresponding to at least one other individual a response to the request for the at least one service, the response including positional coordinates for the at least one other mobile device; determining by the first mobile device that the at least one other mobile device is within a pre-determined proximity of the first mobile device; establishing by the first mobile device a direct connection with the at least one other mobile device; and exchanging information between the first individual and the at least one other individual related to the rendering of the at least one service via the direct connection.