Patent ID: 8000692
Filing Date: 2011-08-16
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for configuring a device to comply with the device manners policy (“DMP”), the method comprising: continuously seeking, by the device, to obtain DMPs including the DMP, wherein each of the DMPs is implemented as a data structure that includes at least one device manner that specifies a particular behavior for which device compliance is requested or expected; obtaining, by the device, the DMP from another device, wherein the obtaining comprises at least one of receiving the DMP as sent from the other device and detecting the DMP as made available from the other device, and wherein the device and the other device are each members of an ad-hoc network, and wherein the DMP is a result of a consensus of the members of the ad-hoc network; determining, by the device, that the DMP is applicable to the device; identifying, by the device, any relevant device manners of the at least one device manner specified by the DMP; and configuring the device to comply with the any relevant device manners.