Patent ID: 7752276

Claim:
A data processing device having a processor connected to memory to run software applications stored on the memory and a data interface for use in an ad-hoc network, comprising: an application stored in the memory for processing a first information, the application configured to access a central service via the data interface to transmit data to the central service and receive data from the central service; and a representative entity connected to the application via the data interface for exchanging the first information, the representative entity configured to connect to a plurality of further data processing devices via data links for exchanging a second information via the ad-hoc network, the representative entity adapted to form the first information from the second information and to form the second information from the first information; the representative entity: configured to determine if the central service is available, configured to determine whether a desired receiver of the first information is a user of a further data processing device available via the ad-hoc network if the representative entity determines that the central service is unavailable, and configured to forward the second information to the further data processing device of the desired receiver if the representative entity determines that the desired receiver is available via a further data processing device in the ad-hoc network.