Patent ID: 7917169

Claim:
A wireless terminal comprising: means for determining the geographical location of the wireless terminal; means for receiving a geocast packet originally transmitted from an originating terminal, the geocast packet including an identification of a geocast region; means for determining on which one of a plurality of networks to retransmit the geocast packet, or not at all, based on: a distance between the wireless terminal's geographical location and a location of the originating terminal, whether the geocast packet has been transmitted over the long range network, and a distance between the wireless terminal's geographical location and the geocast region; means for transmitting the geocast packet on a MANET; and means for transmitting the geocast packet on the long range network; wherein the means for determining on which one of a plurality of networks to retransmit the geocast packet, or not at all, determines not to retransmit said the geocast packet if: the geocast packet has already been transmitted over the long range network, the wireless terminal is not located within the geocast region, and the distance between the wireless terminal's geographical location and the location of the origination terminal is greater than a threshold.