Patent ID: 7761515

Claim:
An ad hoc wireless communications system, comprising: one or more personal communications devices that form an ad hoc wireless communications network; each personal communications device further comprising: a processor; a plurality of modules, each module having a plurality of computer instructions executed by the processor to implement the ad hoc wireless communications network, wherein the plurality of modules further comprise a graphical user interface module that generate a user interface and a library that generates a globally unique identifier for the personal communications device a session manager that controls the overall functions of the personal communications device and a security module to respond to a denial of service attack from another personal communications device, a location manager, controlled by the session manager, that tracks the location of each other personal communications device that communicates with the personal communications device, a sound manager, controlled by the session manager, that generates the audio/sound data associated with the personal communications device and includes a sound codec, and a communications manager, controlled by the session manager, that controls the IP traffic and protocols; and server for the ad hoc wireless communication network that is selected from the one or more personal communications devices based on the personal communications device with the largest globally unique identifier.