Patent Document ID: 8612386
Application ID: 13025908
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. An apparatus for building a database synchronization node list of a mobile network node (MNN) associated with an organization, the apparatus comprising: a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor; wherein the processor is configured to: in response to a trigger condition, identify a plurality of mesh neighbor nodes of the MNN having wireless connectivity to the MNN; for each of at least one of the mesh neighbor nodes of the MNN that is associated with the organization, enter the mesh neighbor node into the database synchronization node list of the MNN; and for each of at least one of the mesh neighbor nodes of the MNN that is not associated with the organization, propagate a probe message from the MNN toward the mesh neighbor node via the wireless connection therebetween; wherein the processor is further configured to: receive, from a neighbor node of the MNN, a probe message comprising an indication of an organization with which the neighbor node is associated; determine whether the organization with which the MNN is associated and the organization with which the neighbor node is associated are the same; when the organizations are the same, respond to the probe message with a probe response message without forwarding the probe message to any other nodes; and when the organizations are different, forward the probe message to one or more mesh neighbor nodes of the MNN.