Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
System and method for advertising and communicating within a neighborhood aware network
In a particular embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a first mobile device, a first discovery message via a network advertisement protocol common to a plurality of mobile devices. The first discovery message includes information specific to a mobile device cluster that is a subset of the plurality of mobile devices. The method further includes using the information to communicate with at least a second mobile device of the mobile device cluster using a second cluster protocol that is different than the network advertisement protocol.
QUALCOMM Incorporated
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Santosh Paul George Rolf
Abraham Cherian De Vegt