Ad hoc social networking

摘要

An Ad Hoc social networking environment enables information and device access management between social networking groups and social networking members with or without access restrictions and anonymity. Contact and access information can be exchanged and updated on the fly without requiring users to notify other contacts or contacting devices and can support underlying contact information changes, enable extemporaneous termination or modification of contact access, enable temporary access, and the like. Ad Hoc social networking can utilize unique identifiers, proxy elements, or the like to support various levels of membership anonymity and Ad Hoc social networking. Proxy elements enable SNET tear down or dissolution by retracting the proxy service from a member. Storing social group contact information in shared databases can enable sharing and updating of contact information without the need to inform affected contacts. Some social networks can include various specialized devices and related services.

主权项

1. An ad hoc social infrastructure comprising:
a social server, wherein the social server stores a plurality of social networking groups associated with at least one member and supports ad hoc membership of a first of a plurality of social networking groups; a first device supporting a member, the member being associated with the first of a plurality of social networking groups; a second device supporting a nonmember, wherein the second device enables the nonmember to become an ad hoc member of the first of the plurality of social networking groups for a period of time; wherein the first device is configured to push, from the first device to the second device, a unique identifier associated with the first of the plurality of social networking groups and a user selectable link configured to connect the second device to the first of the plurality of social networking groups upon selection of the link; and a proxy supporting varying levels of readdressing based on social networking group membership, wherein:
data transfers from the first device to the second device use direct packet routing; anddata transfers from the second device to the first device flow through the proxy.