Independent information network

摘要

A localized collaboration of wireless communication enabled devices can be provided for sharing of information that is independent of external communications. A local hub can communicate with a remote hub and end users using one or more wireless communication points, and provide for uploading and downloading of collaborative information from the local hub by an end user device. The local hub wirelessly broadcasts a message that has contact information that allows a remote hub to wirelessly retrieve collaborative information from the local hub. The local hub can synchronize collaborative information with a remote hub, if present, by retrieving a remote version of collaborative information using the remote hub's broadcast contact information; comparing the remote version with a locally stored version, if present; updating the local version with differences between the remote version if the remote version is a desired; and creating a local version if one is not present.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
synchronizing collaborative information, associated with a collaborative information feed contributed to by an end user device, between a local hub not connected to the Internet and a remote hub not connected to the Internet, the collaborative information feed comprising at least one of:
a schedule for an organization of a neighborhood watch, comprising a time that a first user indicated the first user can participate and a time that a second user indicated the second user can participate;a list of supplies, comprising food stores that a third user indicated the third user has available and additional supplies that a fourth user indicated the fourth user has available;statuses, comprising a status and location of a fifth user indicated by the fifth user and a status and location of a sixth user indicated by the sixth user; orservices, comprising a time and location that a first service will be available and a time and location that a second service will be available, the synchronizing comprising:wirelessly retrieving a remote version of the collaborative information from the remote hub;determining if the local hub comprises a locally stored version of the collaborative information; andcreating a local version of the collaborative information from the remote version if the local hub does not comprise a locally stored version of the collaborative information; wirelessly broadcasting contact information from the local hub to the remote hub, the contact information comprising:
a protocol address, configured to be used by the remote hub to contact the local hub, concatenated with a list of locators, comprising a first locator for the collaborative information feed and a second locator for a second feed; and wirelessly broadcasting, via a short-wave radio signal from the local hub to two or more remote hubs, at least one of at least some of a version of the collaborative information or the contact information.