SHARING DATA AMONG PROXIMATE MOBILE DEVICES WITH SHORT-RANGE WIRELESS SIGNALS

摘要

Methods, systems and devices for promoting power conservation by sharing data between proximate mobile devices via short-range wireless signals. In an embodiment, a mobile device may determine whether to utilize long-range communications to obtain data, such as music track data. In an embodiment, the mobile device and/or a central server may evaluate load-balancing information, such as the frequency mobile devices within an area obtain data, to determine whether the mobile device should obtain the data. When the mobile device should not obtain data, the mobile device may instead receive data via short-range wireless signals from proximate devices. If the passive data is useful, the mobile device may use the passive data, such as by storing received data in an operating system table. Based on conditions, such as available battery power, the mobile device may also be configured to share obtained or received data by broadcasting short-range wireless signals.

主权项

1. A method for a mobile device to share information with proximate devices via short-range wireless signals, comprising:
determining whether the mobile device should obtain data from a primary data source via long-range wireless communications; obtaining the data in response to determining that the mobile device should obtain the data from the primary data source; receiving a short-range wireless signal that includes the data in response to determining that the mobile device should not obtain the data; and determining whether the data is useful in response to receiving the data via the short-range wireless signal.