Sharing of proximate discovery announcements in a wireless communications network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016242019-A1
Application number	US-201514620627-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 12, 2015
Priority date	Feb 12, 2015
Publication date	Aug 18, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for sharing a discovery. The method may include receiving a first announcement from an announcement device, receiving a share instruction indicating that the received announcement is of interest to the user of the mobile device; generating discovery sharing data based on the received first announcement in response to the share instruction, transmitting the discovery sharing data to an external server, receiving an update indicator from the external server indicating that the metadata associated with the mobile device has been updated, and generating a second announcement associated with the mobile device based on the update indicator.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for a mobile device to share a discovery, comprising:
receiving a first announcement from an announcement device; receiving a share instruction indicating that the received announcement is of interest to the user of the mobile device; generating discovery sharing data based on the received first announcement in response to the share instruction; transmitting the discovery sharing data to an external server; receiving an update indicator from the external server indicating that the metadata associated with the mobile device has been updated; and generating a second announcement associated with the mobile device based on the update indicator.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first announcement is a public announcement associated with at least one of an identity, location, event or service, the identity, location, event or service being associated with the announcement device.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the public announcement comprises a ProSe discovery frame.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting a user notification to a user interface of the mobile device, wherein receiving the share instruction comprises receiving the share instruction from the user interface of the mobile device.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the received first announcement comprises an identification associated with the announcement device; and the generated discovery sharing data comprises the identification associated with the announcement device received in the first announcement and a share instruction indicator indicating that the share instruction has been received.

6 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising transmitting a user notification to a user interface of the mobile device, wherein receiving the share instruction comprises receiving the share instruction from the user interface of the mobile device;
wherein the generated discovery sharing data further comprises contextual data, entered or attached via the user interface of the mobile device, relating to the share instruction.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting the second announcement, wherein the second announcement is a private announcement associated with an identity associated with the mobile device.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the private announcement comprises a ProSe discovery frame.

9 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the private announcement comprises an identification of the identity associated with the mobile device and a metadata update status indicator indicating one or more of (i) a metadata update timestamp, (ii) a metadata version number, (iii) a metadata update identification number, or (iv) any combination of (i), (ii), and (iii).

10 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the private announcement comprises an identification of the identity associated with the mobile device and a new find flag indicator indicating that the metadata associated with the mobile device includes discovery sharing data.

11 . A mobile device, comprising:
a processor configured to:
receive a first announcement from an announcement device;
receive a share instruction indicating that the received announcement is of interest to the user of the mobile device;
generate discovery sharing data based on the received first announcement in response to the share instruction;
transmit the discovery sharing data to an external server;
receive an update indicator from the external server indicating that the metadata associated with the mobile device has been updated; and
generate a second announcement associated with the mobile device based on the update indicator; and
a memory, coupled to the processor, to store related data and instructions.

12 . The mobile device of claim 11 , wherein the first announcement is a public announcement associated with at least one of an identity, location, event or service, the identity, location, event or service being associated with the announcement device.

13 . The mobile device of claim 12 , wherein the public announcement comprises a long term evolution direct (LTE-D) discovery frame.

14 . The mobile device of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to transmit a user notification to a user interface of the mobile device, and the received share instruction is received from the user interface of the mobile device.

15 . The mobile device of claim 11 , wherein:
the received first announcement comprises an identification associated with the announcement device; and the generated discovery sharing data comprises the identification associated with the announcement device received in the first announcement and a share instruction indicator indicating that the share instruction has been received.

16 . The mobile device of claim 15 , wherein
the processor is further configured to transmit a user notification to a user interface of the mobile device; the received share instruction is received from the user interface of the mobile device; and the generated discovery sharing data further comprises contextual data, entered or attached via the user interface of the mobile device, relating to the share instruction.

17 . The mobile device of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to transmit the second announcement, wherein the second announcement is a private announcement associated with an identity associated with the mobile device.

18 . The mobile device of claim 17 , wherein the private announcement comprises a long term evolution direct (LTE-D) discovery frame.

19 . The mobile device of claim 17 , wherein the private announcement comprises an identification of the identity associated with the mobile device and a metadata update status indicator indicating one or more of (i) a metadata update timestamp, (ii) a metadata version number, (iii) a metadata update identification number, or (iv) any combination of (i), (ii), and (iii).

20 . The mobile device of claim 17 , wherein the private announcement comprises an identification of the identity associated with the mobile device and a new find flag indicator indicating that the metadata associated with the mobile device includes discovery sharing data.

21 . An apparatus for sharing a discovery, comprising:
means for receiving a first announcement from an announcement device; means for receiving a share instruction indicating that the received announcement is of interest to the user of the mobile device; means for generating discovery sharing data based on the received first announcement in response to the share instruction; means for transmitting the discovery sharing data to an external server; means for receiving an update indicator from the external server indicating that the metadata associated with the mobile device has been updated; and means for generating a second announcement associated with the mobile device based on the update indicator.

22 . The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein:
the received first announcement comprises an identification associated with the announcement device; and the generated discovery sharing data comprises the identification associated with the announcement device received in the first announcement and a share instruction indicator indicating that the share instruction has been received.

23 . The apparatus of claim 21 , further comprising:
means for transmitting the second announcement, wherein the second announcemen

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Vanderveen Michaela
• Tsirtsis Georgios

Classifications

• H04W88/04

  adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user · CPC title

• H04W4/21

  for social networking applications · CPC title

• H04W8/005 Primary

  Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals · CPC title

• H04J11/0086

  Search parameters, e.g. search strategy, accumulation length, range of search, thresholds (code acquisition in DSSS H04B1/7075) · CPC title

• H04W4/20 Primary

  Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel · CPC title