Server agency type peer-to-peer communication offloading from a network infrastructure

Title:

Server agency type peer-to-peer communication offloading from a network infrastructure

Document Type and Number:

Japanese Patent JP6277321

Kind Code:

B2

Abstract:

The disclosure generally relates to offloading communication from a network infrastructure to direct peer-to-peer communication. In particular, a server may receive peer-to-peer status information over the network infrastructure from at least two client devices that intend to communicate, wherein the peer-to-peer status information may include at least coarse or precise location information associated with the client devices. The server may then instruct the client devices to communicate over a direct peer-to-peer connection that bypasses the network infrastructure in response to determining that the location information received from the client devices and other conditions permit offloading the communication from the network infrastructure. For example, the server may determine whether the communication can be offloaded based at least in part on whether an estimated distance between the client devices falls within a maximum range associated with one or more peer-to-peer interfaces supported on one or more of the client devices.

Inventors:

Mohammed Ataul Rahman Schumann
Amit Goel
Sandeep Sharma

Application Number:

JP2017501683A

Publication Date:

February 07, 2018

Filing Date:

June 26, 2015

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