Alfredo Luna Perez

US Patent:

20110246606, Oct 6, 2011

Filed:

Apr 7, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/082094

Inventors:

Sean J. Barbeau - Tampa FL, US
Philip L. Winters - Tampa FL, US
Rafael Perez - Temple Terrace FL, US
Miguel Labrador - Tampa FL, US
Nevine Georggi - Valrico FL, US
Alfredo Perez - Tampa FL, US

Assignee:

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA - Tampa FL

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709217

Abstract:

A two-layer communication protocol that supports efficient real-time location-aware application on multiple mobile devices that must communicate with each other and/or a centralized server. The two-layer protocol includes a method of communicating data between a first mobile device and a second mobile device using a server to facilitate the communication of the data. The two-layer communication protocol also includes a method of communicating data between a first mobile device and a second mobile device using a server to facilitate the connection between the two devices. The communication of data occurs directly between the two mobile devices. Each method uses reliable, connection-oriented protocols to exchange application-level information and control signals while utilizing unreliable, connection-less protocols to communicate real-time location data. Also provided are architectures implementing these methods.