Systems, methods, and devices for cellular network-assisted low cost opportunistic social networking

Abstract

A communication method, the method comprising: establishing, by a first devive, a wireless device-to-device connection; receiving, by the first device, one or more core contents of a social network via a wireless network; and transferring, by the first device, the one or more core contents of the social network via the wireless device-to-device connection.

1 . A communication method, the method comprising:
 establishing, by a first device, a wireless device-to-device connection;   receiving, by the first device, one or more core contents of a social network via a wireless network; and   transferring, by the first device, the one or more core contents of the social network via the wireless device-to-device connection.   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 receiving, by a second device connected to the first device via the device-to-device connection, the one or more core contents of the social network from the first device.   
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 2 , further comprising:
 receiving, by the second device, one or more individual contents of the social network via the wireless network.   
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 2 , further comprising:
 receiving, by the first device, one or more individual contents of the social network via the wireless network; and   transferring the one or more individual contents of the social network from the first device to the second device via the wireless device-to-device connection.   
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the wireless network is a cellular network or a wireless local area network (WLAN). 
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the wireless device-to-device connection is a long term evolution (LTE) device-to-device connection, a Bluetooth device-to-device connection or a Wi-Fi neighbor awareness networking (NAN) connection. 
     
     
         7 . A communication device comprising:
 a radio unit configured to connect the communication device to one or more devices;   a non-transitory computer readable storage device including instructions stored thereon;   one or more processor(s) to execute the instructions stored on the storage device, causing the communication device to perform operations of:   establishing a wireless device-to-device connection;   receiving one or more core contents of a social network via a wireless network; and   transferring the one or more core contents of the social network via the wireless device-to-device connection.   
     
     
         8 . The communication device according to  claim 7 , wherein the one or more processor(s) execute instructions stored on the storage device, causing the communication device to perform operations of:
 receiving one or more individual contents of the social network via the wireless network; and   transferring the one or more individual contents of the social network via the wireless device-to-device connection.   
     
     
         9 . The communication device according to  claim 7 , wherein the wireless network is a cellular network or a wireless local area network (WLAN). 
     
     
         10 . The communication device according to  claim 7 , wherein the wireless device-to-device connection is a long term evolution (LTE) device-to-device connection, a Bluetooth device-to-device connection or a Wi-Fi neighbor awareness networking (NAN) connection. 
     
     
         11 . A communication device comprising:
 a radio unit configured to connect the communication device to one or more devices;   a non-transitory computer readable storage device including instructions stored thereon,   one or more processor(s) to execute the instructions stored on the storage device, causing the communication device to perform operations of:   establishing a wireless device-to-device connection;   receiving one or more core contents of a social network via the wireless device-to-device connection.   
     
     
         12 . The communication device according to  claim 11 , wherein the one or more processor(s) execute instructions stored on the storage device, causing the communication device to perform operations of:
 receiving one or more individual contents of the social network via a wireless network.   
     
     
         13 . The communication device according to  claim 11 , wherein the one or more processor(s) execute instructions stored on the storage device, causing the communication device to perform operations of:
 receiving one or more individual contents of the social network via the wireless device-to-device connection.   
     
     
         14 . The communication device according to  claim 12 , wherein the wireless network is a cellular network or a wireless local area network (WLAN). 
     
     
         15 . The communication device according to  claim 11 , wherein the wireless device-to-device connection is a long term evolution (LTE) device-to-device connection, a Bluetooth device-to-device connection or a Wi-Fi neighbor awareness networking (NAN) connection. 
     
     
         16 . The communication device according to  claim 11 , further comprising an acceleration component configured to download the one or more core contents of the social network directly via the wireless network upon selection of the acceleration component. 
     
     
         17 . The device according to  claim 11 , further comprising a timer configured to select the acceleration component after a predetermined period of time. 
     
     
         18 . The communication device according to  claim 11 , further comprising a switching component to enable or disable the wireless device-to-device connection. 
     
     
         19 . The communication device according to  claim 18 , wherein the switching component is configured to disable the wireless device-to-device connection when a battery power threshold for a battery in the device is reached. 
     
     
         20 . A non-transitory computer readable storage device including instructions stored thereon, which when executed by one or more processor(s) of a device, cause the device to perform operations of:
 establishing a wireless device-to-device connection;   receiving one or more core contents of a social network via a wireless network; and   transferring the one or more core contents of the social network via the wireless device-to-device connection.   
     
     
         21 . The storage device according to  claim 20 , further comprising the operations of:
 receiving one or more individual contents of the social network via the wireless network; and   transferring the one or more individual contents of the social network via the wireless device-to-device connection.   
     
     
         22 . The storage device according to  claim 20 , wherein the wireless network is a cellular network or a wireless local area network (WLAN). 
     
     
         23 . The storage device according to  claim 20 , wherein the wireless device-to-device connection is a long term evolution (LTE) device-to-device connection, a Bluetooth device-to-device connection or a Wi-Fi neighbor awareness networking (NAN) connection. 
     
     
         24 . A non-transitory computer readable storage device including instructions stored thereon, which when executed by one or more processor(s) of a device, cause the device to perform operations of:
 establishing a wireless device-to-device connection;   receiving one or more core contents of a social network via the wireless device-to-device connection.   
     
     
         25 . (canceled) 
     
     
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         27 . (canceled) 
     
     
         28 . (canceled) 
     
     
         29 . The storage device according to  claim 24 , further comprising an acceleration component configured to download the one or more core contents of the social network directly via the wireless network upon selection of the acceleration component. 
     
     
         30 - 38 . (canceled)