POINTING INTERFACE FOR PERSON-TO-PERSON INTERACTION THROUGH AD-HOC NETWORKS
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The present invention comprises methods and apparatus that enable a user of a portable computing device to selectively communicate with other users of portable computing devices while those devices are engaged in an ad-hoc network. More specifically, the present invention enables a first user of a first portable computing device to gain information about and/or send a message to a second user of a second portable computing device by pointing a portion of the first portable computing device at the then current physical location of the second user. In this way a first user of a first portable computing device may naturally and conveniently select a second user of a second portable computing device from among a plurality of users of other portable computing devices engaged in an ad-hoc network and selectively gain information about the second user and/or send a message to the second user.
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