Reality Mobile® Awarded Patent in Area of Mobile Peer-to-Peer Communications

HERNDON, Va., June 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Reality Mobile®, a Virginia-based technology company delivering enterprise-class real-time mobile video collaboration solutions, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted an industry-defining patent (U.S. Patent No. 7,949,730) to the company in the area of mobile peer-to-peer communications.

This patent significantly strengthens Reality Mobile's patent portfolio, further reinforcing its position as the leader in enterprise-class mobile video collaboration solutions.

The innovations in this patent, along with those in previously issued patents, empower mobile users to create and share content with each other in dynamic ways – creating a new category of mobile content and providing the ability to enhance it with location-based information and other data. As more users migrate to mobile devices (smart phones, tablets, iPad®, iPhone®, etc.) these patented technologies extend their ability to share rich media and other information in real time. These technologies are important to both consumer and enterprise applications and users.  

In one brief illustration of how  this patented technology might be deployed, any mobile user viewing a live video stream can cause it to be shared instantly and directly with other mobile users, allowing everyone to view it in real-time.  An example of this true peer-to-peer capability can be viewed on the company website.

The patent covers, among other things, functionality that includes a mobile device issuing a command to cause another mobile device to:

• Start or stop streaming real-time data;
• View a live stream from a remote source;
• Display text;
• Retrieve a file;
• Initiate a phone call;
• Report a status or its location; or
• Erase all of its data and restore itself to predetermined default settings.

"We are very pleased to have been granted this key foundational patent that demonstrates Reality Mobile's ongoing focus and commitment to leading the market with innovative solutions that deliver tangible organizational value," says David Kramer, President and CEO, Reality Mobile.  "Our product and patent portfolio is emblematic of our commitment to deliver market-leading, real-time mobile video solutions, as well as to be a trusted vendor and partner."

"This patented technology reflects our ongoing commitment to empower first responders and other mobile device users to create and share visual information and other data in real-time, without having to rely on traditional delivery methods such as email or instant messaging and without having to first post the content to a social media site," added Brian Geoghegan, Reality Mobile's Executive Vice President, Chief Product Officer and co-inventor named in the patent.

To learn more about this and other patents awarded, please visit the patent page at Reality Mobile's web site: http://www.realitymobile.com/patent_details.

About Reality Mobile

Founded in 2003, Reality Mobile is expanding the frontiers of enterprise mobile technology by giving users access to video, data and expertise throughout their organization and around the world at the push of a button. With a focus on meeting the enterprise need for strict security, rigorous manageability, collaboration and real-time decision making, RealityVision® allows organizations to simultaneously share multiple information flows in an instant. As a result, users are virtually on-the-ground with their colleagues to proactively address problems and improve employee safety and security, incident response, loss prevention and other critical functions. For more information on Reality Mobile, please visit www.realitymobile.com.

SOURCE Reality Mobile