Communications network

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APP PUB NO 20070174467A1
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11401575

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A distributed communications network comprising a plurality of nodes and a plurality of user devices, wherein each node comprises: a communications device for establishing bi-directional wireless communication with at least one user device, a communications device for establishing bi-directional communication with at least one other node; and a data processor in association with a local memory for storing information for presentation to users, and wherein at least one of the nodes further includes a communications device connected to a further communications network, and wherein nodes are grouped into clusters that cooperate with one another such that if a user requests information which is held in the local memory of a node within a cluster then the nodes cooperate to supply that information to the user and if a connection between a user and the further communications network is required, the nodes cooperate to establish it.

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LASTMILE COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED39 MARSH GREEN ROAD WEST MARSH BARTON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE EXETER DEVON EX2 8PN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ballou, Bernard L JR Raleigh, NC 26 1841
Crocker, Timothy Richard Exeter, GB 7 576
Hunter, Charles Eric Jefferson, NC 139 6528

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