Market-driven variable price offerings for bandwidth-sharing ad hoc networks
First Claim
1. A method comprising establishing and executing market-driven variable price offerings among lenders and borrowers to form a bandwidth-sharing ad hoc network for shared bandwidth usage,wherein the bandwidth-sharing ad hoc network is a communication network amongst mobile computing devices of one or more lenders and a mobile computing device of a borrower;
- andthe bandwidth-sharing ad hoc network is configured such that the borrower and the one or more lenders are in communication with one or more remote locations via wireless telephony communication protocol, the one or more lenders is in communication with the borrower via local wireless communication protocol, and the one or more lenders selectively lends bandwidth to the borrower for downloading data from or uploading data to the one or more remote locations.
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Abstract
Systems and methods to establish and execute market-driven variable price offerings among the lenders and borrowers in a bandwidth-sharing ad hoc network for shared bandwidth usage. The method comprises establishing and executing market-driven variable price offerings among lenders and borrowers. A bandwidth-sharing ad hoc network for shared bandwidth usage is formed based on the established and executed market-driven variable price offering.
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1. A method comprising establishing and executing market-driven variable price offerings among lenders and borrowers to form a bandwidth-sharing ad hoc network for shared bandwidth usage,
wherein the bandwidth-sharing ad hoc network is a communication network amongst mobile computing devices of one or more lenders and a mobile computing device of a borrower; - and
the bandwidth-sharing ad hoc network is configured such that the borrower and the one or more lenders are in communication with one or more remote locations via wireless telephony communication protocol, the one or more lenders is in communication with the borrower via local wireless communication protocol, and the one or more lenders selectively lends bandwidth to the borrower for downloading data from or uploading data to the one or more remote locations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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