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Price offerings for bandwidth-sharing ad hoc networks

  • US 10,623,998 B2
  • Filed: 05/31/2007
  • Issued: 04/14/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • establishing a bandwidth-sharing ad hoc network for shared bandwidth usage amongst a first computer device and plural second computer devices;

    performing a download of a file using the bandwidth-sharing ad hoc network in which the each of the plural second computer devices use their own bandwidth to download a separate portion of the file from at least one of a central location and a distributed location, on behalf of the first computer device; and

    downloading the respective separate portions of the file to the first computer device from the plural second computer devices,wherein the bandwidth-sharing ad hoc network is configured such that the first computer device communicates with the plural second computer devices via local wireless communication protocol and the plural second computer devices communicate with a remote location via wireless telephony protocol to complete the download on behalf of the first computer device to increase the data transfer rate for the first computer device in communicating with the remote location,wherein the establishing the bandwidth-sharing ad hoc network comprises;

    the first computer device scanning a plurality of potential second computer devices; and

    the first computer device selecting the plural second computer devices from the plurality of potential second computer devices, based on the scanning, to create a single virtual fat pipe for transmission of data for the first computer device over a network to the remote location,wherein the scanning comprises the first computer device requesting bandwidth-sharing information, including a data transfer rate provided by the respective one of the plurality of potential second computer devices, from each of the plurality of potential second computer devices;

    wherein the selecting is based on the bandwidth-sharing information received from each of the plurality of potential second computer devices, andwherein the bandwidth-sharing information includes the data transfer rate provided by the respective one of the plurality of potential second computer devices.

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