FILTERING IN BANDWIDTH SHARING AD HOC NETWORKS

• US 20080298238A1
• Filed: 05/31/2007
• Published: 12/04/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Finn, Peter G., Dawson, Christopher J., Hamilton, Rick A. II, Li, Jenny S.
• Granted Patent: US 7,944,878 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/235
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

Systems and methods for filtering in bandwidth sharing ad hoc networks. A method includes maintaining at least one filtering parameter associated with formation of a bandwidth sharing ad hoc network. The method further includes preventing data transfer across the bandwidth sharing ad hoc network when a parameter of a request to establish the bandwidth sharing ad hoc network corresponds to the at least one filtering parameter.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

maintaining at least one filtering parameter associated with formation of a bandwidth sharing ad hoc network; and

preventing data transfer across the bandwidth sharing ad hoc network when a parameter of a request to establish the bandwidth sharing ad hoc network corresponds to the at least one filtering parameter.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the maintaining comprises at least one of storing and updating the at least one filtering parameter.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one filtering parameter comprises at least one list of:

at least one username, at least one device identifier, at least one target site, and at least one word associated with a tag.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one filtering parameter comprises:

a list of at least one word associated with a tag; and

at least one threshold value associated with the at least one word.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the at least one threshold value comprises at least one of a number of instances of a tag or a percentage of tags.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the steps of claim 1 are provided by a service provider under a subscription and/or fee agreement and/or based on advertising content to one or more third parties.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein a service provider at least one of creates, maintains, deploys and supports a computer infrastructure that performs the steps of claim 1.

8. A method, comprising:

receiving a request from a borrower to lend bandwidth to the borrower in an ad hoc network;

comparing the request to at least one filtering parameter; and

denying or granting the request based upon the comparing.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the at least one filtering parameter comprises at least one list of:

at least one username, at least one device identifier, at least one target site, and at least one word associated with a tag.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising obtaining the at least one list from a third party after the receiving and before the comparing.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising updating the at least one list after the denying.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising notifying other lenders after the denying.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the at least one filtering parameter comprises:

a list of at least one word associated with a tag; and

at least one threshold value associated with the at least one word.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the at least one threshold value comprises at least one of a number of instances of a tag or a percentage of tags.

15. A method, comprising:

providing a computer infrastructure operable to;

store at least one filtering parameter; and

based upon a request of a borrower to establish a bandwidth sharing ad hoc network, at least one of;

transmit the at least one filtering parameter to a lender, and prevent data transfer for the borrower across the ad hoc network based upon the at least one filtering parameter.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the at least one filtering parameter comprises at least one list of:

at least one username, at least one device identifier, at least one target site, and at least one word associated with a tag.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the at least one filtering parameter comprises:

a list of at least one word associated with a tag; and

at least one threshold value associated with the at least one word.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the at least one threshold value comprises at least one of a number of instances of a tag or a percentage of tags.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the computer infrastructure is further operable to update the at least one filtering parameter.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein at least one of the storing, the transmitting, and the preventing are provided by a service provider under a subscription and/or fee agreement and/or based on advertising content to one or more third parties.

21. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable program embodied in the medium, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computing device causes the computing device to:

maintain at least one filtering parameter associated with formation of a bandwidth sharing ad hoc network; and

based upon the at least one filtering parameter, at least one of;

provide the at least one filtering parameter to a lender of the ad hoc network, and prevent data transfer across the ad hoc network.

22. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein the maintaining comprises at least one of storing and updating the at least one filtering parameter.

23. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein the at least one filtering parameter comprises at least one list of:

at least one username, at least one device identifier, at least one target site, and at least one word associated with a tag.

24. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein the at least one filtering parameter comprises:

a list of at least one word associated with a tag; and

at least one threshold value associated with the at least one word.

25. The computer program product of claim 24, wherein the at least one threshold value comprises at least one of a number of instances of a tag or a percentage of tags.

26. A system comprising a server having a database containing data associated with a borrower, and at least one of a hardware and software component configured to:

maintain at least one filtering parameter;

compare a request of the borrower to borrow bandwidth from a lender to the at least one filtering parameter; and

deny or grant the request based upon the comparing.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein the maintaining comprises at least one of storing and updating at least one list of parameters.

28. The system of claim 26, wherein the comparing comprises at least one of:

comparing a username of the borrower to a filter list of usernames;

comparing a device identifier of the borrower to a filter list of device identifiers;

comparing a target site to a filter list of sites; and

comparing at least one tag associated with the request to filter list of words.

29. The system of claim 26, further comprising providing the at least one filtering parameter to the lender.

30. The system of claim 26, wherein the maintaining, the comparing, and the denying or granting are provided by a service provider under a subscription and/or fee agreement and/or based on advertising content to one or more third parties.