FORMATION AND REARRANGEMENT OF LENDER DEVICES THAT PERFORM MULTIPLEXING FUNCTIONS
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- establishing an ad-hoc network between a borrower and at least two lenders of bandwidth; and
establishing one lender of the at least two lenders as a multiplexer to manage data flow over the ad-hoc network between the borrower and lenders of the at least two lenders of bandwidth.
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Abstract
A method comprises establishing an ad-hoc network between a borrower and at least two lenders of bandwidth and establishing one lender of the at least two lenders as a multiplexer to manage data flow over the ad-hoc network between the borrower and lenders of the at least two lenders of bandwidth. The method may include providing a computer infrastructure to perform the steps of the invention. A system is also provided which includes a server having a database containing data associated with one or more lenders and a borrower in an ad-hoc network and at least one hardware and/or software component. The system may further includes computer usable medium having readable program code embodied in the medium to perform processes of the invention.
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39 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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establishing an ad-hoc network between a borrower and at least two lenders of bandwidth; and establishing one lender of the at least two lenders as a multiplexer to manage data flow over the ad-hoc network between the borrower and lenders of the at least two lenders of bandwidth. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method, comprising:
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establishing an ad-hoc network between a borrower and at least two lenders of bandwidth by broadcasting a table to the at least two lenders; requesting one of the at least two lenders to be a multiplexer to manage data flow over the ad-hoc network based on required criteria; and establishing the one of the at least two lenders as the multiplexer based on information provided by the at least two lenders which meets the required criteria. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method for providing a formation of a multiplexed ad-hoc network, comprising:
providing a computer infrastructure being operable to; establish an ad-hoc network between a borrower and at least two lenders of bandwidth by broadcasting a table to the at least two lenders; request one of the at least two lenders to be a multiplexer to manage data flow over the ad-hoc network; and establish the one of the at least two lenders as the multiplexer based on required criteria provided by the borrower. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A system comprising a server having a database containing data associated with one or more lenders and a borrower in an ad-hoc network, and at least one of a hardware and software component for establishing an ad-hoc network between a borrower and at least two lenders of bandwidth by broadcasting a table to the at least two lenders;
- requesting one of the at least two lenders to be a multiplexer to manage data flow over the ad-hoc network based on required criteria; and
establishing the one of the at least two lenders as the multiplexer based on information provided by the at least two lenders which meets the required criteria. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38)
- requesting one of the at least two lenders to be a multiplexer to manage data flow over the ad-hoc network based on required criteria; and
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39. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having readable program code embodied in the medium, the computer program product includes at least one component to:
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establish an ad-hoc network between a borrower and at least two lenders of bandwidth; and establish one lender of the at least two lenders as a multiplexer to manage data flow over the ad-hoc network between the borrower and lenders of the at least two lenders of bandwidth.
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