PRICE OFFERINGS FOR BANDWIDTH-SHARING AD HOC NETWORKS
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1. A method, comprising:
- establishing a price offering among a lender and borrower in a bandwidth-sharing ad hoc network for shared bandwidth usage; and
executing the price offering upon acceptance of a lender to the bandwidth-sharing ad hoc network for shared bandwidth usage.
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Abstract
Methods and systems to establish and execute price offerings among the lenders and borrowers in a bandwidth-sharing ad hoc network for shared bandwidth usage. The method comprises establishing a price offering among a lender and borrower in a bandwidth-sharing ad hoc network for shared bandwidth usage. The method further includes executing the price offering upon acceptance of a lender to the bandwidth-sharing ad hoc network for shared bandwidth usage.
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36 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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establishing a price offering among a lender and borrower in a bandwidth-sharing ad hoc network for shared bandwidth usage; and executing the price offering upon acceptance of a lender to the bandwidth-sharing ad hoc network for shared bandwidth usage. - 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)
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25. A method for managing price offerings in an ad hoc network, comprising:
providing a computer infrastructure being operable to; select one or more lenders in the ad hoc network; establish a price offering for a lender of bandwidth in the ad hoc network to charge to a borrower; and accept the price offering for borrowing the bandwidth in the ad hoc network. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. 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 a price offering among a lender and borrower in a bandwidth-sharing ad hoc network for shared bandwidth usage; and execute the price offering upon acceptance of a lender to the bandwidth-sharing ad hoc network for shared bandwidth usage.
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