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Valuation of and Marketplace for Inter-Network Links Between Balloon Network and Terrestrial Network

  • US 20150146579A1
  • Filed: 01/30/2015
  • Published: 05/28/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

  • determining, by a computing device, a demand for inter-network bandwidth between a balloon network and a terrestrial data network;

    determining one or more offers to provide an inter-network link, wherein the inter-network link provides inter-network bandwidth between the balloon network and the terrestrial data network, and wherein each offer is associated with a corresponding client device;

    based at least in part on a comparison of;

    (a) the demand for inter-network bandwidth and (b) the one or more offers to provide an inter-network link, selecting one or more of the offers to provide an inter-network link; and

    initiating a process to establish an inter-network link at each client device that corresponds to one of the one or more selected offers.

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