Mobile peer-to-peer content sharing method and system

• US 9,277,348 B2
• Filed: 03/05/2013
• Issued: 03/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Inventors: Chiang, Mung
• Primary Examiner(s): Jung, Min
• Application Number:
  US13/784,850
• Publication Number:
  US 20130182597A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,092 Days
• Field of Search: 370/338, 705/14.1, 705/14.11
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1078 Resource delivery mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1082 involving incentive schemes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/182 Network node acting on behalf of an other network entity, e.g. proxy
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/18 between terminal devices

Abstract

Embodiment of the disclosure set forth methods for sharing data in a wireless network. Some example methods include storing in a database a content related information associated with a first mobile device, receiving a request for the content related information from a second mobile device, searching the database for the content related information, and transmitting a search result to the second mobile device to enable the transfer of content between the first mobile device and the second mobile device.

Claims

1. A method to distribute a reward to a mobile device to upload content in a wireless network, comprising:

determining, by a stationary device, a channel condition for a communication channel used by the mobile device to upload the content;

receiving, by a stationary device, the content from the mobile device over the communication channel in response to a determination that the condition of the communication channel exceeds a predetermined threshold;

transmitting, by a stationary device, the reward to the mobile device in response to receiving the content;

identifying, by a stationary device, a location of the mobile device;

determining, by a stationary device, a transmit power of the mobile device according to a signal received from the mobile device and the location of the mobile device; and

modifying, by a stationary device, the reward according to the determined transmit power.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising modifying, by a stationary device, the reward based on a number of times the content is downloaded.

3. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing a sequence of instructions to incentivize uploading of content from a device in a wireless network, which in response to execution by a computing device, causes the computing device to:

determine a channel condition for a communication channel used by the device to upload the content,

receive the content over the communication channel from the device in response to a determination that the condition of the communication channel exceeds a predetermined threshold;

transmit a reward to the device in response to receiving the content;

identify a location of the device;

determine a transmit power of the device according to a signal received from the device and the location of the device; and

modify the reward according to the determined transmit power.

4. A wireless network system configured to incentivize uploading of content from a mobile device, comprising:

a mobile switching center configured to manage a base station, wherein the base station is further configured to

determine a channel condition for a communication channel between the base station and the mobile device in a wireless range of the base station, wherein the communication channel is configured to upload the content from the mobile device to the base station,

receive a reward from the mobile switching center;

transmit the reward to the mobile device in response to receiving the content from the mobile device;

identify a location of the mobile device;

determine a transmit power of the mobile device according to a signal received from the mobile device and the location of the mobile device; and

modifying the reward according to the determined transmit power.

5. The wireless network system of claim 4, wherein the mobile switching center is further configured to modify the reward based on a number of times the content is downloaded.

6. The wireless network system of claim 4, wherein the base station is further configured to receive compensation from another mobile device in the wireless range for the content before allowing the other mobile device to download the content.