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Opportunistic offloading of tasks between nearby computing devices

  • US 9,554,239 B2
  • Filed: 04/21/2015
  • Issued: 01/24/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for enabling a computing device to offload communication tasks to a proxy computing device, the method comprising:

  • at the computing device, wherein the computing device is a member of a personal area network (PAN);

    identifying a condition in which to seek out the proxy computing device to which the communication tasks can be offloaded;

    issuing, to nearby computing devices that are members of the PAN, a request for one of the nearby computing devices to serve as the proxy computing device;

    receiving, from at least one nearby computing device of the nearby computing devices, an offer to serve as the proxy computing device; and

    in response to receiving the offer;

    updating a configuration at the computing device to cause the computing device to offload the communication tasks to the proxy computing device.

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