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Systems and methods for allocating and pricing alternative network access resources with reserve prices

  • US 9,900,445 B2
  • Filed: 08/30/2017
  • Issued: 02/20/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2013
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method comprising, by at least one hardware processor:

  • receiving, from each of a plurality of parties, an offloading demand for future access to an alternative network;

    receiving, from each of a plurality of providers of access to the alternative network, a reserve price for access to a plurality of access points in the alternative network that are provided by the provider;

    for reservations within a short-term future time span, allocating and pricing reservations of the plurality of access points, provided by the plurality of providers, to the plurality of parties by solving a mixed integer program using a Vickrey-Clarke-Groves (VCG) mechanism;

    for reservations within a long-term future time span that is further in the future than the short-term future time span, allocating and pricing reservations of the plurality of access points, provided by the plurality of providers, to the plurality of parties by solving a mixed integer program using core-selecting combinatorial auctions; and

    ,for each reservation, at the time of that reservation, offloading one or more mobile devices, that are communicatively connected to a primary network of the party to which that reservation was allocated, from the primary network to the reserved access point of the alternative network.

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