Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Monetizing network connected user bases utilizing distributed processing systems
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Application No.: US12396780Application Date: 2009-03-03
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Publication No.: US10269025B2Publication Date: 2019-04-23
- Inventor: Edward A. Hubbard
- Applicant: Edward A. Hubbard
- Applicant Address: US DE Wilmington
- Assignee: Intellectual Ventures II LLC
- Current Assignee: Intellectual Ventures II LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US DE Wilmington
- Agency: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
- Main IPC: G06Q10/00
- IPC: G06Q10/00 ; G06Q30/02 ; G06Q10/06 ; G06Q50/18 ; H04L9/32

Abstract:
Various embodiments enable network service providers to receive revenue from their user bases by providing network services to various distributed devices in exchange for the distributed devices agreeing to process workloads for customer paid projects. In at least one embodiment, a method of operating a distributed processing system may include identifying a first party with a first user base with several first distributed devices, and identifying a different party with a different user base with several second distributed devices. Processing workloads for a customer paid project using the first and second distributed devices. Then, sharing revenue from the customer project between the first party and the second party based in part on a size of a user base, a user base's processing capability, or a type of project processed by the user base.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090171855A1 Monitizing Network Connected User Bases Utilizing Distributed Processing Systems Public/Granted day:2009-07-02
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