Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Peer-to-peer sharing of network resources
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Application No.: US16009206Application Date: 2018-06-15
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Publication No.: US10531470B2Publication Date: 2020-01-07
- Inventor: Jonathan Dunne , Paul B. French , James P. Galvin, Jr. , Yi Han , Patrick J. O'Sullivan
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation , University College Dublin
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk IE Dublin
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION,UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, BELFIELD
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION,UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, BELFIELD
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk IE Dublin
- Agency: Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC
- Main IPC: H04W72/00
- IPC: H04W72/00 ; H04W72/04 ; H04L29/08 ; H04W76/14 ; H04W16/14 ; H04W24/08 ; H04W72/06 ; H04L12/26 ; H04W92/18 ; H04W4/08 ; H04W84/18 ; H04W88/04

Abstract:
A role of sharing broker can be activated on a first mobile device, the role of sharing broker brokering sharing of network resources of at least a first network among a plurality of other mobile devices. Data usage by the first mobile device on at least the first network can be monitored. Responsive to the data usage by the first mobile device on at least the first network exceeding a threshold value, an amount of data usage on at least the first network being shared by the first mobile device among the plurality of other mobile devices can be adjusted.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180295613A1 PEER-TO-PEER SHARING OF NETWORK RESOURCES Public/Granted day:2018-10-11
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