Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Valuation of and marketplace for inter-network links between balloon network and terrestrial network
- Patent Title (中): 气球网络和地面网络之间的网络间链路的估价和市场
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Application No.: US13673700Application Date: 2012-11-09
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Publication No.: US08971274B1Publication Date: 2015-03-03
- Inventor: Eric Teller , Richard Wayne DeVaul , Clifford L. Biffle , Joshua Weaver , Anton Valdemar Staaf
- Applicant: Google Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
- Main IPC: H04W72/04
- IPC: H04W72/04

Abstract:
Embodiments relate to a marketplace for inter-network links between a balloon network and a terrestrial data network. An example method may involve a computer-based purchasing agent: (i) determining a demand for inter-network bandwidth between a balloon network and a terrestrial data network, (ii) determining one or more offers to provide an inter-network link, wherein the inter-network link provides inter-network bandwidth between the balloon network and the terrestrial data network, and wherein each offer is associated with a corresponding client device, (iii) based at least in part on a comparison of: (a) the demand for inter-network bandwidth and (b) the one or more offers to provide an inter-network link, selecting one or more of the offers to provide an inter-network link, and (iv) initiating a process to establish an inter-network link at each client device that corresponds to one of the one or more selected offers.
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