Various technologies described herein pertain to joining a computing device in a local network to a community Wi-Fi network. The community Wi-Fi network includes disparate computing devices that share respective network bandwidth capacities with member consumer devices of the community Wi-Fi network. The computing device receives an opt-in signal indicating that the computing device desirably be added to the community Wi-Fi network. Responsive to receiving the opt-in signal, the computing device retrieves account parameters. The account parameters include data indicating a network bandwidth capacity allocated to the account, which is usable by the computing device. A shared portion of the network bandwidth capacity is determined based at least in part upon the parameters of the account. The computing device is configured to share the shared portion of the network bandwidth capacity for consumption by member consumer device(s). The computing device communicates with the member consumer device(s) over a Wi-Fi connection
申请公布号
EP3066881(A1)
申请公布日期
2016.09.14
申请号
EP20140802252
申请日期
2014.10.30
申请人
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
发明人
MACDONALD, DAVID NEIL;SINGH, VIKAS;SHARMA, SAUMAYA;MAZANDARANY, DARYA;LAMBA, TRIPTPAL SINGH;GOYAL, PIYUSH;FORD, BRENT EDWARD