PRICE OFFERINGS FOR BANDWIDTH-SHARING AD HOC NETWORKS

摘要

Methods and systems to establish and execute price offerings among the lenders and borrowers in a bandwidth-sharing ad hoc network for shared bandwidth usage. The method comprises establishing a price offering among a lender and borrower in a bandwidth-sharing ad hoc network for shared bandwidth usage. The method further includes executing the price offering upon acceptance of a lender to the bandwidth-sharing ad hoc network for shared bandwidth usage.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
establishing a price offering among a lender and borrower in a bandwidth-sharing ad hoc network for shared bandwidth usage; and executing the price offering upon acceptance of a lender to the bandwidth-sharing ad hoc network for shared bandwidth usage, wherein at least one of the establishing and the executing is performed using a computer device including a processor; the lender comprises a lender computer device and the borrower comprises a borrower computer device; and the bandwidth-sharing ad hoc network is configured such that the borrower computer device communicates with the lender computer device via local wireless communication protocol, and the lender computer device communicates with a remote location on behalf of the borrower computer device to create a virtual fat pipe for the borrower computer device for uploading/downloading data over a network.