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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
University College Dublin, Belfield, IE;
Jonathan Dunne, Dungarvan, IE;
Paul B. French, Cork, IE;
James P. Galvin, Jr., Georgetown, KY (US);
Yi Han, Blackrock, IE;
Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Ballsbridge, IE;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, Belfield, IE;
Abstract
A first mobile device determines a second mobile device losing connectivity to a second network or a communication link between the second mobile device and the second network degrading below a threshold value, the second mobile device assigned a role of sharing broker that brokers sharing of network resources of at least a first network among a plurality of other mobile devices via the second network, the first mobile device and the plurality of other mobile devices participating in a sharing group. Responsive to the determination, the role of sharing broker is activated on the first mobile device.