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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
May. 29, 2015
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Aaron J. Quirk, Durham, NC (US);
Lin Sun, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Laura Wynter, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/919 (2013.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/765 (2013.01); H04L 67/1046 (2013.01); H04L 67/16 (2013.01); H04L 67/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems may provide for joining an overlay network of a plurality of peer devices and identifying a local preference for an area service available to the plurality of peer devices. Additionally, the local preference may be used to negotiate a common preference for the area service with the plurality of peer devices. In one example, the common preference is a best fit value for the plurality of peer devices on the overlay network.