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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 22, 2016
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Graham C. Charters, Southampton, GB;

Bret W. Dixon, South Perth, AU;

Benjamin T. Horwood, North Perth, AU;

Alexander H. Poga, Peppermint Grove, AU;

Mark A. Shewell, Perth, AU;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04W 4/18 (2009.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/104 (2013.01); H04L 41/22 (2013.01); H04L 67/1076 (2013.01); H04L 67/14 (2013.01); H04L 67/20 (2013.01); H04W 4/18 (2013.01); H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 72/048 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01); H04W 88/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

An indication to determine a device to host at least one shared content found on a first device is received. The first device is connected to a network. The network includes two or more devices. To each device of the two or more devices connected to the network, a request to host the at least one shared content found on the first device is transmitted. Responsive to transmitting the request, a response to host from at least one device of the two or more devices connected to the network is received. An optimal device of the at least one device to host the at least one shared content is determined. The at least one shared content is transmitted to the optimal device.


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