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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2020
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Su Liu, Austin, TX (US);
Demetrice Browder, Round Rock, TX (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/14 (2013.01); H04L 43/065 (2013.01); H04L 67/1044 (2013.01); H04L 67/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A connection request is received for an account, the account associated with a set of devices, the connection request comprising a request to establish communication between a sending device and a device associated with the account. By analyzing device usage data for a first device in the set of devices, an availability score of the first device is determined. The first device is presented for connection based on the availability score of the first device. Responsive to the presenting, the sending device and the first device are connected.