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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2006
Dawson Yee, Redmond, WA (US);
Ruston John David Panabaker, Redmond, WA (US);
Eric Horvitz, Redmond, WA (US);
William Jefferson Westerinen, Redmond, WA (US);
Dawson Yee, Redmond, WA (US);
Ruston John David Panabaker, Redmond, WA (US);
Eric Horvitz, Redmond, WA (US);
William Jefferson Westerinen, Redmond, WA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method and system is provided for conducting a purchasing activity among federated devices in an ad hoc network. In one example, the purchasing activity is an auction. Devices may be identified for federating into the ad hoc network. The devices may be identified, for example, based on distance from an auction item or distance from a device of a seller of the auction item. Alternatively, the purchasing activity may include a bulk purchase in which user devices may federate into an ad hoc network for sharing costs of bulk items.