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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2014
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, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
A first mobile device receives, from each of a plurality of other mobile devices, information related to the availability of at least one network resource provided by at least a first network offered for sharing by the respective other mobile device. The first mobile device also receives a request from a second mobile device to access the network resource provided by the first network shared by at least one of the plurality of other mobile devices. The first mobile device selects at least one of the other mobile devices to share the network resource provided by the first network with the second mobile device. The first mobile device communicates to the second mobile device peer-to-peer network connection information of the selected at least one of the other mobile devices.