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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2012
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Gary D. Cudak, Creedmoor, NC (US);
Christopher J. Hardee, Raleigh, NC (US);
Randall C. Humes, Raleigh, NC (US);
Adam Roberts, Moncure, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Evaluating wireless network access connections via near field communications, including: identifying, by a requesting device, one or more network connections available to the requesting device; requesting, by the requesting device to one or more responding devices using a near field communications connection, information describing the performance of the network connections experienced by the one or more responding devices; receiving, by the requesting device, the information describing the performance of the network connections experienced by the one or more responding devices; and connecting, by the requesting device, to a preferred network connection in dependence upon the information describing the performance of the network connections experienced by the one or more responding devices.
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