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Patent US10531470

Issued 2020-01-07

Peer-to-peer Sharing Of Network Resources

A role of sharing broker can be activated on a first mobile device, the role of sharing broker brokering sharing of network resources of at least a first network among a plurality of other mobile devices. Data usage by the first mobile device on at least the first network can be monitored. Responsive to the data usage by the first mobile device on at least the first network exceeding a threshold value, an amount of data usage on at least the first network being shared by the first mobile device among the plurality of other mobile devices can be adjusted.

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1. A first mobile device, comprising: a processor programmed to initiate executable operations comprising: activating on the first mobile device a role of sharing broker that brokers sharing of network resources of at least a first network among a plurality of other mobile devices; monitoring data usage by the first mobile device on at least the first network; and responsive to the data usage by the first mobile device on at least the first network exceeding a threshold value, adjusting an amount of data usage on at least the first network being shared by the first mobile device among the plurality of other mobile devices.
9. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code stored thereon, the program code executable by a processor to perform a method comprising: activating on a first mobile device a role of sharing broker that brokers sharing of network resources of at least a first network among a plurality of other mobile devices; monitoring data usage by the first mobile device on at least the first network; and responsive to the data usage by the first mobile device on at least the first network exceeding a threshold value, adjusting an amount of data usage on at least the first network being shared by the first mobile device among the plurality of other mobile devices.
17. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code stored thereon, the program code executable by a processor to perform a method comprising: determining, by a first mobile device, a second mobile device losing connectivity to a second network or a communication link between the second mobile device and the second network degrading below a threshold value, the second mobile device assigned a role of sharing broker that brokers sharing of network resources of at least a first network among a plurality of other mobile devices via the second network, the first mobile device and the plurality of other mobile devices participating in a sharing group; responsive to determining the second mobile device losing connectivity to the second network or the communication link between the second mobile device and the second network degrading below the threshold value, activating on the first mobile device the role of sharing broker that brokers the sharing of the network resources of at least the first network among the plurality of other mobile devices via the second network; and responsive to activating on the first mobile device the role of sharing broker that brokers the sharing of the network resources of at least the first network among the plurality of other mobile devices via the second network, automatically communicating an indicator to the plurality of other mobile devices, the indicator indicating that the first mobile device has assumed to role of sharing broker.