Determining when to establish connection between mobile client and proxy devices

A client device configured to connect to a host device to communicate with a network potentially accessible by the host device, the client device comprising:

• a wireless interface for communicating with the host device;
• a memory;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory and to the wireless interface, the processor configured to execute instructions to:
• receive, via the wireless interface, a connection request from the host device, the connection request including data for obtaining a suitability metric associated with the host device;
• compare the suitability metric to a suitability threshold associated with the client device, the suitability threshold based on at least one of:
• a time since a last connection to the network;
• and
• an importance of information to be communicated with the network;
• and
• establish, via the wireless interface, a connection with the host device for communicating the data with the network when the suitability metric is greater than the suitability threshold.

A computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a client computing device, configure the client computing device to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a connection request from a host device, the connection request including data for obtaining a suitability metric associated with the host device;
• comparing the suitability metric to a suitability threshold associated with the client device, the suitability threshold based on at least one of:
• a time since a last connection to a network;
• and
• an importance of information to be communicated with the network;
• and
• establish, via a wireless interface, a connection with the host device for communicating the data with the network when the suitability metric is greater than the suitability threshold.