System, method and apparatus for ad-hoc utilization of available resources across mobile devices

A network system of collaboratively executing a task, comprising:

• first to N-th mobile devices and a server device, wherein N is an integer greater than one, and the first to N-th mobile devices constitute the mobile ad-hoc network,
• wherein the first mobile device has the task to be executed, queries available resources of the second to N-th mobile devices to the server device, receives identifications (IDs) of collaborative mobile devices, divides the task into first to M-th sub tasks (wherein M is an integer greater than one), assigns each of the first to M-th sub tasks to at least one of the collaborative mobile devices, requests executions of the first to M-th sub tasks to the collaborative mobile devices, and receives execution results of the first to M-th sub tasks from the collaborative mobile devices,
• wherein the server device receives resource information from the second to N-th mobile devices,
• determines the collaborative mobile devices out of the second to N-th mobile devices based on the resource information, and provide the IDs of the collaborative mobile devices to the first mobile device, and
• wherein each of the collaborative mobile devices executes at least one of the assigned first to M-th sub tasks and provides execution results with the first mobile device.

A computer program product stored in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer readable program instructions, the computer readable program instructions read and carried out by a processor for performing a method of collaboratively executing a task using first to N-th mobile devices in an ad-hoc network, wherein the method comprises:

• determining collaborative mobile devices out of the second to N-th mobile devices;
• receiving information corresponding to the collaborative mobile devices;
• dividing the task into first to M-th sub tasks, wherein M and N are integers greater than one;
• assigning each of the first to M-th sub tasks to at least one of the collaborative mobile devices;
• requesting executions of the first to M-th sub tasks to the collaborative mobile devices;
• and
• receiving execution results of the first to M-th sub tasks from the collaborative mobile devices.