Increased network resources in exchange for sharing of device resources

A method, comprising:

• communicating to a mobile device a menu of client device sharing options, the menu comprising a plurality of menu items each indicating a particular level of device resources of the mobile device and a corresponding level of network resources to be provided to the mobile device in exchange for the mobile device sharing the particular level of the device resources;
• receiving from the mobile device an indicator, the indicator indicating an agreement by a user of the mobile device to share device resources of the mobile device with an entity distinct from the mobile device and distinct from the user of the mobile device, and a selection, by the user of the mobile device, of at least one of the menu items;
• and
• responsive to receiving from the mobile device the indicator indicating the agreement of the user of the of the mobile device to share the device resources of the mobile device with the entity and responsive to receiving a message from a sharing agent of the mobile device indicating that that no user inputs are received by the mobile device over a particular duration of time and that video content is not being streamed to the mobile device, accessing, by a client access agent executed by a first processor, the shared device resources, communicating to the mobile device data to be processed by the shared device resources of the mobile device, the shared device resources processing the data, and increasing a level of quality of service provided by the communication network to the mobile device to be higher than a present level of quality of service being provided to the mobile device.

A system, comprising:

• a first processor programmed to initiate executable operations comprising:
• communicating to a mobile device a menu of client device sharing options, the menu comprising a plurality of menu items each indicating a particular level of device resources of the mobile device and a corresponding level of network resources to be provided to the mobile device in exchange for the mobile device sharing the particular level of the device resources;
• receiving from the mobile device an indicator, the indicator indicating an agreement by a user of the mobile device to share device resources of the mobile device with an entity distinct from the mobile device and distinct from the user of the mobile device, and a selection, by the user of the mobile device, of at least one of the menu items;
• and
• responsive to receiving from the mobile device the indicator indicating the agreement of the user of the of the mobile device to share the device resources of the mobile device with the entity and responsive to receiving a message from a sharing agent of the mobile device indicating that that no user inputs are received by the mobile device over a particular duration of time and that video content is not being streamed to the mobile device, accessing, by a client access agent executed by the first processor, the shared device resources, communicating to the mobile device data to be processed by the shared device resources of the mobile device, the shared device resources processing the data, and increasing a level of quality of service provided by the communication network to the mobile device to be higher than a present level of quality of service being provided to the mobile device.

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code stored thereon, the program code executable by a first processor to perform a method comprising:

• communicating to a mobile device a menu of client device sharing options, the menu comprising a plurality of menu items each indicating a particular level of device resources of the mobile device and a corresponding level of network resources to be provided to the mobile device in exchange for the mobile device sharing the particular level of the device resources;
• receiving from the mobile device an indicator, the indicator indicating an agreement by a user of the mobile device to share device resources of the mobile device with an entity distinct from the mobile device and distinct from the user of the mobile device, and a selection, by the user of the mobile device, of at least one of the menu items;
• and
• responsive to receiving from the mobile device the indicator indicating the agreement of the user of the of the mobile device to share the device resources of the mobile device with the entity and responsive to receiving a message from a sharing agent of the mobile device indicating that that no user inputs are received by the mobile device over a particular duration of time and that video content is not being streamed to the mobile device, accessing, by a client access agent executed by the first processor, the shared device resources, communicating to the mobile device data to be processed by the shared device resources of the mobile device, the shared device resources processing the data, and increasing a level of quality of service provided by the communication network to the mobile device to be higher than a present level of quality of service being provided to the mobile device.