Coordinating the use of independent radio receivers associated with a single transmitter

A computer program product for coordinating the use of independent and unrelated radio receivers, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a client device to cause the client device to:

• identify, from a decentralized shared database, an available host computing device implementing a radio receiver receiving radio signals from only a single transmitter;
• provide a request to access the identified host computing device;
• receive an indication of acceptance of the request;
• provide information regarding an application code to the host computing device for execution on the host computing device based on receiving the indication of acceptance;
• receive radio related data from the host computing device based on providing the information regarding the application code to the host computing device, wherein the radio related data is associated with the radio signals received by the radio receiver from the single transmitter;
• generate a signal strength map based on the radio related data;
• and
• store, output, or display the radio related data,
• wherein the client device is detached from the single transmitter;
• the single transmitter is separate from the host computing device;
• the radio related data identifies a signal reception strength of a radio signal received by the radio receiver from the single transmitter and a geographic location of the host computing device;
• and
• execution of the application code causes the host computing device to:
• set a reception frequency of the radio receiver to a transmission frequency of the single transmitter, receive radio signals from the single transmitter, and provide the radio related data to the client device.

A system comprising:

• a CPU, a computer readable memory and a computer readable storage medium associated with a client device;
• program instructions to identify, from a decentralized shared database, an available host computing device implementing a radio receiver receiving radio signals from only a single transmitter;
• program instructions to provide a request to access the identified host computing device;
• program instructions to receive an indication of acceptance of the request;
• program instructions to provide information regarding an application code to the host computing device for execution on the host computing device based on receiving the indication of acceptance;
• program instructions to receive radio related data from the host computing device based on providing the information regarding the application code to the host computing device, wherein the radio related data is associated with the radio signals received by the radio receiver from the single transmitter;
• program instructions to generate a signal strength map based on the radio related data;
• and
• program instructions to store, output, or display the radio related data,
• wherein the client device is detached from the single transmitter;
• the single transmitter is separate from the host computing device;
• the radio related data identifies a signal reception strength of a radio signal received by the radio receiver from the single transmitter and a geographic location of the host computing device;
• and
• execution of the application code causes the host computing device to:
• set a reception frequency of the radio receiver to a transmission frequency of the single transmitter, receive radio signals from the single transmitter, and provide the radio related data to the client device.