System and Method for User Devices in Cloud Computing Environment

An apparatus comprising:

• a network interface;
• and
• a processor coupled to the network interface, the processor configured to transmit, via the network interface, an end user request to a cloud service provider system of a cloud service provider, the processor further configured to transmit, via the network interface, location information of the apparatus to the cloud service provider system,
• the end user request for performing a computational job via cloud computing, at least a portion of the computational job assigned to a consumer device selected by the cloud service provider system, the consumer device selected, at least in part, based on at least one characteristic of the consumer device and proximity of the consumer device to the apparatus, the proximity determined by the cloud service provider system based on the location information transmitted.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• communicating, via a network interface of a consumer device, at least one characteristic of the consumer device to a cloud job manager of a cloud service provider system of a cloud service provider;
• spawning a processing task on the consumer device responsive to a job request, the job request received via the network interface from the cloud job manager, the job request to perform at least a portion of a computational job, the computational job requested by an end user device to be performed via cloud computing, the consumer device selected by the cloud job manager based, at least in part, on proximity of the consumer device to the end user device and the at least one characteristic communicated;
• and
• performing, by the processing task spawned, the at least a portion of the computational job.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having encoded thereon a sequence of instructions which, when loaded and executed by at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to:

• communicate, via a network interface of a consumer device, at least one characteristic of the consumer device to a cloud job manager of a cloud service provider system of a cloud service provider;
• spawn a processing task on the consumer device responsive to a job request, the job request received via the network interface from the cloud job manager, the job request to perform at least a portion of a computational job, the computational job requested by an end user device to be performed via cloud computing, the consumer device selected by the cloud job manager based, at least in part, on proximity of the consumer device to the end user device and the at least one characteristic communicated;
• and
• perform, via the processing task spawned, the at least a portion of the computational job.

A system for cloud computing, the system comprising:

• means for communicating at least one characteristic of a consumer device to a cloud job manager of a cloud service provider system of a cloud service provider;
• means for receiving a job request from the cloud job manager, the job request to perform at least a portion of a computational job, the computational job requested by an end user device to be performed via cloud computing, the consumer device selected by the cloud job manager based, at least in part, on proximity of the consumer device to the end user device and the at least one characteristic communicated;
• and
• means for performing the at least a portion of the computational job responsive to the job request received.