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US 7,043,225 B1Granted
Method and system for brokering bandwidth in a wireless communications network
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsPulin R. Patel, Raghuram Krovvidi, Ojas T. Choksi, Achal R. Patel, Kenneth W. Davidson, Mohammad R. Ali
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Abstract
A method and system for brokering bandwidth in a wireless communications network includes receiving a request for a wireless service at a geographic region. An availability of the wireless service is determined at the geographic region. A response to the request is generated based on the availability of the wireless service. The response includes one or more terms for the wireless service.
Claims55
A method for brokering resources of a wireless communications network, comprising:
- providing a service interface allowing a user of a remote communications device to select one or more geographic regions for which the user desires wireless service coverage for the remote communications device;
- receiving at a centralized brokerage manager via the service interface a request from the user for a wireless service at a particular geographic region selected by the user via the service interface;
- selectively determining an availability of the wireless service for at least two service providers available at the selected geographic region based on the request;
- generating a first response to the request based on the availability of the wireless service at the selected geographic region, the first response including one or more terms for the wireless service including at least one option between the at least two service providers;
- communicating the first response to the remote communications device;
- and
- receiving a second response to the first response, the second response selecting at least one of the at least two service providers to provide the wireless service.
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A system for brokering resources of a wireless communications network, comprising:
- computer implementable instructions encoded in at least one computer processable medium;
- and
- the instructions operable upon processing to provide a service interface allowing a user of a remote communications device to select one or more geographic regions for which the user desires wireless service coverage for the remote communications device, receive via the service interface a request from the user for a wireless service at a particular geographic region selected by the user via the service interface, selectively determine an availability of the wireless service for at least two service providers available at the selected geographic region based on the request, generate a first response to the request based on the availability of the wireless service at the selected geographic region, the first response including one or more terms for the wireless service including at least one option between the service providers, communicate the first response to the remote communications device, and receive a second response to the first response, the second response selecting at least one of the at least two service providers to provide the wireless service.
An interface for a mobile communication device operable to use wireless services in connection with a wireless communications network, comprising:
- computer implementable instructions encoded in at least one computer processable medium;
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- the instructions operable upon processing to provide a user interface configured to receive from a user of a remote communications device a plurality of service criteria for generating a request for wireless services at a geographic region, the service criteria comprising a geographic region for which the user desires wireless service coverage, a price, a type of service, a bandwidth, and a time for the wireless service, wherein the instructions are further operable upon processing to cause the request to be communicated to a centralized brokerage manager, wherein the user interface is further operable to display a response to the request comprising available wireless services and terms for the available wireless services at the geographic region selected by the user via the user interface, wherein the available wireless services are determined at the centralized brokerage device based on the service criteria and the terms include at least one option between at least two service providers of the requested wireless services, and wherein the user interface is further operable to receive a selection of at least one of the at least two service providers to provide the wireless service at the geographic region selected by the user via the user interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.