Hardware and processing request brokerage
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsTijs I. Wilbrink, Edward E. Kelley
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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsTijs I. Wilbrink, Edward E. Kelley
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Methods, brokerage systems and program products for enabling a mobile electronic device communicate with another electronic device for accomplishing a requested task without interrupting a user of the other electronic device. A task is requested at the mobile device and a transmission signal locates other electronic devices within a receivable range of the transmission signal. A number of scenarios of various combinations of located other devices is built, whereby each scenario is capable of accomplishing the requested task. One of these scenarios is selected, information relating to the task is sent to the electronic devices within such scenario, and then the requested task is performed by such selected electronic devices. Upon completion of the task, deliverables may be transmitted from the selected electronic device to a predetermined destination. Owners of the selected electronic devices may be rewarded for usage of their devices.
A method for performing a requested task between electronic devices comprising:
A brokerage system for performing a requested task between a mobile electronic device and another electronic device comprising:
A computer program product comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.