Multi-hop heterogeneous wireless device feature sharing

A method of sharing device features via multi-hop communications across different wireless radio interfaces, comprising:

• registering available features of each of a plurality of wireless devices accessible via one of a plurality of different wireless communication protocol interfaces of a first wireless bridging computing device;
• generating, for each of the plurality of wireless devices, an available feature list comprising the available features of the wireless device;
• generating, for each of the plurality of wireless devices, a device feature access profile comprising the available features of other of the plurality of wireless devices useable by the wireless device;
• publishing each device feature access profile to the wireless device for which each device feature access profile was generated;
• receiving a request for use of an available feature of a first wireless device via a first wireless communication protocol interface from a second wireless device via a second wireless communication protocol interface;
• where the publishing comprises publishing the available features of each of the registered wireless devices to each other of the plurality of wireless devices;
• filtering the available features of the first wireless device to remove at least one available feature un-useable by the second wireless device, where filtering the available features of the first wireless device to remove the at least one available feature un-useable by the second wireless device comprises filtering the available features of the first wireless device based upon bandwidth requirements for the available feature;
• where publishing the available features of each of the plurality of wireless devices to each other of the plurality of wireless devices comprises, for the second wireless device, publishing the filtered available features;
• and
• facilitating use of the requested available feature of the first wireless device by the second wireless device via the first wireless communication protocol interface and the second wireless communication protocol interface in response to the request, comprising:
• allocating a plurality of prioritized outbound message queues for each of the first wireless communication protocol interface and the second wireless communication protocol interface;
• and
• performing message traffic management via the plurality of prioritized outbound message queues for each of the first wireless communication protocol interface and the second wireless communication protocol interface.

An apparatus for sharing device features via multi-hop communications across different wireless radio interfaces, comprising:

• a plurality of different wireless communication protocol interfaces;
• and
• a processor programmed to:
• register available features of each of a plurality of wireless devices accessible via one of the plurality of different wireless communication protocol interfaces;
• receive a request for use of an available feature of a first wireless device via a first wireless communication protocol interface from a second wireless device via a second wireless communication protocol interface;
• facilitate use of the requested available feature of the first wireless device by the second wireless device via the first wireless communication protocol interface and the second wireless communication protocol interface in response to the request;
• publish the available features of each of the registered wireless devices to each other of the plurality of wireless devices;
• filter the available features of the first wireless device to remove at least one available feature un-useable by the second wireless device;
• where, in being programmed to publish the available features of each of the plurality of wireless devices to each other of the plurality of wireless devices, the processor is programmed to, for the second wireless device, publish the filtered available features based upon bandwidth requirements for the available feature.

An apparatus for sharing device features via multi-hop communications across different wireless radio interfaces, comprising:

• a plurality of different wireless communication protocol interfaces;
• and
• a processor programmed to:
• register available features of each of a plurality of wireless devices accessible via one of a plurality of different wireless communication protocol interfaces;
• generate, for each of the plurality of wireless devices, an available feature list comprising the available features of the wireless device;
• generate, for each of the plurality of wireless devices, a device feature access profile comprising the available features of other of the plurality of wireless devices useable by the wireless device;
• publish each device feature access profile to the wireless device for which each device feature access profile was generated;
• receive a request for use of an available feature of a first wireless device via a first wireless communication protocol interface from a second wireless device via a second wireless communication protocol interface;
• publish the available features of each of the registered wireless devices to each other of the plurality of wireless devices;
• filter the available features of the first wireless device to remove at least one available feature un-useable by the second wireless device, where filtering the available features of the first wireless device to remove the at least one available feature un-useable by the second wireless device comprises filtering the available features of the first wireless device based upon bandwidth requirements for the available feature;
• where in being programmed to publish the available features of each of the plurality of wireless devices to each other of the plurality of wireless devices the processor is programmed to, for the second wireless device, publishing the filtered available features;
• facilitate use of the requested available feature of the first wireless device by the second wireless device via the first wireless communication protocol interface and the second wireless communication protocol interface in response to the request, where the processor is further programmed to:
• allocate a plurality of prioritized outbound message queues for each of the first wireless communication protocol interface and the second wireless communication protocol interface;
• and
• perform message traffic management via the plurality of prioritized outbound message queues for each of the first wireless communication protocol interface and the second wireless communication protocol interface.