Pooling available network bandwidth from multiple devices

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8971180
APP PUB NO 20130142040A1
SERIAL NO

13311462

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Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture for pooling available network bandwidth from multiple devices are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein comprises registering, at a router, availability of a first device, the first device to provide access to first wide area network bandwidth provided by a first wide area network, after registering the availability of the first device, including the first wide area network bandwidth in a network bandwidth pool accessible via the router when a pooling configuration parameter associated with the first device is determined to be valid, the network bandwidth pool including second wide area network bandwidth accessible via a second device registered with the router, the second device being different from the first device, and allocating at least a portion of the network bandwidth pool to route Internet protocol traffic associated with a third device.

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AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I L P A NEVADA PARTNERSHIP645 E PLUMB LAME RENO NV 89502

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fryer, Todd Liberty, US 8 27
Irvin, David Baldwin City, US 25 187
Nicas, Nicholas Blue Springs, US 29 97

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