Patent ID: 11956313
Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A network device in communication with a network of computing devices, the network device comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
receive, from a first agent of a first network device in the network, first availability data indicating a participation status in storage sharing for a category of data and a first amount of storage suggested by the first agent for the category on the first network device;
receive, from a second agent of a second network device in the network, second availability data indicating a second participation status in storage sharing for the category of data and a second amount of storage suggested by the second agent for the category on the second network device;
determine, using at least the first availability data and the second availability data, network devices in the network having available storage space; and
provide the first network device with an indication of the network devices.