Patent ID: 9256845
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A method performed by a computing system having a processor and memory for improving the availability and usefulness of computing resources by identifying a computing device at a shared computing premise and modifying the identified computing device with personalized content, the method comprising: receiving a first information from a first computing device of a plurality of computing devices at a first shared computing premise, wherein the first information received from the first computing device is indicative of availability of the first computing device of the plurality of computing devices at the first shared computing premise, wherein the first computing device at the first shared computing premise is associated with a next computing device of the plurality of computing devices at the first shared premise, wherein the first information includes at least an indication of available network bandwidth of at least the first computing device at the first shared computing premise, and wherein the availability of the first computing device at the first computing device is determined based on a present operation of the first computing device at the first computing premise; receiving a second information from a second shared computing premise indicative of availability of a second computing device at the second shared computing premise wherein each computing device at the second shared computing premise is associated with a computing device and the second information includes at least an indication of available network bandwidth at the second shared computing premise; receiving a request from a user to identify a shared computing premise; computing by the processor a list of computing devices including the first and the second computing device-based on the first information and the second information; transmitting the list to the user; receiving, over a computer network, a request to reserve the first computing device and transmitting the reservation request to the first shared computing premise; causing, in response to the transmitted reservation request, the first shared computing device to pre-fetch the personalized content; and modifying the state of first computing device by applying the personalized content.