Patent ID: 9426221
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A computer implemented method of storing data in at least one mobile node participating in a dynamic, proximity-based, local storage system, wherein the storage system comprises a plurality of participating mobile nodes, the method comprising: identifying a first participating mobile node from the plurality of participating mobile nodes; identifying a set of user-selected attributes for a user device, the set of user-selected attributes including remaining battery life, access parameters, type of memory, processing power, and available RAM; determining the first participating mobile node has at least one user-selected attribute from the set of user-selected attributes; identifying the first participating mobile node as a first qualified mobile node based on having the at least one user-selected attribute; determining a first geographic position of the first qualified mobile node; determining a user geographic position of the user device; determining whether the first geographic position is within a first proximity relative to the user device; causing storage of a first data portion associated with the user device in the first qualified mobile node in response to determining that the first geographic position of the first qualified mobile node is within the first proximity relative to the user device; wherein the user device is a mobile device; monitoring the user geographic position of the user device at a regular interval; determining whether the user geographic position of the user device has changed subsequent to storage of the first data portion; freeing a memory capacity storing the first data portion in the first qualified mobile node in response to determining that the first geographic position of the first qualified mobile node is outside of the first proximity; and maintaining the first data portion stored in the first qualified mobile node in response to determining that the first geographic position is within a second proximity relative to the user device.