Patent ID: 9667809
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for a global data service connection manager, the method comprising executing on a computer processor the steps of: determining a shared data account balance for data available to a first user as a function of data amounts previously made available to a shared data system by the first user for the use of another registered user of the shared data system; determining a current market purchase price for data available now and brokered by the system to the first user from offers available from at least one other registered user of the shared data system; and in response to a first request by the first user to execute a data transaction for a registered connection by using data from the shared system, automatically arbitrating between the shared data account balance and the data available at the brokered purchase price to acquire at least one of: an amount of shared data from at least one wireless service account of another registered user of the shared system via at least one network connection registered on the shared system, in a shared amount that does not exceed the shared data account balance of the first user; and an amount of purchased data from at least one wireless service account of another registered user of the shared system via at least one network connection registered on the shared system, in a purchased amount that does not exceed an amount of the data available at a brokered purchase price.