Patent ID: 9628485
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: mapping, by a system comprising a processor, subscription information associated with devices of a wireless communication network having a defined peering characteristic; authenticating, by the system, a requesting device of the devices to enable the requesting device to utilize an aspect of a target device of the devices; and facilitating, by the system, virtual access, at the requesting device, of the aspect of the target device based on the authenticating and based on determining that an activation has taken place at the target device of a service to which the requesting device has requested virtual access, wherein the requesting device comprises a first on and off peering switch and the target device comprises a second on and off peering switch and a service switch, wherein peering is activated based on the first on and off peering switch being turned on at the requesting device, and the second on and off peering switch and being turned on and the service switch being turned on at the target device, wherein the requesting device is geographically located on a first continent and the target device is geographically located on a second continent different from the first continent, and wherein the defined peering characteristic comprises an authorization to participate in a peering service between the devices, and wherein the authorization is associated with a paid subscription for the peering service.