Patent ID: 9571477
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: detecting, by a first computing device, a second computing device having credentials capable of facilitating one or more tasks, wherein the first computing device lacks the credentials and is incapable of performing the one or more tasks, wherein the first computing device is incapable due to lacking one or more features or being un-favoured due to one or more preferences to perform the one or more tasks; remotely accessing, by the first computing device, the credentials at the second computing device such that accessing the credentials to turn the first computing device into temporarily gaining capacity to be capable of performing the one or more tasks based on the credentials of the second computing device; and performing, by the first computing device, the one or more tasks based on the credentials at the second computing device without the first computing device having to employ the credentials or permanently gain the capacity, wherein the credentials include one or more of communication credentials, user preferences, one or more voice plans, and one or more data plans, and wherein the one or more tasks include voice calling, over a communication medium, based on the one or more phone plans at the second computing device, accessing data, over one the communication medium, based on the one or more data plans at the second computing device, wherein performing further includes facilitating the second computing device to perform the one or more tasks on behalf of the first computing device without the first computing device having to employ the credentials or permanently gain the capacity.