Patent ID: 9002955
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computing network, comprising: a plurality of peer computing devices comprising code, which when executed by a peer computing device causes the executing peer computing device to cooperate with at least one other of the peer computing devices; at least one server comprising code, which when executed by the at least one server locates at least one of the peer computing devices; at least one mediator comprising code, which when executed by the at least one mediator collects charging information from at least some of the peer computing devices; at least one IP interworking gateway communicatively coupled to at least one-other IP based network and comprising code, which when executed by the at least one IP interworking gateway causes the executing IP interworking gateway to cooperate with at least one of the peer computing devices; wherein, the peer computing devices, at least one server and at least one mediator are communicatively coupled via an at least carrier-grade telecommunications network being suitable, based on a request from one of the cooperating ones of the peer computing devices via a client user interface, for (i) enhancing cooperation among the cooperating ones of the peer computing devices relative to best-efforts communications among the cooperating ones of the peer computing devices, and (ii) adjusting the charging information based on the cooperation enhancement; and wherein the at least carrier-grade telecommunications network meets or exceeds five nines availability standards and provides fault recovery through redundancy less than 50 milliseconds wherein, the IP interworking gateway is communicatively coupled via the at least carrier-grade telecommunications network to the peer computing devices wherein the at least one mediator comprises code, which when executed by the at least one mediator collects charging information from the at least one of the cooperating ones of the peer computing devices, wherein the at least one mediator delivers information indicative of the collected charging information to a billing system corresponding to the carrier-grade telecommunications network, wherein the carrier-grade telecommunications network comprises wireless links between ones of the peer computing devices, wherein the carrier-grade telecommunications network comprises an IP based network, and wherein at least one of the cooperating ones of the peer computing devices comprises code, which when executed by the at least one cooperating peer computing device causes the at least one cooperating peer computing device to request a class of service change.