Patent ID: 9112884
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for sharing resources between devices, comprising: one or more processing devices; and one or more machine readable media configured with instructions that, in response to execution by the one or more processing devices, cause the apparatus to: establish a device-to-device communication channel between the apparatus and a second device; receive, from the second device, a sharing request including a credential identifying the second device; provide, to the second device, data representative of a first resource locally available to the apparatus, the first resource not locally available to the second device, wherein the data representative of the first resource comprises an indicator of a property of the first resource that is subject to change after the first resource is no longer controlled in accordance with an instruction from the second device; control use of the first resource in accordance with an instruction transmitted to the apparatus from the second device; establish a second device-to-device communication channel between the apparatus and a third device, the third device different from the second device; receive, from the third device, a sharing request including a credential identifying the third device; provide, to the third device, data representative of the first resource, the first resource not locally available to the third device; control use of the first resource in accordance with an instruction transmitted to the apparatus from the third device; and send, to the second device, updated data representative of the first resource after controlling use of the first resource in accordance with the instructions transmitted to the apparatus from the third device.