Patent ID: 8185599
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented system, comprising: a network-based sensing component for accessing sensors of a multi-party network based on willingness of sensor owners to allow sensor data of the sensors to be accessed and shared at specific points in time, the multi-party network comprising a network that uses at least sensing and computational resources of multiple mobile devices owned by different sensor owners, the willingness of the sensor owner to share the data and the resources further comprises capacity of the sensors to provide the data and availability of device resources, the willingness and the capacity based on involvement level data as a set of numbers that quantify a degree of participation of at least one of the sensor owner or sensors of the owner to provide sensor data and resources; a task component for selecting the sensors of the multi-party network via the sensing component to access in accordance with execution of a task; a programming component for generating the task, the task including command parameters for execution by the task component against the sensors; and a processor that executes computer-executable instructions associated with at least one of the sensing component, task component, or programming component.