Patent ID: 6981259

Claim:
A method for generating a virtual device comprising a plurality of wireless devices, each wireless device comprising a limited range communications apparatus, the method comprising the steps of: when a first wireless device is within the limited range of a second wireless device, each wireless device determining if the other wireless device comprises a sharable resource; if at least one of the first or second wireless devices comprises a sharable resource, the first and second wireless devices forming a wireless network such that the sharable resource is used by the other wireless device when an event requiring the sharable resource is received by the wireless network; after the wireless network is formed, storing within each wireless device a decision matrix that permits the wireless devices to act as one, through a distributed network, the decision matrix comprising identification of each wireless device and available resources within the devices to automatically enable one of the wireless devices to borrow available resources of another wireless device of the network when an event occurs on a particular device that the particular device cannot handle with the particular device's own resources; wherein the decision matrix is comprised of a task-prioritized list of currently available resources and address of associated electronic devices that have available resources; the first wireless device storing information comprising identification information regarding the second wireless device and information regarding the sharable resource; and the second wireless device storing information comprising identification information regarding the first wireless device and information regarding the sharable resource.