Patent ID: 8904013

Claim:
A method comprising: broadcasting, by a first computing device of a first user, a message comprising a first-user identifier corresponding to a respective first-user account of the first user in a social-networking system and conditions for connecting to a network through the first computing device; receiving, by the first computing device, a request from one or more second computing devices of one or more respective second users that each comprise a second-user identifier corresponding to a respective second-user account of the respective second user in the social-networking system; determining, by the first computing device, whether one or more of the second computing devices are authorized to access the network through the first computing device; and if the one or more of the second computing devices are authorized to access the network through the first computing device, then, by the first computing device, configuring the first computing device to provide network access to the second computing devices that are authorized to access the network.