Patent ID: 8024596

Claim:
A personal portable device assigned to perform a first task portion and a second task portion of a task comprising a plurality of task portions, the personal portable device comprising: a wireless transceiver to enable communications across a wireless network with another personal portable device; a processor; and a storage in which is stored a first power routine comprising a sequence of instructions, that when executed by the processor, causes the processor to: monitor a remaining amount of electric power available to the personal portable device from a power source; operate the wireless transceiver to signal the other personal portable device through the wireless network with a request to reassign execution of at least one of a first task routine stored in the storage that corresponds to the first task portion and a second task routine stored in the storage that corresponds to the second task portion in response to the remaining amount of electric power available to the personal portable device from the power source diminishing to a predetermined level; receive a signal from the other personal portable device accepting the request to reassign execution of at least one of the first task routine and the second task routine to the other personal portable device; determine an identity of the other personal portable device; determine whether it is permissible to transmit a copy of the first task routine to the other personal portable device and whether it is permissible to transmit a copy of the second task routine to the other personal portable device in response to the identity of the other personal portable device; and transmit a copy of the first task routine to the other personal portable device through the wireless network in response to determining that it is permissible to transmit a copy of the first task routine to the other personal portable device and that it is not permissible to transmit a copy of the second task routine to the other personal portable device.