Patent ID: 7689681

Claim:
A programmed digital computing device implemented network communication system including non-transitory storage medium for facilitating controlled distributed compensable ancillary use of a cellular telephone, comprising: a designator module configured to identify a multiplicity of cellular telephones remotely accessible over a cellular service network, comprising: a primary function identification module configured to identify a primary function performed for each subscriber of the cellular service network through use of one of the multiplicity of cellular telephones, wherein the primary function comprises at least one of voice communication services, data messaging exchange services and text messaging exchange services; and an ancillary function identification module configured to identify an ancillary function performed through non-subscriber use of each of the cellular telephones, wherein the ancillary function is performed based on availability of excess capacity for at least one of processing and signal propagation; a service provisioning module, comprising: a request module configured to relay a request from a non-subscriber requesting party to each cellular telephone with available excess capacity to perform the ancillary function over the cellular service network; and an execution module on the cellular telephones configured to remotely perform the ancillary function on behalf of the requesting party using the available excess capacity on the cellular telephone, comprising: an independent processing module configured to perform the ancillary function using the cellular telephone; and a distributed processing module, configured to perform the ancillary function in conjunction with at least one other such identified cellular telephone through the combination, modification and integration of data from the two or more such identified cellular telephones; and a compensator module configured to compensate the subscribers with a payment in exchange for the performance of the ancillary function on their respective one such cellular telephone.