Patent ID: 7894470

Claim:
A bandwidth management method for a wireless device, comprising: querying for additional wireless devices within a communication range of the wireless device, the wireless device and the additional wireless devices being in communication with a network having downloadable content; initiating communication between the wireless device and the additional wireless devices; establishing an ad-hoc network among a combination of the wireless device and the additional wireless devices; establishing communication between the combination of the wireless device and the additional wireless devices as the ad-hoc network, and the network having the downloadable content; requesting the downloadable content from the network to the wireless device, wherein the downloadable content is transferred over a bandwidth collectively pooled among individual bandwidths of the wireless device and the additional wireless devices; and appropriating bandwidth to fulfill the download request, wherein an appropriated bandwidth is from the additional wireless devices, wherein bandwidth from the wireless device is collectively pooled to the appropriated bandwidth of the additional wireless devices, and wherein the additional wireless devices that provide the appropriated bandwidth dynamically change in response to a change in a number of the additional wireless devices within a communication range with the wireless device.