System and method to share a resource or a capability of a device

1. A method comprising:

transmitting, from a first device, a message indicating that the first device is available to share a resource;

receiving, at the first device, a request to use the resource, the request received from a second device, wherein the request includes authentication information;

based on a determination that the second device is unknown to the first device, determining whether the second device is authenticated based on the authentication information;

receiving, at the first device from the second device, settings information associated with the resource;

adjusting a setting of the first device based on the settings information; and

based on determining that the second device is authenticated, sharing the resource of the first device with the second device.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving an authentication request from the second device; and

sending first device authentication information to the second device in response to the authentication request.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message is sent to an arbitration server, and wherein the message comprises a request to advertise that the resource is available to be shared.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the arbitration server dynamically adds an entry to a marketplace of available shared resources based on the request to advertise, and wherein the arbitration server enables a user of the second device to bid to use the resource.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the entry in the marketplace indicates that the resource is part of a resource package, and wherein the resource package indicates a second resource associated with a third device, information related to a particular operator, or a combination thereof.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first device includes a memory that includes identifiers of devices, and wherein the determination that the second device is unknown to the first device is based on a search of the memory.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sharing the resource with the second device comprises transmitting data to the second device, receiving data from the second device, or a combination thereof.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the resource includes data associated with a camera, a microphone, a satellite interface, a wireless interface, a cellular interface, or a combination thereof.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the resource includes data received by the first device from a multimedia capture device, a sensor array, a drone aircraft, or a combination thereof.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the authentication information includes an authentication token.

11. An apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a memory accessible to the processor, the memory comprising instructions executable by the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

transmitting a message indicating that a resource is available to be shared;

receiving a request to use the resource from a device; and

after determining that the device is authenticated:

sending setting options for the resource to the device;

adjusting a setting for the resource based on data received from the device responsive to the setting options;

receiving resource data from the resource based on the setting; and

sharing the resource data with the device.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , further comprising an output device coupled to the processor, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving operator use instructions from the device; and

sending the operator use instructions to the output device.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the output device comprises a speaker.

14. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the output device comprises a display device.

15. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the request includes an authentication request, and wherein the operations further comprise sending authentication information to the device in response to receipt of the authentication request.

16. A computer-readable storage device storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving a message indicating that a resource of a first device is available to be shared;

sending, to the first device, a request to use the resource; and

in response to an acceptance of the request at the first device:

receiving setting options from the first device, the setting options corresponding to settings for the resource;

sending settings information associated with the resource to the first device based on the settings options; and

receiving resource data associated with the resource from the first device, the resource data based on the settings information.

17. The computer-readable storage device of claim 16 , wherein the request includes authentication information.

18. The computer-readable storage device of claim 17 , wherein the authentication information includes an authentication token.

19. The computer-readable storage device of claim 16 , wherein the resource data includes data received by the first device from a multimedia capture device, a sensor array, a drone aircraft, or a combination thereof.

20. The computer-readable storage device of claim 16 , wherein the resource data includes data associated with a camera, a microphone, a satellite interface, a wireless interface, a cellular interface, or a combination thereof.