CPC H04W 16/26 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); H04B 7/18506 (2013.01); H04W 28/16 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 2101/20 (2023.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A system, comprising: an unmanned aerial vehicle capable of providing computing capacity and network connectivity; and at least one computing device of a cloud provider network, the at least one computing device implementing a service managing the unmanned aerial vehicle, the at least one computing device being configured to at least: schedule the unmanned aerial vehicle to provide the computing capacity to a customer at a destination location; determine a travel path for the unmanned aerial vehicle from a starting location to the destination location; offer the computing capacity to a plurality of customers along the travel path; adjust at least one of: the travel path or a travel time along the travel path based at least in part on a bid received from a particular customer of the plurality of customers; and provision the computing capacity for the particular customer for ephemeral use as the unmanned aerial vehicle progresses along the travel path.
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