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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2019
Applicant:
Johnson Controls Technology Company, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Inventors:
James B. Hurley, Inniscarra, IE;
Michael G. Cronin, Crosshaven, IE;
Donagh S. Horgan, Cork, IE;
Graham M. Baitson, Dublin, IE;
Assignee:
Johnson Controls Technology Company, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.01); A62C 99/00 (2010.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01); H04W 4/08 (2009.01); H04W 4/33 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/027 (2013.01); A62C 99/009 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/08 (2013.01); H04W 4/33 (2018.02); H04W 4/70 (2018.02); H04W 4/90 (2018.02); H04W 4/029 (2018.02);
Abstract
An illustrative embodiment disclosed herein is a network including a first local group of first node devices, a second local group of second node devices, and a new node device. The new node device has a processor with programmed instructions to range to each of the first node devices, collect ranging data from each of the first node devices, calculate a plurality of distances based on the ranging data, and send the plurality of distances to each of the second node devices.