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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022

Filed:

Apr. 02, 2021
Applicant:

Softbank Corp., Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Eric Teller, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

SoftBank Corp., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/185 (2006.01); G08B 21/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 16/00 (2009.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04W 12/08 (2021.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 16/26 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04W 84/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/18504 (2013.01); H04L 63/107 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/025 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04W 16/00 (2013.01); H04W 16/26 (2013.01); H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 84/005 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure provides methods operable in a balloon network. The method can include determining that a balloon is at a location associated with a legally-defined geographic area. An area profile of the legally-defined geographic area may identify geographically-restricted data that must not be removed from the legally-defined geographic area. The method can also include determining that the balloon contains at least some of the geographically-restricted data. The method can also include determining that the balloon is likely to move out of the legally-defined geographic area. The method can also include removing the geographically-restricted data from the memory of the balloon.


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