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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:
Dec. 10, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 13, 2023
Applicant:

Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;

Inventors:

Stephen John McCann, Southampton, GB;

Michael Peter Montemurro, Toronto, CA;

James Randolph Winter Lepp, Ottawa, CA;

Assignee:

BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/083 (2022.01); G08B 21/18 (2006.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04L 41/0823 (2022.01); H04L 67/125 (2022.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 36/30 (2009.01); H04W 40/14 (2009.01); H04W 40/24 (2009.01); H04W 48/00 (2009.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01); H04W 24/04 (2009.01); H04W 40/12 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04W 88/16 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0836 (2013.01); G08B 21/182 (2013.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04L 67/125 (2013.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.02); H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 36/302 (2023.05); H04W 40/14 (2013.01); H04W 40/248 (2013.01); H04W 48/17 (2013.01); G07C 5/0841 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02); H04W 24/04 (2013.01); H04W 40/12 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01); H04W 88/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for balancing sensors within a sensor system, the method including receiving, at a gateway, data from a plurality of sensors, each of the plurality of sensors being connected to one of a plurality of sensor modules or the gateway; determining, at the gateway, that a signal strength from a first sensor falls below a threshold, the first sensor being one of the plurality of sensors; and based on the determining, allocating the first sensor to connect to a different one of the plurality of sensor modules, or to the gateway if connected to one of the plurality of sensor modules.


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