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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2006
Neal Shurmantine, Aurora, CO (US);
Daryl Burkhard, Erie, CO (US);
Steven T. Dunbar, Lafayette, CO (US);
Donald J. Hume, Boulder, CO (US);
Nathan Koonce, Lafayette, CO (US);
Steve Koonce, Boulder, CO (US);
Preston Pierce, Boulder, CO (US);
Neal Shurmantine, Aurora, CO (US);
Daryl Burkhard, Erie, CO (US);
Steven T. Dunbar, Lafayette, CO (US);
Donald J. Hume, Boulder, CO (US);
Nathan Koonce, Lafayette, CO (US);
Steve Koonce, Boulder, CO (US);
Preston Pierce, Boulder, CO (US);
Inovonics Corporation, Louisville, CO (US);
Abstract
A wireless communications network which provides directed transmissions between components of the network is provided. The components within the wireless communications include a master apparatus, a plurality of remote devices, and a plurality of repeaters. The components within the wireless communications network communicate using messages which have a control field and at least one information field. Information within the control field is used by components to make determinations for retransmitting the message, or transmitting a predefined response to the message, such as a signal strength response. The components within the network use the messages to make a determination of a communications target, which may be used as a primary contact for transmitting information, automatically, and may repeat the determination at predetermined intervals. Thus, the wireless communications network is able to adapt over time to additional components added into the network, or changing environmental conditions in and around the network.