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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2012
Eric Teller, Mountain View, CA (US);
Richard Wayne Devaul, Mountain View, CA (US);
Joshua Weaver, Mountain View, CA (US);
Clifford L. Biffle, Mountain View, CA (US);
Bradley James Rhodes, Mountain View, CA (US);
Eric Teller, Mountain View, CA (US);
Richard Wayne DeVaul, Mountain View, CA (US);
Joshua Weaver, Mountain View, CA (US);
Clifford L. Biffle, Mountain View, CA (US);
Bradley James Rhodes, Mountain View, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems involving an incentivized recovery of balloon materials are disclosed herein. An example system may be configured to: (a) determine a landing location of a balloon, where the balloon has been configured to operate as a node in a balloon network; (b) detect a removal event corresponding to the balloon ceasing to operate as a node in the balloon network and descending to the landing location; and (c) in response to detecting the removal event, initiate a transmission of a recovery-assistance signal that is comprised of (i) location data corresponding to the landing location of the balloon and (ii) an indication of an incentive to recover the balloon.