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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
May. 31, 2012
Eric Teller, San Francisco, CA (US);
Richard Wayne Devaul, Mountain View, CA (US);
Clifford L. Biffle, Berkeley, CA (US);
Josh Weaver, San Jose, CA (US);
Eric Teller, San Francisco, CA (US);
Richard Wayne DeVaul, Mountain View, CA (US);
Clifford L. Biffle, Berkeley, CA (US);
Josh Weaver, San Jose, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed embodiments may help a balloon network to provide substantially continuous service in a given geographic area. An example method may be carried out at a balloon that is at a location associated with the first geographic area in a balloon network that includes a plurality of geographic areas. The balloon may determine that it should update its balloon-state in accordance with a balloon-state profile for the first geographic area. Then, in response, the balloon may determine the balloon-state profile for the first geographic area, which may include one or more state parameters for balloons operating in the first geographic area. The balloon may then operate according to the balloon-state profile for the first geographic area.