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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:
Mar. 29, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 26, 2012
Applicant:

Elwha Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

Jesse R. Cheatham, III, Seattle, WA (US);

Matthew G. Dyor, Bellevue, WA (US);

Peter N. Glaskowsky, Carnation, WA (US);

Kimberly D. A. Hallman, Bellevue, WA (US);

Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);

Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, CA (US);

Edward K. Y. Jung, Bellevue, WA (US);

Michael F. Koenig, Bellevue, WA (US);

Robert W. Lord, Seattle, WA (US);

Richard T. Lord, Tacoma, WA (US);

Craig J. Mundie, Seattle, WA (US);

Nathan P. Myhrvold, Bellevue, WA (US);

Robert C. Petroski, Seattle, WA (US);

Desney S. Tan, Kirkland, WA (US);

Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);

Assignee:

Elwha LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/38 (2015.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/629 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2111 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems, methods, computer-readable storage mediums including computer-readable instructions and/or circuitry for control of transmission to a target device with communicating with one or more sensors in an ad-hoc sensor network may implement operations including, but not limited to: wirelessly transmitting one or more sensor operation activation signals to one or more sensors according to one or more transmission authorization parameters; and powering one or more sensing operations of a sensor via the one or more sensor operation activation signals.


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