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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:
Sep. 19, 2017

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 ...
G01B 21/16 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G05B 19/00 (2006.01); G01B 21/00 (2006.01); G01B 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 21/00 (2013.01); G01B 11/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems, methods, computer-readable storage mediums including computer-readable instructions and/or circuitry for communicating with one or more sensors in an ad-hoc sensor network may implement operations including, but not limited to: receiving one or more wireless signals indicative of a presence of a sensor within a portion of a region to be monitored; storing location data associated with the portion of the region to be monitored; and wirelessly transmitting one or more sensor operation activation signals to one or more sensors according to the location data.


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