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• US 20140022061A1
• Filed: 07/17/2012
• Published: 01/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Original Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Inventors: Apte, Raj B., Hasenoehrl, Erik John, Paulson, Christopher
• Application Number:
  US13/551,563
• Publication Number:
  US 20140022061A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/12.5
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 1/725 Marker, boundary, call-sign or like beacons transmitting signals not carrying directional information
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 1/75 Transmitters
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 1/76 Systems for determining direction or position line
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/16 using electromagnetic waves other than radio waves
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/18 using ultrasonic, sonic, or infrasonic waves
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/4185 characterised by the network communication
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/31001 CIM, total factory control
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/31151 Lan local area network
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/009 Signalling of the alarm condition to a substation whose identity is signalled to a central station, e.g. relaying alarm signals in order to extend communication range
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/33 for indoor environments, e.g. buildings
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission

Abstract

A method of generating an action in an ad hoc wireless network includes providing an ad hoc mesh network of nodes having at least one node associated with a consumer product and at least one node capable generating node data about a consumer product, sending node data to a computing device, using the computing device to retrieve data from a database and associate the data with the node data, and determining, at the computing device, an action based upon the association, and executing an action using the computing device.

Claims

1. A method of generating an action in an ad hoc wireless network, comprising:

providing an ad hoc mesh network of nodes having at least one node associated with a consumer product and at least one node capable generating node data about a consumer product;

sending node data to a computing device ;

using the computing device to retrieve data from a database and associate the data with the node data;

determining, at the computing device, an action based upon the association; and

executing an action using the computing device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the action comprises one of an internal action or an external action.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the action is an internal action and comprises at least one of node functions, partner appliance/device functions, internal database functions, and sending messages to users.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the action is an external action and comprises at least one of sending a text message, sending an email, connecting with vendors, and accessing data related to devices residing at the nodes.

5. The method of claim 1, the network having connection to an external network and the network sends data to a first database via the external network.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one node is associated with an appliance.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving signals from at least one sensor, and using the signals in determining the action.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving information from a consumer and using the information in determining the action.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying locations of the nodes in the network.