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First Claim
1. A method of generating an action in a node of an ad hoc wireless mesh network based on information that is collected from the node about the function of the space in which the node is located and a consumer product within the ad hoc mesh network, the method comprising the following steps:
- providing an ad hoc wireless mesh network of three or more nodes,determining a relative location of the three or more nodes relative to each other based on time-of-flight communications between the nodes;
determining a layout of a structure in which the three or more nodes are located;
segmenting the three or more nodes into one or more rooms of the structure;
providing at least one consumer product associated within the ad hoc mesh network, the at least one consumer product having no independent networking communications capability;
sending characteristic data about the at least one consumer product to a computing device wherein the computing device accesses a database to gather additional information;
using the characteristic data and the additional information to determine an function for at least the one or more rooms of the structure in which the at least one consumer product is located;
determining an action based on the function of the one or more rooms in which the at least one consume product is located and the characteristic data about the at least one consumer product; and
executing an action using the computing device.
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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.
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1. A method of generating an action in a node of an ad hoc wireless mesh network based on information that is collected from the node about the function of the space in which the node is located and a consumer product within the ad hoc mesh network, the method comprising the following steps:
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providing an ad hoc wireless mesh network of three or more nodes, determining a relative location of the three or more nodes relative to each other based on time-of-flight communications between the nodes; determining a layout of a structure in which the three or more nodes are located; segmenting the three or more nodes into one or more rooms of the structure; providing at least one consumer product associated within the ad hoc mesh network, the at least one consumer product having no independent networking communications capability; sending characteristic data about the at least one consumer product to a computing device wherein the computing device accesses a database to gather additional information; using the characteristic data and the additional information to determine an function for at least the one or more rooms of the structure in which the at least one consumer product is located; determining an action based on the function of the one or more rooms in which the at least one consume product is located and the characteristic data about the at least one consumer product; and executing an action using the computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An ad hoc mesh network in a structure having at least two rooms, the ad hoc mesh network including:
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at least three nodes, wherein at least two of the nodes are located in different of the at least two rooms and wherein the nodes form at least a portion of the ad hoc mesh network; a first non-powered, consumable consumer product located within the structure and within the ad hoc mesh network, the first consumer product having no independent networking communications capability, wherein a first nodes is associated with the first consumer product and wherein the first node is in communication with the ad hoc mesh network, and wherein the node associated with the first consumer product includes a sensor for sensing characteristic data about the first consumer product; a computing device connected to the ad hoc mesh network which receives characteristic data about the first consumer product from the first node accesses a database to gather more information about the first consumer product, wherein the computing device periodically receives updated characteristic data from the first node and determines an action based on the updated characteristic data, and wherein the computing device executes the action automatically in response to receiving the updated characteristic data. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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