Method for real-time team coordination with unrealiable communications between team members
First Claim
1. A method of coordinating team members, each team member comprising a mission processor, in real time for continued coordinated operation in the absence of reliable communications between team members comprising the steps of:
- prior to a mission, providing each team member with common programs and data for a mission, the data including identity of programs and data supplied to other team members and providing to each team member a pseudo random seed for use in conjunction with random functions;
giving each team member an initial set of conditions, whereby each team member performs deterministically to generate a same plan for itself and each of the other team members;
monitoring for a transmission event; and
responding to a transmission event by generating a re-planning operation, whereby each team member will produce a coordinated replan for itself and each other team member, whereby the team members remain coordinated.
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Abstract
A system and method of coordinating team members, each team member having a mission processor, in real time for continued coordinated operation in the absence of reliable communications between team members. Prior to a mission, each team member is provided with common programs and data for a mission, the data including identity of programs and data supplied to other team members and providing to each team member a pseudo random seed for use in conjunction with random functions. Each team member is provided with an initial set of conditions, whereby each team member performs deterministically to generate a same plan for itself and each of the other team members. Each team member monitors for a transmission event and responds to a transmission event by generating a re-planning operation, whereby each team member will produce a coordinated replan for itself and each other team member, whereby the team members remain coordinated. The monitoring can be detecting the presence or absence of a scheduled transmission from a team member, or receiving a transmission from a broadcast source, or receiving a transmission directed to team members from a headquarters, or receiving a commercial satellite broadcast, or maintaining a receiver for receiving a burst transmission from another team member or receiving a transmission indicative of a condition as reported by a team member.
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1. A method of coordinating team members, each team member comprising a mission processor, in real time for continued coordinated operation in the absence of reliable communications between team members comprising the steps of:
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prior to a mission, providing each team member with common programs and data for a mission, the data including identity of programs and data supplied to other team members and providing to each team member a pseudo random seed for use in conjunction with random functions; giving each team member an initial set of conditions, whereby each team member performs deterministically to generate a same plan for itself and each of the other team members; monitoring for a transmission event; and responding to a transmission event by generating a re-planning operation, whereby each team member will produce a coordinated replan for itself and each other team member, whereby the team members remain coordinated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for coordinating a team comprising team members, each team member comprising a mission processor in real time for continued coordinated operation in the absence of reliable communications between team members comprising:
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means for providing each team member with common programs and data for a mission prior to a mission, the data including identity of programs and data supplied to other team members and providing to each team member a pseudo random seed for use in conjunction with random functions; loading means providing each team member an initial set of conditions, whereby each team member performs deterministically to generate a same plan for itself and each of the other team members; monitoring means for a transmission event; and means for responding to a transmission event by generating a re-planning operation, whereby each team member will produce a coordinated replan for itself and each other team member, whereby the team members remain coordinated. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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Current AssigneeLockheed Martin Corporation (Martin Marietta Corporation)
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Original AssigneeLockheed Martin Corporation (Martin Marietta Corporation)
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InventorsSzczerba, Robert J., Glickstein, Ira
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Primary Examiner(s)Anderson; Matthew
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Assistant Examiner(s)SHARMA, SUJATHA R
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Application NumberUS09/886,787Time in Patent Office2,028 DaysField of Search455/3.02, 455/3.06, 455/12.1, 455/518, 455/519, 370/312, 370/316, 370/259, 370/260, 370/270, 705/51, 705/58, 705/9, 705/64, 713/100, 713/150, 713/159, 713/165, 713/171, 713/172, 713/180, 713/185US Class Current455/3.02CPC Class CodesG06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calen...G06Q 20/382 insuring higher security of...
