Using a signal route dependent on a node speed change prediction

• US 7,646,712 B2
• Filed: 10/17/2005
• Issued: 01/12/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MEC Management, LLC (Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota)
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Cohen, Alexander J., Tegreene, Clarence T., Lord, Robert W., Levien, Royce A., Jung, Edward K. Y., Malamud, Mark A., Rinaldo, John D. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Yao; Kwang B.
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, ANH NGOC M
• Application Number:
  US11/252,205
• Publication Number:
  US 20070115811A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,548 Days
• Field of Search: 370/229, 370/230, 370/235, 370/310, 370/389, 370/316, 370/232
• US Class Current: 370/230
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/026 Route selection considering the moving speed of individual devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/18 based on predicted events
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/20 based on geographic position or location

Abstract

A device, method, computer program product, and network subsystem are described for receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route and relaying at least a portion of the wireless data.

Claims

1. A network subsystem comprising:

(a) means for receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route, the means for receiving the wireless data including at least

(1) means for receiving at least video data, a predictive indication of an intermediate node turning, and an estimate of a transmission time in the wireless data;

(2) means for indicating a suitability of the intermediate node;

(3) means for broadcasting a descriptor of the intermediate node to one or more nodes outside the node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route; and

(4) means for displaying at least an indication of the wireless data within a stationary node along the node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route; and

(b) means for relaying at least a portion of the wireless data.

4. The network subsystem of claim 1, wherein the means for receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route comprises:

means for receiving at least an estimate of a destination-node-movement speed in the wireless data.

5. The network subsystem of claim 1, wherein the means for receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route comprises:

means for receiving at least an estimate of a transmission time in the wireless data.

6. The network subsystem of claim 1, wherein the means for receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route comprises:

means for receiving at least video data in the wireless data.

7. The network subsystem of claim 1, wherein the means for receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route comprises:

means for receiving at least a service provider identifier in the wireless data.

8. The network subsystem of claim 1, wherein the means for receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route comprises:

means for indicating the wireless data in a mobile node within the node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route.

9. The network subsystem of claim 1, wherein the means for receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route comprises:

means for receiving a response via a response route substantially identical to the node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route.

10. The network subsystem of claim 1, wherein the means for receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route comprises:

means for routing at least the portion of the wireless data through the stationary node.

11. The network subsystem of claim 1, wherein the means for receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route comprises:

means for correcting at least the portion of the wireless data.

12. The network subsystem of claim 1, wherein the means for receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route comprises:

means for indicating a suitability of the intermediate node.

13. The network subsystem of claim 1, wherein the means for receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route comprises:

means for evaluating a suitability of the node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route by performing an arithmetic calculation.

14. The network subsystem of claim 1 wherein the means for receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route comprises:

means for receiving a predictive indication of the intermediate node going offline.

15. The network subsystem of claim 1, wherein the means for receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route comprises:

means for receiving a predictive indication of the intermediate node encountering a local service level change.

16. The network subsystem of claim 1, wherein the means for relaying at least a portion of the wireless data comprises:

means for including at least a message length value in a header of the wireless data.

17. The network subsystem of claim 1, wherein the means for relaying at least a portion of the wireless data comprises:

means for including at least an estimate of a travel time in the wireless data.

18. The network subsystem of claim 1, wherein the means for relaying at least a portion of the wireless data comprises:

means for including at least payment-indicative data in the wireless data.

19. The network subsystem of claim 1, wherein the means for relaying at least a portion of the wireless data comprises:

means for including at least a source position prediction in the wireless data.

20. The network subsystem of claim 1, wherein the means for relaying at least a portion of the wireless data comprises:

means for including at least user identification data in the wireless data.

21. The network subsystem of claim 1, wherein the means for relaying at least a portion of the wireless data comprises:

means for including at least some photographic image data in the wireless data.

22. The network subsystem of claim 1, wherein the means for relaying at least a portion of the wireless data comprises:

means for including at least meteorological data in the wireless data.

23. The network subsystem of claim 1, wherein the means for relaying at least a portion of the wireless data comprises:

means for including at least medical data in the wireless data.

24. The network subsystem of claim 1, wherein the means for relaying at least a portion of the wireless data comprises:

means for establishing a bidirectional channel along at least a portion of the node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route.

25. The network subsystem of claim 1, wherein the means for relaying at least a portion of the wireless data comprises:

means for sending the portion of the wireless data along the node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route without awaiting an acknowledgment signal.

26. The network subsystem of claim 1, wherein the means for relaying at least a portion of the wireless data comprises:

means for transmitting at least the portion of the wireless data into an optical fiber.

27. The network subsystem of claim 1, wherein the means for relaying at least a portion of the wireless data comprises:

means for routing at least the portion of the wireless data via a satellite.

28. The network subsystem of claim 1, wherein the means for relaying at least a portion of the wireless data comprises:

means for including at least an indication of a vehicle speed in the wireless data.

29. The network subsystem of claim 1, wherein the means for relaying at least a portion of the wireless data comprises:

means for indicating a type of the stationary node.

30. The network subsystem of claim 1, wherein the means for relaying at least a portion of the wireless data comprises:

means for indicating a suitability of another stationary node.

31. The network subsystem of claim 1, wherein the means for relaying at least a portion of the wireless data comprises:

means for identifying one or more downstream node candidates to a downstream node.

32. The network subsystem of claim 1, wherein the means for receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route comprises:

an antenna operable to receive the wireless data; and

a driver configured to adapt a directionality of the antenna.

33. The network subsystem of claim 1, wherein the means for receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route comprises:

a user interface operable to display at least the portion of the wireless data.

34. The network subsystem of claim 1, wherein the means for relaying at least a portion of the wireless data comprises:

circuitry for implementing a location-dependent speed model.

35. The network subsystem of claim 1, wherein the means for relaying at least a portion of the wireless data comprises:

circuitry for implementing a vehicle-dependent speed model.

36. The network subsystem of claim 1, further comprising:

a passenger vehicle containing the means for receiving the wireless data via the node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route.

37. The network subsystem of claim 1, wherein the means for relaying at least the portion of the wireless data comprises:

means for including an estimate of a travel time, payment-indicative data, a source position prediction, and user identification data in the wireless data;

means for including at least an indication of a vehicle speed in the wireless data;

means for including at least meteorological or medical data in the wireless data;

means for sending a message length value in a header of the wireless data along the node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route without awaiting an acknowledgment signal;

means for establishing a bidirectional channel along at least a portion of the node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route;

means for indicating a type of the intermediate node to the stationary node;

means for identifying one or more downstream node candidates to a downstream node; and

means for routing a response to the wireless data upstream along the signal route.

2. A network subsystem comprising:

(a) means for receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route; and

(b) means for relaying at least a portion of the wireless data, the means for relaying including at least

(1) means for indicating a suitability of a stationary node and a type of the stationary node to a satellite;

(2) means for identifying one or more other downstream node candidates to the satellite;

routing at least a portion of the wireless data via the satellite;

(3) means for including at least user identification data or a source position prediction in the portion of the wireless data; and

(4) means for sending at least some meteorological or medical data in the wireless data along the signal route without awaiting an acknowledgment signal.

38. The network subsystem of claim 2, wherein the means for receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route comprises:

means for displaying at least an indication of the wireless data in a passenger vehicle within the node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route;

means for correcting at least a portion of the wireless data; and

means for receiving at least a service provider identifier, a predictive indication of another node going offline, and an estimate of a destination-node-movement speed in the wireless data.

3. A network subsystem comprising:

(a) means for receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route; and

(b) means for relaying at least a portion of the wireless data, the means for relaying including at least

(1) means for including at least meteorological or medical data in the wireless data;

(2) means for sending one or more of payment-indicative data or user identification data of the wireless data along the node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route without awaiting an acknowledgment signal; and

(3) means for identifying one or more downstream node candidates to a downstream node.