Methods, systems, and products for interfacing with neurological and biological networks

• US 9,015,087 B2
• Filed: 10/09/2012
• Issued: 04/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Pratt, James H., Schroeter, Horst J., Shahraray, Behzad, Li, Kevin A., Meuninck, Troy C., Miller, II, Robert Raymond
• Primary Examiner(s): CHEN, ALAN S
• Application Number:
  US13/647,422
• Publication Number:
  US 20140101084A1
• Time in Patent Office: 924 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 706/15
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/015 Input arrangements based on nervous system activity detection, e.g. brain waves [EEG] detection, electromyograms [EMG] detection, electrodermal response detection
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 3/061 using biological neurons, e.g. biological neurons connected to an integrated circuit

Abstract

Methods, systems, and products provide interfaces between intrahost networks and interhost networks within biological hosts. Neuroregional translations are performed to route communications to and from the biological hosts. Bioregional translations may also be performed to route communications to and from the biological hosts.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing code that when executed causes the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

receiving a neurological signal from a neurological area network in a biological host;

executing a routing policy that associates the neurological signal to a destination network address; and

routing the neurological signal to the destination network address.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise mapping regions within the neurological area network to different network destinations in a communications network.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the operations further comprise selecting one of the different network destinations based on a region in the neurological area network from which the neurological signal was received.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the operations further comprise selecting one of the different network destinations based on a region in the neurological area network associated with the neurological signal.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise perform a reverse neuroregional translation.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise wirelessly send the neurological signal to the destination network address in a wireless communications network.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise routing the neurological signal to an Internet protocol address associated with a different biological host.

8. A method, comprising:

assigning, by a processor, a neurological address to a neurological destination in a neurological area network of a biological host;

storing, in memory, an association between the neurological address and an identity of the biological host;

receiving, by the processor, a communication associated with the identity of the biological host;

querying the memory for the identity of the biological host;

retrieving, from the memory, the neurological address; and

routing, by the processor, the communication to the neurological address associated with the identity of the biological host.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising storing associations between different biological addresses and different biological destinations in the biological host.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising routing the communication to one of the different biological addresses associated with the identity of the biological host.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising assigning a bio-subnet to the neurological area network.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising performing a reverse neuroregional translation.

13. The method of according to claim 8, further comprising routing the communication to an addresses associated with a different biological host.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising routing a neurological signal from the neurological address to a destination address in a wireless network.

15. A memory storing instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

assigning a neurological address to a neurological destination in a neurological area network of a biological host;

storing an association between the neurological address and an identity of the biological host;

receiving a communication associated with the identity of the biological host;

querying for the identity of the biological host;

retrieving the neurological address; and

routing the communication to the neurological address associated with the identity of the biological host.

16. The memory of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise storing associations between different biological addresses and different biological destinations in the biological host.

17. The memory of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise routing the communication to one of the different biological addresses associated with the identity of the biological host.

18. The memory of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise performing a reverse neuroregional translation.

19. The memory of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise assigning a bio-subnet to the neurological area network.

20. The memory of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise routing a neurological signal from the neurological address to a destination address in a wireless network.