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Coordination of aerial vehicles through a central server

  • US 9,022,324 B1
  • Filed: 05/05/2014
  • Issued: 05/05/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • a central server;

    an Internet protocol network;

    a first aerial vehicle communicatively coupled with the central server through the Internet protocol network;

    a second aerial vehicle communicatively coupled with the first aerial vehicle when a command is transferred through the central server using the Internet protocol network;

    a first computing device of a first user of the first aerial vehicle operatively controlling the first aerial vehicle through the first computing device through the Internet protocol network,wherein the first computing device to include an undo function to maneuver the first aerial vehicle in flight to a last previously saved geo-spatial location of the first aerial vehicle based on a last previous location of the first aerial vehicle stored in the central server when the undo function is initiated; and

    a second computing device of a second user of the second aerial vehicle operatively controlling the second aerial vehicle through the second computing device through the Internet protocol network, andwherein at least one of the first computing device of the first user and the second computing device of the second user to communicate the command to the first aerial vehicle through the central server,a neighborhood social network through which the first user and the second user are communicatively coupled to each other,wherein the first user is connected to the second user in the neighborhood social network prior to the second computing device of the second user communicating the command to the first aerial vehicle through the central server, andwherein at least one of the first computing device and the second computing device is at least one of a mobile device and a desktop computer.

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