Collaborative logistics ecosystem: an extensible framework for collaborative logistics

• US 9,172,738 B1
• Filed: 08/09/2012
• Issued: 10/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dynamic MESH Networks Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Dynamic MESH Networks Incorporated
• Inventors: daCosta, Francis
• Primary Examiner(s): JEAN, FRANTZ B
• Application Number:
  US13/571,294
• Time in Patent Office: 1,174 Days
• Field of Search: 705/319, 705/320, 709/203, 709/206, 709/219, 709/217, 709/204
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/00 Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications user-to-user messaging H04L51/00; network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/00

Abstract

The system describes a collaborative machine social network system with several elements. There is at least one system participant which communicates with the network. The participant'"'"'s communications include short bursts of information not directed to a particular recipient but rather the network as a whole. The network further includes propagator nodes and integrator nodes to process communications from participants.

Claims

1. A machine-based collaborative social network comprising:

an organized network segment comprising nodes wherein each node maintains a routing table of adjacent nodes and client devices acting as system participants;

at least one system participant sending at least one communication chirp;

wherein said at least one communication chirp is to be received by the social network and not a particular recipient;

wherein said chirp comprises a terse network message repeatedly sent at the edge of the network without recipient information;

defining at least one schedule preference for each system participant;

wherein the social network propagator nodes receive and store said at least one communication chirp and wherein the social network further comprises integrator nodes which analyze and act upon chirps from the at least one system participant.

2. The machine-based collaborative social network of claim 1 wherein said integrator nodes comprise the human interface to the social network.

3. The machine-based collaborative social network of claim 2 wherein said integrator nodes provide alarms, exceptions, and other reports for consumption by humans.

4. The machine-based collaborative social network of claim 1 wherein said propagator nodes store information regarding adjacent nodes and system participants to form a near-range picture of the network, locating end devices and other nearby propagator nodes.

5. The machine-based collaborative social network of claim 1 wherein said propagator nodes package and prune the various data messages before broadcasting them to adjacent nodes.

6. The machine-based collaborative social network of claim 1 wherein said propagator nodes disregard redundant chirp messages.

7. The machine-based collaborative social network of claim 1 wherein said propagator nodes receive instructions from integrator nodes to direct messages to a specific direction of the network.

8. The machine-based collaborative social network of claim 1 wherein said propagator nodes bridge various network communications media.

9. The machine-based collaborative social network of claim 1 wherein said system participant further receives at least one communication chirp;

wherein said at least one communication chirp is to be received from the social network and not a particular sender.

10. The machine-based collaborative social network of claim 1 wherein each system participant is assigned a name.

11. The machine-based collaborative social network of claim 10 wherein the name of each system participant is not guaranteed to be unique with in within the entire network.