Observation platform for using structured communications with distributed traffic flow
First Claim
1. A method for distributing signal traffic in an observation platform, comprising:
- receiving a signal from a first mobile device comprising a processor, memory, and a network interface card, at a second mobile device comprising a processor, memory, and a network interface card, wherein said first mobile device and said second mobile devices act as a nodes in a first environment which comprises a plurality of nodes, wherein a first characteristic of said signal corresponds to an audible source and a second characteristic of said signal corresponds to information indicative of a geographic position of said first mobile device;
deriving, via said second mobile device, context information from said signal based on said first characteristic and/or said second characteristic;
determining, via said second mobile device, a third mobile device as a destination for said signal; and
relaying said signal from said second mobile device to said third mobile device without relaying said signal to a central server computer system.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for using structured communications in an observation platform with distributed traffic flow. A signal from a first mobile device is received at a second mobile device wherein the first mobile device and the second mobile devices act as a nodes in a first environment which comprises a plurality of nodes, wherein a first characteristic of the signal corresponds to an audible source and a second characteristic of the signal corresponds to information indicative of a geographic position of the first mobile device. Context information is derived, via the second mobile device, from the signal based on the first characteristic and/or the second characteristic. A third mobile device is determined, via the second mobile device, as a destination for the signal. The signal is relayed from the second mobile device to the third mobile device without relaying the signal to a central server computer system.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for distributing signal traffic in an observation platform, comprising:
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receiving a signal from a first mobile device comprising a processor, memory, and a network interface card, at a second mobile device comprising a processor, memory, and a network interface card, wherein said first mobile device and said second mobile devices act as a nodes in a first environment which comprises a plurality of nodes, wherein a first characteristic of said signal corresponds to an audible source and a second characteristic of said signal corresponds to information indicative of a geographic position of said first mobile device; deriving, via said second mobile device, context information from said signal based on said first characteristic and/or said second characteristic; determining, via said second mobile device, a third mobile device as a destination for said signal; and relaying said signal from said second mobile device to said third mobile device without relaying said signal to a central server computer system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A non-transitory computer-usable storage medium having instructions embodied therein that when executed cause a computer system to perform a method for distributing signal traffic in an observation platform, said method comprising:
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receiving a signal from a first mobile device comprising a processor, memory, and a network interface card, at a second mobile device comprising a processor, memory, and a network interface card, wherein said first mobile device and said second mobile devices act as a nodes in a first environment which comprises a plurality of nodes, wherein a first characteristic of said signal corresponds to an audible source and a second characteristic of said signal corresponds to information indicative of a geographic position of said first mobile device; deriving, via said second mobile device, context information from said signal based on said first characteristic and/or said second characteristic; determining, via said second mobile device, a third mobile device as a destination for said signal; and relaying said signal from said second mobile device to said third mobile device without relaying said signal to a central server computer system. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for distributing signal traffic in an observation platform, comprising:
an observation platform associated with a first environment, comprising; a first mobile device comprising a processor, memory, and a network interface card for sending a signal wherein a first characteristic of said signal corresponds to an audible source and a second characteristic of said signal corresponds to information indicative of a geographic position of said first mobile device; and a second mobile device comprising a processor, memory, and a network interface card for receiving said signal from said first mobile device, deriving context information from said signal based on said first characteristic and/or said second characteristic, determining a third mobile device as a destination for said signal, and relaying said signal to said third mobile device without relaying said signal to a central server computer system, wherein said first mobile device and said second mobile devices act as a nodes in a first environment which comprises a plurality of nodes. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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