Computing platform method and apparatus for transmitting data communication via radio access point

• US 9,860,694 B2
• Filed: 03/08/2017
• Issued: 01/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: the united states of america as represented by the secretary of the navy
• Original Assignee: the united states of america as represented by the secretary of the navy
• Inventors: Nation, Jeremy, Hardy, Michael F., Buck, Keith, Hardman, Mathew
• Primary Examiner(s): Gonzalez, Amancio
• Application Number:
  US15/453,319
• Publication Number:
  US 20170265031A1
• Time in Patent Office: 300 Days
• Field of Search: 4554561
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A computing platform, comprising at least one computing device including a plurality of device applications; a command server disposed at a first location and configured to provide data communication to the at least one computing device by way of a radio access point and to receive data communication from the at least one computing device; a first radio device communicably coupled to the at least one computing device and the command server, the first radio device being coupled to the radio access point to enable data communication between the at least one computing device and the command server. At least one device application of the at least one computing device is configured to transmit a plurality of data including location data and at least one of image data, text data, and voice data, the location data corresponding to a location of one or more personnel positioned at a second location that is spaced apart from the first location.

Claims

1. A computing platform, comprising:

at least one computing device including a plurality of device applications;

a command server disposed at a first location, wherein the command server is configured to provide data communication to the at least one computing device by way of a radio access point and to receive data communication from the at least one computing device by way of the radio access point;

a first radio device communicably coupled to the at least one computing device and the command server, the first radio device being coupled to the radio access point to enable data communication between the at least one computing device and the command server; and

wherein at least one device application enables the at least one computing device to transmit a plurality of data including location data and at least one of image data, text data, and voice data, the location data corresponding to a location of one or more personnel positioned at a second location that is spaced apart from the first location;

wherein the at least one device application communicates with an inertial measurement unit of the at least one computing device to provide a first inertial movement data indicating a first position of the at least one computing device relative to the first radio device and to provide a second inertial movement data in response to the computing device moving beyond a threshold distance relative to the first position, the second inertial movement data indicating a second position of the at least one computing device relative to the first radio device; and

wherein the location data is provided to the command server at a first time period when the one or more personnel are positioned at the second location and at a second time period when the one or more personnel are positioned at a third location that is spaced apart from the first location and the second location.

2. The computing platform of claim 1, wherein the command server is configured to transmit, to the at least one computing device, a plurality of data including location data and at least one of image data, text data, and voice data, the location data corresponding to a location of one or more personnel positioned at a fourth location that is spaced apart from the second location and the third location.

3. The computing platform of claim 1, wherein the at least one computing device couples to the radio access point and communicates with the first radio device by way of a first communication protocol.

4. The computing platform of claim 3, wherein the command server couples to the radio access point and communicates with the first radio device by way of a second communication protocol.

5. The computing platform of claim 4, wherein the first communication protocol is a Bluetooth communication protocol and the second communication protocol is a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).

6. The computing platform of claim 1, wherein the plurality of device applications includes at least one of an incident report application, a geographic location application, a data sharing server application, and a network control and device pairing application.

7. The computing platform of claim 6, wherein the location data is computed via the geographic location application and provided to the command server by the at least one computing device, the location data including at least a latitude coordinate and a longitude coordinate indicating a location of the one or more personnel.

8. The computing platform of claim 1, further including a second radio device disposed at the first location and intermediate the command server and the first radio device, the second radio device cooperates with the first radio device to enable data communication between the at least one computing device and the command server.

9. The computing platform of claim 5, wherein the at least one computing device, the radio access point, and the first radio device cooperate to form a secure personal area network (“

PAN”

), wherein the secure PAN utilizes a Bluetooth PAN that leverages E0 cryptography to couple the at least one computing device to the radio access point.

10. A computing platform, comprising:

a first computing device including a plurality of device applications, the first computing device configured to provide data communication by way of a first radio access point;

a command server disposed at a first location, the command server configured to provide data communication to the first computing device by way of the first radio access point and to receive data communication provided by the first computing device;

a first radio device communicably coupled to the first computing device, the first radio device being coupled to the first radio access point to enable data communication between the first computing device and the command server;

a second radio device communicably coupled to the command server and the first radio device, the second radio device being disposed at the first location and configured to enable data communication between the command server and the first computing device; and

wherein the first computing device couples to the first radio access point and communicates with the first radio device by way of a first communication protocol and wherein the first radio device couples to the second radio device and communicates with the second radio device by way of a second communication protocol;

wherein at least one device application enables the first computing device to transmit a plurality of data including location data and at least one of image data, text data, and voice data, the location data corresponding to a location of one or more personnel positioned at a second location that is spaced apart from the first location; and

wherein the at least one device application communicates with an inertial measurement unit of the first computing device to provide a first inertial movement data indicating a first position of the first computing device relative to the first radio device and to provide a second inertial movement data in response to the computing device moving beyond a threshold distance relative to the first position, the second inertial movement data indicating a second position of the first computing device relative to the first radio device.

11. The computing platform of claim 10, wherein the location data is provided to the command server at a first time period when the one or more personnel are positioned at the second location and at a second time period when the one or more personnel are positioned at a third location that is spaced apart from the first location and the second location.

12. The computing platform of claim 10, wherein the first communication protocol is a Bluetooth communication protocol and the second communication protocol is a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).

13. The computing platform of claim 10, wherein the at least one device application enables the computing device to transmit the voice data by way of a Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP).

14. The computing platform of claim 10, further including a third radio device and a second computing device configured to communicably couple to at least one of the first radio device and the third radio device, the third radio device being coupled to a third radio access point to enable data communication between the second computing device and the command server.

15. The computing platform of claim 14, wherein the first radio access point and the third radio access point each have an access signal range limit and the first computing device decouples from the first radio device and couples to the third radio device via the third access point when the first computing device moves beyond the access signal range limit of the first radio access point and is within the access signal range limit of the third radio access point.

16. The computing platform of claim 15, wherein the second computing device decouples from the third radio device and couples to the first radio device via the first radio access point when the second computing device moves beyond the access signal range limit of the third radio access point and is within the access signal range limit of the first radio access point.

17. The computing platform of claim 12, wherein the first computing device, the first radio access point, and the first radio device cooperate to form a secure personal area network (“

PAN”

), wherein the secure PAN utilizes a Bluetooth PAN that leverages E0 cryptography to couple the first computing device to the first radio access point.

18. A method in a computing platform, comprising:

providing a first wireless communication link between a first computing device and at least one of a first radio device disposed at a first location and a second radio device disposed at a second location that is spaced apart from the first location;

providing a second wireless communication link between a second computing device and at least one of the first radio device and second radio device;

providing a third wireless communication link between a command server and at least one of the first radio device and the second radio device, the command server being disposed at a third location that is spaced apart from the first and second locations;

providing a first radio access point having a first access signal range limit, the first radio access point enabling data communication between the command server and at least the first computing device;

providing a second radio access point having a second access signal range limit, the second signal access point enabling data communication between the command server and at least the second computing device;

transmitting, by at least one of the first and second computing devices, a plurality of data to the command server, the plurality of data including location data and at least one of image data, text data, and voice data, the location data corresponding to a location of one or more personnel positioned at a fourth location that is spaced apart from the third location;

coupling the first computing device to the second radio device via the second radio access point when the first computing device moves beyond the access signal range limit of the first radio access point and is within the access signal range limit of the second radio access point; and

coupling the second computing device to the first radio device via the first radio access point when the second computing device moves beyond the access signal range limit of the second radio access point and is within the access signal range limit of the first radio access point.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the first wireless communication link includes a first communication protocol and the second wireless communication link includes a second communication protocol that is distinct from the first communication protocol.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the first communication protocol is a Bluetooth communication protocol and the second communication protocol is a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).

21. The method of claim 20, wherein transmitting includes providing the location data to the command server at a first time period when the one or more personnel are positioned at the fourth location and at a second time period when the one or more personnel are positioned at a fifth location that is spaced apart from the fourth location and the third location.

22. The method of claim 18, further including transmitting, by the command server, a plurality of data to at least one of the first and second computing devices, the plurality of data including location data and at least one of image data, text data, and voice data, the location data corresponding to a location of one or more personnel positioned at a sixth location that is spaced apart from at least the fifth and fourth locations.

23. The method of claim 18, wherein the first and second computing devices each include a plurality of device applications wherein at least one device application enables the first and second computing devices to transmit the voice data, wherein the voice data is transmitted by way of a Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP).

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the plurality of device applications includes at least one of an incident report application, a geographic location application, a data sharing server application, and a network control and device pairing application.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the location data is computed via the geographic location application and provided to the command server by at least one of the first and second computing devices, the location data including at least a latitude coordinate and a longitude coordinate indicating a location of the one or more personnel.

26. The method of claim 20, wherein the first and second computing devices, the first and second radio access points, and the first and second radio devices cooperate to form a secure personal area network (“

PAN”

), wherein the secure PAN utilizes a Bluetooth PAN that leverages E0 cryptography to couple the first and second computing devices to the first radio access point and to couple the first and second computing devices to the second radio access point.

27. A computing platform, comprising:

a first computing device including a plurality of device applications, the first computing device configured to provide data communication by way of a first radio access point;

a command server disposed at a first location, the command server configured to provide data communication to the first computing device by way of the first radio access point and to receive data communication provided by the first computing device;

a first radio device communicably coupled to the first computing device, the first radio device being coupled to the first radio access point to enable data communication between the first computing device and the command server;

a second radio device communicably coupled to the command server and the first radio device, the second radio device being disposed at the first location and configured to enable data communication between the command server and the first computing device;

wherein the first computing device couples to the first radio access point and communicates with the first radio device by way of a first communication protocol and wherein the first radio device couples to the second radio device and communicates with the second radio device by way of a second communication protocol;

wherein at least one device application enables the first computing device to transmit a plurality of data including location data and at least one of image data, text data, and voice data, the location data corresponding to a location of one or more personnel positioned at a second location that is spaced apart from the first location;

wherein the at least one device application communicates with an inertial measurement unit of the first computing device to provide a first inertial movement data indicating a first position of the first computing device relative to the first radio device and to provide a second inertial movement data in response to the computing device moving beyond a threshold distance relative to the first position, the second inertial movement data indicating a second position of the first computing device relative to the first radio device;

wherein the location data is provided to the command server at a first time period when the one or more personnel are positioned at the second location and at a second time period when the one or more personnel are positioned at a third location that is spaced apart from the first location and the second location;

wherein the first communication protocol is a Bluetooth communication protocol and the second communication protocol is a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP); and

wherein the at least one device application enables the computing device to transmit the voice data by way of a Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP); and

a third radio device and a second computing device configured to communicably couple to at least one of the first radio device and the third radio device, the third radio device being coupled to a third radio access point to enable data communication between the second computing device and the command server;

wherein the first radio access point and the third radio access point each have an access signal range limit and the first computing device decouples from the first radio device and couples to the third radio device via the third access point when the first computing device moves beyond the access signal range limit of the first radio access point and is within the access signal range limit of the third radio access point; and

wherein the second computing device decouples from the third radio device and couples to the first radio device via the first radio access point when the second computing device moves beyond the access signal range limit of the third radio access point and is within the access signal range limit of the first radio access point.