Detection network self-discovery

• US 10,477,348 B2
• Filed: 01/18/2018
• Issued: 11/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ivani, LLC
• Original Assignee: Ivani, LLC
• Inventors: Wootton, Matthew, Wootton, John, Nissman, Chris, McKinney, Justin, Mehrotra, Saarth, Dieseldorff, Boris
• Primary Examiner(s): Heiber, Shantell L
• Application Number:
  US15/874,657
• Publication Number:
  US 20180146334A1
• Time in Patent Office: 663 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 1/001 Acoustic presence detection
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 3/12 operating with electromagnetic waves operating with millimetre waves G01V8/005
• CPC Class Codes: G11C 11/221 using ferroelectric capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: G11C 11/2257 Word-line or row circuits
• CPC Class Codes: G11C 11/2259 Cell access
• CPC Class Codes: G11C 11/2273 Reading or sensing circuits or methods
• CPC Class Codes: G11C 11/2293 Timing circuits or methods
• CPC Class Codes: G11C 11/2297 Power supply circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/27 for locating or positioning the transmitter
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/318 Received signal strength
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/373 Predicting channel quality or other radio frequency [RF] parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0018 based on latency requirement
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/006 Quality of the received signal, e.g. BER, SNR, water filling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/131 Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/30 : Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/33 : for indoor environments, e.g. buildings
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 : Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/283 : Power depending on the position of the mobile
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 : Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

Systems and methods for detecting the presence of a body in a network without fiducial elements, using signal absorption, and signal forward and reflected backscatter of radio frequency (RF) waves caused by the presence of a biological mass in a communications network.

Claims

1. A method for self-discovery of a presence sensing network comprising:

providing a plurality of wireless network devices communicating via a first wireless network;

providing a first user device;

providing a second user device;

providing a remote server;

configuring said first user device to form a network presence sensing (NPS) network;

said first user device entering the geographic range of said first wireless network;

said first user device joining said first wireless network;

said first user device discovering at least one responsive NPS-ready device;

said first user device forming a second wireless network configured to provide NPS with said at least one discovered NPS-ready device;

after said first user device forms said second network, said first user device participates in said second network as a node;

configuring said second user device to operate in said second network;

said second user device entering the geographic range of said second network;

said remote server computer determining the presence of said second user device in said second network via NPS;

said first user device forming a baseline of wireless network signal characteristics with said second user device and transmitting said baseline of wireless network signal characteristics to said remote server computer; and

said first user device forming a second set of wireless network signal characteristics with said second user device and transmitting said second set of wireless network signal characteristics to said remote server computer;

wherein said remote server computer determining the presence of said second user device via NPS comprises said remote server computer comparing said second set of wireless network signal characteristics to said baseline of wireless network signal characteristics.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said first wireless network is configured for telecommunication.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one or more of said plurality of wireless network devices are fixed nodes.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said second user device does not join the second network before said remote server computer determines the presence of said second user device in said second network via NPS.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein configuring said first user device to form said second network is selected from the group consisting of:

modifying said first user device with additional hardware components;

modifying firmware of said first user device; and

installing software on said first user device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said second network is not configured to provide telecommunication access to the Internet.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a first wireless networking device in said plurality of wireless network devices configured to communicate via a first communication protocol;

providing a second wireless networking device in said plurality of wireless network devices configured to communicate via a second communication protocol; and

wherein said first communication protocol and said second communication protocol are not interoperable.

8. A method for self-discovery of a presence sensing network comprising:

providing a first user device configured to operate in a wireless detection network;

providing a second user device configured to operate in said wireless detection network;

providing a third user device configured to operate in said wireless detection network;

providing a remote server computer communicably coupled to said first user device over a telecommunications network;

said first user device entering a geographic range of wireless network transmission of said second user device;

forming said wireless detection network comprising said first user device and said second user device;

said remote server computer performing NPS via said formed wireless detection network;

said third user device entering the geographic range of said formed wireless detection network;

said remote server computer determining the presence of said third user device via NPS;

said first user device forming a baseline of wireless network signal characteristics with said third user device and transmitting said baseline of wireless network signal characteristics to said remote server computer; and

said first user device forming a second set of wireless network signal characteristics with said third user device and transmitting said second set of wireless network signal characteristics to said remote server computer;

wherein said remote server computer determining the presence of said third user device via NPS comprises said remote server computer comparing said second set of wireless network signal characteristics to said baseline of wireless network signal characteristics.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein said third user device joins said wireless detection network.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein said third user device does not join said wireless detection network before said remote server computer determines the presence of said third device in said formed wireless detection network via NPS.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein said wireless detection network is not configured to provide telecommunication access to the Internet.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein said first user device and said second user device communicate with the Internet via a second wireless network.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein said remote server computer operates a third-party system based at least in part on detecting presence in said formed wireless detection network.