Using a signal route dependent on a node speed change prediction

• US 20070115811A1
• Filed: 10/17/2005
• Published: 05/24/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MEC Management, LLC (Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota)
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Jung, Edward, Cohen, Alexander, Tegreene, Clarence, Lord, Robert, Rinaldo, John
• Granted Patent: US 7,646,712 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/229
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/026 Route selection considering the moving speed of individual devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/18 based on predicted events
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/20 based on geographic position or location

Abstract

A device, method, computer program product, and network subsystem are described for receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route and relaying at least a portion of the wireless data.

Claims

1. A communication method comprising:

receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route; and

relaying at least a portion of the wireless data.

6. The communication method of claim 1, wherein receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route comprises:

receiving at least an estimate of a destination-node-movement speed in the wireless data.

7. The communication method of claim 1, wherein receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route comprises:

receiving at least an estimate of a transmission time in the wireless data.

9. The communication method of claim 1, wherein receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route comprises:

receiving at least video data in the wireless data.

10. The communication method of claim 1, wherein receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route comprises:

receiving at least a service provider identifier in the wireless data.

12. The communication method of claim 1, wherein receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route comprises:

displaying at least an indication of the wireless data in a mobile node within the node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route.

13. The communication method of claim 1, wherein receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route comprises:

displaying at least an indication of the wireless data within a stationary node along the node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route.

14. The communication method of claim 1, wherein receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route comprises:

receiving a response via a response route substantially identical to the determined node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route.

16. The communication method of claim 1, wherein receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route comprises:

converting at least a portion of the wireless data into a radio frequency signal.

17. The communication method of claim 1, wherein receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route comprises:

routing at least a portion of the wireless data to a passenger vehicle.

18. The communication method of claim 1, wherein receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route comprises:

routing at least a portion of the wireless data to a motor-propelled vehicle.

20. The communication method of claim 1, wherein receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route comprises:

routing at least a portion of the wireless data through a stationary node and a mobile node.

25. The communication method of claim 1, wherein receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route comprises:

correcting at least a portion of the wireless data.

26. The communication method of claim 1, wherein receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route comprises:

broadcasting a descriptor of an intermediate node to one or more nodes outside the node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route.

28. The communication method of claim 1, wherein receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route comprises:

indicating a suitability of a mobile node.

29. The communication method of claim 1, wherein receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route comprises:

evaluating a suitability of the node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route by performing an arithmetic calculation.

33. The communication method of claim 1, wherein receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route comprises:

receiving a predictive indication of a node turning.

36. The communication method of claim 1, wherein receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route comprises:

receiving a predictive indication of a node going offline.

37. The communication method of claim 1, wherein receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route comprises:

receiving a predictive indication of a node encountering a local service level change.

40. The communication method of claim 1, wherein relaying at least a portion of the wireless data comprises:

including at least a message length value in a header of the wireless data.

41. The communication method of claim 1, wherein relaying at least a portion of the wireless data comprises:

including at least an estimate of a travel time in the wireless data.

42. The communication method of claim 1, wherein relaying at least a portion of the wireless data comprises:

including at least payment-indicative data in the wireless data.

43. The communication method of claim 1, wherein relaying at least a portion of the wireless data comprises:

including at least a source position prediction in the wireless data.

44. The communication method of claim 1, wherein relaying at least a portion of the wireless data comprises:

including at least user identification data in the wireless data.

46. The communication method of claim 1, wherein relaying at least a portion of the wireless data comprises:

including at least some photographic image data in the wireless data.

47. The communication method of claim 1, wherein relaying at least a portion of the wireless data comprises:

including at least meteorological data in the wireless data.

48. The communication method of claim 1, wherein relaying at least a portion of the wireless data comprises:

including at least medical data in the wireless data.

49. The communication method of claim 1, wherein relaying at least a portion of the wireless data comprises:

establishing a bidirectional channel along at least a portion of the determined node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route.

53. The communication method of claim 1, wherein relaying at least a portion of the wireless data comprises:

routing a response to the wireless data upstream along the signal route.

55. The communication method of claim 1, wherein relaying at least a portion of the wireless data comprises:

sending a portion of the wireless data along the determined node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route without awaiting an acknowledgment signal.

56. The communication method of claim 1, wherein relaying at least a portion of the wireless data comprises:

transmitting at least a portion of the wireless data into an optical fiber.

58. The communication method of claim 1, wherein relaying at least a portion of the wireless data comprises:

routing at least a portion of the wireless data via a satellite.

60. The communication method of claim 1, wherein relaying at least a portion of the wireless data comprises:

including at least an indication of a vehicle speed in the wireless data.

66. The communication method of claim 1, wherein relaying at least a portion of the wireless data comprises:

indicating a type of a first node to a second node.

67. The communication method of claim 1, wherein relaying at least a portion of the wireless data comprises:

indicating a suitability of a stationary node.

69. The communication method of claim 1, wherein relaying at least a portion of the wireless data comprises:

identifying one or more downstream node candidates to a downstream node.

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72. A network subsystem comprising:

means for receiving wireless data via a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route; and

means for relaying at least a portion of the wireless data.

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75. A network subsystem comprising:

a module for receiving wireless data from a node-speed-change-prediction-dependent signal route; and

circuitry for relaying at least a portion of the wireless data.

79. The network subsystem of claim 75, wherein the module comprises:

an antenna operable to receive the wireless data; and

a driver configured to adapt a directionality of the antenna.

80. The network subsystem of claim 75, wherein the module comprises:

a user interface operable to display at least the portion of the wireless data.

88. The network subsystem of claim 75, wherein the circuitry comprises:

circuitry for implementing a location-dependent speed model.

89. The network subsystem of claim 75, wherein the circuitry comprises:

circuitry for implementing a vehicle-dependent speed model.

102. The network subsystem of claim 75, further comprising:

a passenger vehicle containing the module.

106. The network subsystem of claim 75, further comprising:

a compass operatively coupled to provide a signal to the circuitry.

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