VIRAL-LIKE ELECTRONIC DATA PROPAGATION

• US 20080198794A1
• Filed: 02/17/2007
• Published: 08/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: PatentWorks, LLC
• Original Assignee: PatentWorks, LLC
• Inventors: Knapp, Benjamin P., Fields, James A.
• Application Number:
  US11/676,276
• Publication Number:
  US 20080198794A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/02 Arrangements for relaying broadcast information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/59 for emergency or urgency
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/19 on transmission of information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/44 for identifying broadcast stations
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/50 of broadcast or relay stations
• 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: H04W 40/00 Communication routing or communication path finding
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

Data propagation is provided with an originating transmitter that receives and processes data into a data packet that it transmits. A sensory input device is connected with and sends data to the transmitter. A plurality of transceivers are disposed in a geographic space and may receive and retransmit the packet. A target receiver receives and processes the packet and reports a result of processing the data.

Claims

1. A method of electronic data propagation, comprising:

providing an originating transmitter unit that is adapted to construct an electronic data packet and to transmit the data packet;

providing a plurality of transceiver units that are adapted to receive and transmit the electronic data packet, whereby at least one of the plurality of transceiver units receives the data packet and retransmits the data packet, so that at least another one of the plurality of transceiver units receives the data packet and retransmits the data packet with; and

providing a target receiver unit that is designated in the data packet as a target recipient of the data packet, the target receiver unit being adapted to receive the data packet, to process the data packet, and to report a result of processing the data packet.

2. The method defined in claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of transceiver units is one a mobile transceiver unit and a stationary transceiver unit.

3. The method defined in claim 1, wherein the data packet is embedded with at least one of identification information, location information, and status information.

4. The method defined in claim 1, wherein the data packet is embedded with unencoded public information and with encoded nonpublic information.

5. A method of electronic data propagation, comprising:

providing an originating transmitter unit;

providing an electronic data packet;

adapting the originating transmitter unit to transmit the data packet;

transmitting the data packet;

providing a plurality of transceiver units;

adapting each of the transceiver units to receive and retransmit the electronic data packet;

disposing the plurality of transceiver units upon a geographic area;

providing a target receiver unit;

adapting the target receiver unit to receive the data packet;

adapting the target receiver unit to process the data packet; and

adapting the target receiver unit to report a result of processing the data packet.

6. The method defined in claim 5, wherein each of the plurality of transceiver units is one a mobile transceiver unit and a stationary transceiver unit.

7. The method defined in claim 5, wherein the data packet is embedded with at least on of identification information, location information, and status information.

8. The method defined in claim 5, wherein the data packet is embedded with unencoded public information and with encoded nonpublic information.

9. A method of electronic data propagation, comprising:

providing an originating transmitter unit;

adapting the originating transmitter unit to receive data;

providing a sensory input device;

adapting the sensory input device to send data to the originating transmitter unit;

operatively connecting the sensory input device with the originating transmitter unit;

adapting the originating transmitter unit to process the data into a data packet;

adapting the originating transmitter unit to transmit the data packet;

transmitting the data packet from the originating transmitter unit;

providing a plurality of transceiver units;

adapting each of the transceiver units to receive the electronic data packet;

adapting each of the transceiver units to retransmit the electronic data packet;

disposing the plurality of transceiver units in a geographic space;

at least one of the plurality of transceiver units receiving the transmitted data packet;

at least one of the at least one of the plurality of transceiver units receiving the transmitted data packet transmitting the data packet;

providing a target receiver unit;

adapting the target receiver unit to receive the data packet;

adapting the target receiver unit to process the data packet;

adapting the target receiver unit to report a result of processing the data packet.

10. The method defined in claim 9, further including the steps of:

at least one of the plurality of transceiver units not receiving the transmitted data packet from the originating transmitter unit;

the at least one of the plurality of transceiver units not receiving the transmitted data packet from the originating transmitter unit receiving the transmitted data packet from one of the at least one of the at least one of the plurality of transceiver units that received the transmitted data packet and that transmitted the data packet; and

the at least one of the plurality of transceiver units not receiving the transmitted data packet from the originating transmitter unit transmitting the data packet.

11. The method defined in claim 10, wherein each of the plurality of transceiver units is one a mobile transceiver unit and a stationary transceiver unit.

12. The method defined in claim 10, wherein the data packet is embedded with at least on of identification information, location information, and status information.

13. The method defined in claim 10, wherein the data packet is embedded with unencoded public information and with encoded nonpublic information.