# US 10,118,698 B2 · Remote forensic investigation > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,118,698 B2 - Document ID: US10118698B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/203,597 - Filed: 2016-07-06 - Published: 2018-01-11 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2016-07-06 - Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. - Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. - Inventors: Juliette Zerick; William Cottrill; Michelle McHugh; Sheldon Kent Meredith - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10118698B2 ## CPC - H04W 4/023: {using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds} - G05D 1/00: Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots (drive control systems specially adapted for autonomous road vehicles B60W60/00) - G06Q 10/06: Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling - G06Q 10/08: Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management - G06Q 10/0833: Tracking - G06Q 10/087: Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders - G08G 5/22: located on the ground - G08G 5/26: Transmission of traffic-related information between aircraft and ground stations - G08G 5/55: for a single aircraft - G08G 5/57: for unmanned aircraft - H04B 1/3822: specially adapted for use in vehicles (H04B1/3827 takes precedence) - H04N 7/185: {from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control} - H04W 4/029: Location-based management or tracking services - B64U 2101/30: for imaging, photography or videography - B64U 2201/20: Remote controls - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) - H04B: TRANSMISSION - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - B64U: UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR ## Abstract A method includes dispatching a drone to a site. The drone includes audio/visual equipment. The method includes logging a plurality of timestamped locations of the drone and receiving, from the audio/visual equipment, site data captured by an on-site operator of the audio/visual equipment. The method includes correlating a portion of the site data with at least one of the timestamped locations of the drone. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: dispatching, by a drone beacon, a drone to a site, the drone including audio/visual equipment, where the audio/visual equipment is being delivered to the site by the drone to an on-site operator; logging, by the drone beacon, a plurality of timestamped locations of the drone; receiving, by the drone beacon, from the audio/visual equipment, site data captured by the on-site operator of the audio/visual equipment; and correlating, by the drone beacon, a portion of the site data with at least one of the timestamped locations of the drone. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising establishing a chain of custody of the site data. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein dispatching the drone is in response to receiving a drone request from the drone beacon. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the site data includes a witness account. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising obtaining, from the drone, physical evidence from the site. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the site data comprises downloading the site data over a network from the audio/visual equipment located at the site. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: dispatching a network access point to an access point location, wherein the drone is configured to communicate with a network via the network access point. ### Claim 8 A drone comprising: a body; a drive system coupled to the body; audio/visual equipment detachably coupled to the body; a processor; and memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory storing executable instructions that cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising: controlling the drive system to cause the drone to arrive at a site; logging a plurality of timestamped locations of the drone; and in response to a trigger, controlling the drive system to cause the drone to travel to a dispatch location. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The drone of claim 8, further comprising an evidence collection kit detachably coupled to the body. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The drone of claim 8, wherein the trigger comprises determining the audio/visual equipment being detached and reattached to the drone. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The drone of claim 8, further comprising a transceiver, wherein the operations further comprise communicating via the transceiver with an access point. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The drone of claim 8, wherein the trigger comprises an expiration of a timer. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The drone of claim 8, wherein the operations include causing the drone to hover at the site. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The drone of claim 8, wherein the operations include transmitting site data captured by an on-site user using the audio/visual equipment to the dispatch location. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that cause a processor executing the instructions to effectuate operations, the operations comprising: dispatching a drone to a site, the drone including audio/visual equipment, where the audio/visual equipment is being delivered to the site by the drone to an on-site operator; logging a plurality of timestamped locations of the drone; receiving, from the audio/visual equipment, site data captured by the on-site operator of the audio/visual equipment; and correlating a portion of the site data with at least one of the timestamped locations of the drone. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, the operations further comprising establishing a chain of custody of the site data. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, the operations further comprising instructing the drone to travel to a home base. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, the operations further comprising securely storing the site data. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein dispatching the drone is in response to a state of emergency. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the site data includes a witness account.