# US 10,313,199 B2 · Systems, apparatus, and methods of enhanced management of a wireless node network based upon an event candidate related to elements of the wireless node network > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,313,199 B2 - Document ID: US10313199B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/168,482 - Filed: 2016-05-31 - Published: 2017-01-12 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2015-07-08 - Assignees: Fedex Corporate Services, Inc. - Applicants: FedEx Corporate Services, Inc. - Inventors: Ole-Petter Skaaksrud; Terence Hollahan - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10313199B2 ## CPC - H04B 17/318: Received signal strength - H04L 41/0645: {by additionally acting on or stimulating the network after receiving notifications} - H04L 41/069: using logs of notifications; Post-processing of notifications - H04L 41/32: {Specific management aspects for broadband networks} - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - H04W 24/08: Testing, {supervising or monitoring} using real traffic - H04W 24/10: Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} - G06Q 10/0833: Tracking - H04L 43/04: Processing captured monitoring data, e.g. for logfile generation - H04L 43/08: Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters - H04W 48/16: Discovering, processing access restriction or access information - H04W 84/18: Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks - H04W 84/20: Leader-follower arrangements - H04B: TRANSMISSION - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - 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 ## Abstract A server apparatus allows for enhanced management of a wireless node network having a ID nodes and a master node in communication with the ID nodes. The server includes a processing unit, memory storage, and a network interface. The memory storage maintains event candidate analytics engine code for execution by the server, node management information (e.g., context data describing a contextual environment of the ID nodes and rule data used for node control operations) used to control ID nodes and the master node as part of managing the wireless node network. When executing the event candidate analytics engine code and having access to the node management information, the server becomes unconventionally operative to receive from the master node an event candidate identified as representing an updated status related to an ID node; generate a confidence rating for the event candidate based upon an evaluation of the event candidate against at least a portion of the context data, where the confidence rating indicates a degree to which the event candidate represents a node relevant activity; update the node management information stored on the memory storage based upon a type of the event candidate and the confidence rating for the event candidate; and transmit to the master node a management message providing at least a portion of the updated node management information to the master node as instructional input to be used by the master node. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An enhanced node management system for a wireless node network having a plurality of ID nodes, the system comprising: a master node disposed within the wireless node network and executes an event detection engine code to become operative to generate a report message regarding an event candidate representing an updated status related to a first of the ID nodes, and receive a management message in response to the generated report message; and a server in communication with the master node over a first communication path, the server maintaining node management information used to control one or more of the ID nodes and the master node as part of managing the wireless node network, wherein the node management information comprises at least context data describing a contextual operating environment of the ID nodes and rule data used for node control operations of the ID nodes and the master node, wherein when the server executes an event candidate analytics engine code maintained on the server, the server becomes operative to: receive the report message from the master node, extract the event candidate from the report message, the event candidate being identified by the master node as representing the updated status related to the first ID node, generate a confidence rating for the event candidate based upon an evaluation of the event candidate compared to at least a portion of the context data maintained by the server, the confidence rating indicating a degree to which the event candidate represents a node relevant activity, update the node management information based upon a type of the event candidate and the confidence rating for the event candidate, and transmit the management message to the master node, the management message providing at least a portion of the updated node management information to the master node as instructional input to be used by the master node. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the instructional input is used by the master node to control an operation of the master node. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the instructional input is used by the master node to cause at least one of the ID nodes to alter operation. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the node relevant activity comprises at least one of a detectable physical activity and a detectable electromagnetic activity. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the node relevant activity is an anticipated activity characterized by at least a portion of the context data that is related to the first ID node. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the node relevant activity is a new activity not characterized by the context data identified as related to the first ID node. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the rule data defines at least one parameter of an operational profile for one or more ID nodes. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the rule data defines at least one parameter of an operational profile for the master node. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the server updates the node management information by transforming the node management information to further indicate a correspondence between the node relevant activity and the updated status related to the first ID node. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the server transforms the node management information based upon the type of the event candidate and the confidence rating of the event candidate. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the node relevant activity comprises movement of at least one of the first ID node, the master node, and an object near the master node. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the node relevant activity comprises exposure to a source of shielding that inhibits communication between the first ID node and the master node. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the node relevant activity comprises exposure to a source of RF interference. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the node relevant activity comprises placement of the first ID node within a container. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the server is operative to transmit the management message to cause the master node to alter how the master node operates. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the server is operative to transmit the management message to cause the master node to send a second management message to at least one of the ID nodes, the second management message causing the one of the ID nodes to alter how the one of the ID nodes operates. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the portion of the revised node management information provided as the instructional input comprises updated rule data. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the updated status comprises a changed status of the first ID node. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the updated status comprises an unchanged status of the first ID node. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the updated status comprises a summarized checkpoint status of the first ID node. ### Claim 21 An enhanced node management system for a wireless node network having a plurality of ID nodes, the system comprising: a server; a master node disposed within the wireless node network in direct communication with the server over a first communication path and in direct communication with the ID nodes over a second communication path distinct from the first communication path, wherein when the master node executes a first engine code, the master node becomes operative to: detect a first updated status related to a first of the ID nodes, wherein the detected first status is represented by a first event candidate, detect a second updated status related to a second of the ID nodes, wherein the detected second status is represented by a second event candidate, transmit the first event candidate and the second event candidate by the master node to the server over the first communication path, and receive a management message in response to the transmitting the first event candidate and the second event candidate; wherein the server maintains node management information used to control one or more of the ID nodes and the master node as part of managing the wireless node network, wherein the node management information comprises at least context data describing a contextual operating environment of the ID nodes and rule data used for node control operations of the ID nodes and the master node; and wherein when the server executes a second engine code maintained on the server, the server becomes operative to: receive the first event candidate and the second event candidate from the master node, generate a first confidence rating for the first event candidate based upon an evaluation of the first event candidate compared to at least a first portion of the context data maintained by the server, the first confidence rating indicating a degree to which the first event candidate represents a node relevant activity, generate a second confidence rating for the second event candidate based upon an evaluation of the second event candidate compared to at least a second portion of the context data maintained by the server, the second confidence rating indicating a degree to which the second event candidate represents the node relevant activity, compare the first confidence rating and the second confidence rating to determine a combined confidence rating reflecting a degree to which the detected first change and the detected second change represent a pattern corresponding to the node relevant activity, update the node management information based upon a type of the first event candidate, a type of the second event candidate, and the combined confidence rating, and transmit the management message to the master node, the management message providing at least a portion of the updated node management information to the master node as instructional input to be used by the master node. ### Claim 22 A server apparatus for enhanced management of a wireless node network having a plurality of ID nodes and a master node in communication with the ID nodes, the apparatus comprising: a server processor; a memory storage coupled to the server processor, the memory storage maintaining event candidate analytics engine code for execution by the server processor, the memory storage further maintaining node management information used to control one or more of the ID nodes and the master node as part of managing the wireless node network, wherein the node management information comprises at least context data describing a contextual environment of the ID nodes and rule data used for node control operations; a network interface coupled to the server processor and operative to communicate with the master node over a network communication path, wherein the network communication path allows the server to directly interact with the master node but does not allow the server to directly interact with the ID nodes; and wherein the server processor, when executing the event candidate analytics engine code maintained on the memory storage and having access to the node management information, is operative to receive, via the network interface, an event candidate from the master node, the event candidate being identified by the master node as representing an updated status related to the first ID node, generate a confidence rating for the event candidate based upon an evaluation of the event candidate against at least a portion of the context data, the confidence rating indicating a degree to which the event candidate represents a node relevant activity, update the node management information stored on the memory storage based upon a type of the event candidate and the confidence rating for the event candidate, and cause the network interface to transmit a management message to the master node, the management message providing at least a portion of the updated node management information to the master node as instructional input to be used by the master node. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The server apparatus of claim 22, wherein the instructional input is used by the master node to control an operation of the master node. ### Claim 24 (depends on 22) The server apparatus of claim 22, wherein the instructional input is used by the master node to cause at least one of the ID nodes to alter operation. ### Claim 25 (depends on 22) The server apparatus of claim 22, wherein the node relevant activity is an anticipated activity characterized by at least a portion of the context data related to the first ID node. ### Claim 26 (depends on 22) The server apparatus of claim 22, wherein the node relevant activity is a new activity not characterized by a current state of the context data identified to be related to the first ID node. ### Claim 27 (depends on 22) The server apparatus of claim 22, wherein the rule data defines at least one parameter of an operational profile for one or more ID nodes within the wireless node network. ### Claim 28 (depends on 22) The server apparatus of claim 22, wherein the rule data defines at least one parameter of an operational profile for the master node within the wireless node network. ### Claim 29 (depends on 22) The server apparatus of claim 22, wherein the rule data defines one or more parameters on how the master node identifies the event candidate. ### Claim 30 (depends on 22) The server apparatus of claim 22, wherein the rule data defines one or more parameters on how the master node simplifies a data feed coupling the master node and network interface of the server apparatus. ### Claim 31 (depends on 22) The server apparatus of claim 22, wherein the node management information comprises further context data relating to the master node. ### Claim 32 (depends on 22) The server apparatus of claim 22, wherein the server processing unit is operative to update the node management information stored on the memory storage by being further operative to transform the node management information to further indicate a correspondence between the node relevant activity and the updated status related to the first ID node. ### Claim 33 (depends on 32) The server apparatus of claim 32, wherein the node relevant activity comprises at least one of a detectable physical activity and a detectable electromagnetic activity. ### Claim 34 (depends on 32) The server apparatus of claim 32, wherein the server processing unit is operative to transform the node management information based upon the type of the event candidate and the confidence rating of the event candidate. ### Claim 35 (depends on 32) The server apparatus of claim 32, wherein the node relevant activity comprises movement of at least one of the first ID node, the master node, and an object near the master node. ### Claim 36 (depends on 32) The server apparatus of claim 32, wherein the node relevant activity comprises exposure to a source of shielding that inhibits communication between the first ID node and the master node. ### Claim 37 (depends on 32) The server apparatus of claim 32, wherein the node relevant activity comprises exposure to a source of RF interference. ### Claim 38 (depends on 32) The server apparatus of claim 32, wherein the node relevant activity comprises placement of the first ID node within a container. ### Claim 39 (depends on 22) The server apparatus of claim 22, wherein the instructional input alters how the master node operates. ### Claim 40 (depends on 22) The server apparatus of claim 22, wherein the instructional input alters how the master node manages at least one of the ID nodes. ### Claim 41 (depends on 39) The server apparatus of claim 39, wherein the instructional input comprises updated rule data defining how the master node identifies the event candidate. ### Claim 42 (depends on 39) The server apparatus of claim 39, wherein the instructional input comprises updated rule data refining how the master node simplifies a data fee between the master node and the server. ### Claim 43 (depends on 22) The server apparatus of claim 22, wherein the updated status comprises a changed status of the first ID node. ### Claim 44 (depends on 22) The server apparatus of claim 22, wherein the updated status comprises an unchanged status of the first ID node. ### Claim 45 (depends on 22) The server apparatus of claim 22, wherein the updated status comprises a summarized checkpoint status of the first ID node.