US 10,884,407 B2 · Management of deployed drones

Abstract

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to manage deployed drones are disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein include detecting, by a first drone, whether the first drone is in communication with a command center via a first communication network to determine a configuration parameter of a first message to broadcast discovery information associated with the first drone. Disclosed example methods also include, in response to the first drone being in communication with the command center via the first communication network, broadcasting, from the first drone, the first message configured with a first value for the configuration parameter. Disclosed example methods further include, in response to the first drone not being in communication with the command center via the first communication network, broadcasting, from the first drone, the first message configured with a second value for the configuration parameter different from the first value.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

detecting, by a first vehicle, whether the first vehicle is in communication with a command center via a first communication network;
determining, by the first vehicle based on the detecting, a configurable first value for a time-to-live parameter of a first message to broadcast first data associated with the first vehicle, wherein the first message comprises the first data and the configurable first value of the time-to-live parameter, and wherein the configurable first value specifies a number of communication hops over which the first message can be re-broadcast;
determining, by the first vehicle, a periodicity based on the detecting;
broadcasting, by the first vehicle, a plurality of messages according to the periodicity, wherein the first message is one of the plurality of messages and is receivable by devices within a receiving range of the first vehicle;
receiving, by the first vehicle, a second message comprising:
second data associated with a second vehicle;
and
a configurable second value for a time-to-live parameter of the second message;
and
in response to the configurable second value specifying not to re-broadcast the second message, storing, by the first vehicle, the second data.

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A non-transitory machine readable storage medium comprising machine readable instructions which, when executed, cause one or more processors of a first vehicle to perform operations, the operations comprising:

detecting whether the first vehicle is in communication with a command center via a first communication network;
determining, based on the detecting, a configurable first value for a time-to-live parameter of a first message to broadcast first data associated with the first vehicle, wherein the first message comprises the first data and the configurable first value of the time-to-live parameter, and wherein the configurable first value specifies a number of communication hops over which the first message is to be re-broadcast;
determining a periodicity based on the detecting;
broadcasting a plurality of messages according to the periodicity, wherein the first message is one of the plurality of messages and is receivable by devices within a receiving range of the first vehicle;
receiving a second message comprising:
second data associated with a second vehicle;
and
a configurable second value for a time-to-live parameter of the second message;
and
in response to the configurable second value specifying not to re-broadcast the second message, storing the second data.

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A vehicle comprising:

a non-transitory memory including machine readable instructions;
and
one or more hardware processors configured to execute the machine readable instructions to cause the vehicle to perform operations, the operations comprising:
detecting whether the vehicle is in communication with a command center via a first communication network;
configuring a first message with a configurable first value for a time-to-live parameter if the vehicle is detected as being in communication with the command center, wherein the first message comprises first data and the time-to-live parameter, or configuring the first message with a configurable second value different from the configurable first value for the time-to-live parameter if the vehicle is detected as not being in communication with the command center;
determining a periodicity based on the detecting;
broadcasting a plurality of messages according to the periodicity, wherein the first message comprising the first data and the configurable first value or the configurable second value, wherein the configurable first value or the configurable second value specifies a number of communication hops over which the first message is to be re-broadcast, wherein the first message is one of the plurality of messages and is receivable by devices within a receiving range of the vehicle;
receiving a second message comprising:
second data associated with a second vehicle;
and
a configurable third value for a time-to-live parameter of the second message;
and
in response to the configurable third value specifying not to re-broadcast the second message, storing the second data.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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