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US 11,634,220 B2Granted
Autonomous aerial management as a service
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsJoseph Soryal, Lalita V. Rao, Cristina Serban, Naila Jaoude, Tony Hansen
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Abstract
Autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle management service may provide a platform to manage groups of unmanned aerial vehicles to work together on a task simultaneously in an autonomous manner.
Claims20
A server comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory coupled with the processor, the processor configured to execute computer-readable instructions stored in the memory, the computer-readable instructions stored in the memory comprising computer-readable instructions for:
- obtaining a request for a service, the request comprising a location for the service to be performed;
- determining that a non-zero portion of the service can be performed by a first unmanned aerial vehicle of a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles based on a table indicating a percentage of the service that can be executed by the first unmanned aerial vehicle,
- wherein the first unmanned aerial vehicle comprises one or more devices, the one or more devices comprising a sensor;
- and
- based on determining that the non-zero portion of the service can be performed by the first unmanned aerial vehicle, providing instructions to the first unmanned aerial vehicle to perform the non-zero portion of the service, the first unmanned aerial vehicle determining, based on a weather condition that is detected by the sensor of the first unmanned aerial vehicle, that the first unmanned aerial vehicle should check a weather forecast for an area in which the first unmanned aerial vehicle is located, the first unmanned aerial vehicle checking the weather forecast via a website, the first unmanned aerial vehicle further determining, based on the weather forecast, if the first unmanned aerial vehicle should continue to perform the non-zero portion of the service or if the first unmanned aerial vehicle should abort performance of the non-zero portion of the service.
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A system comprising:
- a first unmanned aerial vehicle;
- and
- a server comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory coupled with the processor, the processor configured to execute computer-readable instructions stored in the memory, the computer-readable instructions stored in the memory comprising computer-readable instructions for:
- obtaining a request for a service, the request comprising a location for the service to be performed;
- determining that a non-zero portion of the service can be performed by the first unmanned aerial vehicle of a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles based on a table indicating a percentage of the service that can be executed by the first unmanned aerial vehicle,
- wherein the first unmanned aerial vehicle comprises one or more devices, the one or more devices comprising a sensor;
- and
- based on determining that the non-zero portion of the service can be performed by the first unmanned aerial vehicle, providing instructions to the first unmanned aerial vehicle to perform the non-zero portion of the service, the first unmanned aerial vehicle determining, based on a weather condition that is detected by the sensor of the first unmanned aerial vehicle, that the first unmanned aerial vehicle should check a weather forecast for an area in which the first unmanned aerial vehicle is located, the first unmanned aerial vehicle checking the weather forecast via a website, the first unmanned aerial vehicle further determining, based on the weather forecast, if the first unmanned aerial vehicle should continue to perform the non-zero portion of the service or if the first unmanned aerial vehicle should abort performance of the non-zero portion of the service.
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A method comprising:
- obtaining, by a device, a request for a service, the request comprising a location for the service to be performed;
- determining, by the device, that a non-zero portion of the service can be performed by a first unmanned aerial vehicle of a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles based on a table indicating a percentage of the service that can be executed by the first unmanned aerial vehicle,
- wherein the first unmanned aerial vehicle comprises one or more other devices, the one or more other devices comprising a sensor;
- and
- based on determining that the non-zero portion of the service can be performed by the first unmanned aerial vehicle, providing, by the device, instructions to the first unmanned aerial vehicle to perform the non-zero portion of the service, the first unmanned aerial vehicle determining, based on a weather condition that is detected by the sensor of the first unmanned aerial vehicle, that the first unmanned aerial vehicle should check a weather forecast for an area in which the first unmanned aerial vehicle is located, the first unmanned aerial vehicle checking the weather forecast via a website, the first unmanned aerial vehicle further determining, based on the weather forecast, if the first unmanned aerial vehicle should continue to perform the non-zero portion of the service or if the first unmanned aerial vehicle should abort performance of the non-zero portion of the service.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.