# US 2025/0094918 A1 · Methods and node apparatus for multiple node communication paths to a server within a 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 2025/0094918 A1 - Document ID: US20250094918A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/962,780 - Filed: 2024-11-27 - Published: 2025-03-20 - Earliest claimed: 2014-05-28 - Assignees: Federal Express Corporation - Applicants: Federal Express Corporation - Inventors: Ole-Petter Skaaksrud - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250094918A1 ## CPC - G06Q 10/0833: Tracking - G06Q 10/087: Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders - G06Q 10/0877: {by inventory control or reporting using inventory tracking or counting} - G06Q 30/0639: {Locating goods or services, e.g. based on physical position of the goods or services within a shopping facility} - H04B 17/3913: {Predictive models, e.g. based on neural network models} - H04H 20/71: Wireless systems - H04L 1/0006: {by adapting the transmission format} - H04W 4/029: Location-based management or tracking services - H04W 8/183: {Processing at user equipment or user record carrier} - H04W 8/24: Transfer of terminal data - H04W 28/0231: {based on communication conditions (dynamic wireless traffic scheduling definition based on channel quality criteria H04W72/54)} - H04W 52/223: {predicting future states of the transmission} - H04W 52/40: during macro-diversity or soft handoff - H04W 40/02: Communication route or path selection, e.g. power-based or shortest path routing - 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 - H04B: TRANSMISSION - H04H: BROADCAST COMMUNICATION (multiplex communication H04J; pictorial communication aspects of broadcast systems H04N) - 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) ## Abstract Methods and apparatus are described for enhanced node communication within a wireless node network having nodes and a server. A first subset of nodes transmits first data messages to the server without using an intermediary device where the first data messages include sensed data generated by the nodes of the first subset of the plurality of nodes about or around the nodes of the first subset of the plurality of nodes. A second subset of the plurality of nodes receives external data from the other of the nodes. The second subset of the plurality of nodes are intermediary devices that transmit the received external data to the server, wherein the received external data from the other of the nodes comprises sensed data about or around the other of the nodes. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for enhanced communication within a wireless node network having a plurality of nodes and a server wherein each of the nodes being operative to generate sensed data about or around the nodes and/or receive external data from other of the nodes according to a server tracked logical connection between the nodes receiving the external data and the other of the nodes, comprising: connecting, by nodes of a first subset of the plurality of nodes, to the server using at least a first connectivity mode; connecting, by nodes of a second subset of the plurality of nodes, to the server where the second subset of nodes act as intermediaries between the other of the nodes and the server; transmitting, by the nodes of the first subset of the plurality of nodes, first data messages directly to the server without using any of the plurality of nodes as an intermediary, wherein the first data messages include sensed data generated by the nodes of the first subset of the plurality of nodes about or around the nodes of the first subset of the plurality of nodes; receiving, by the second subset of the plurality of nodes, the external data from the other of the nodes; and transmitting, by the second subset of the plurality of nodes, the received external data to the server, wherein the received external data from the other of the nodes comprises sensed data about or around the other of the nodes. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first data messages comprise at least one of profile data, security data, association data, shared data, and sensor data of the first subset of the plurality of nodes. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the sensor data comprises data collected from one or more sensors of the first subset of the plurality of nodes. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the data collected from the one or more sensors relates to at least one condition of packages associated with corresponding nodes of the first subset of the plurality of nodes. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein each of the nodes of the second subset of the plurality of nodes comprises a wireless transceiver-based node that serves as a bridge to the server for the other of the nodes in the wireless node network. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein each of the nodes of the second subset of the plurality of nodes implements the wireless transceiver-based node as an integrated circuit. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein each of the nodes of the second subset of the plurality of nodes implements the wireless transceiver-based node as a single chip integrated circuit. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein each of the other of the nodes comprises a wireless transceiver-based node to transmit the external data to the nodes of the second subset of the plurality of nodes. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the each of the other of the nodes implements the wireless transceiver-based node as a single chip integrated circuit. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the other of the nodes comprises a wireless transceiver-based node operative to communicate with the second of the nodes using a Bluetooth communication path. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the external data of the other of the nodes comprises data collected from one or more sensors of the other of the nodes. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the data collected from the one or more sensors relates to at least one condition of packages associated with corresponding the other of the nodes. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein each of the nodes of the first subset of the plurality of nodes comprises a wireless transceiver-based node to transmit the first data messages to the server. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein each of the nodes of the first subset of the plurality of nodes implements the wireless transceiver-based node as a single chip integrated circuit. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the each of the nodes of the first subset of the plurality of nodes comprises a wireless transceiver-based node operative to communicate with the server using a cellular communication path. ### Claim 16 A system for enhanced communication within a wireless node network, comprising: a server disposed within the wireless node network; and a plurality of nodes disposed within the wireless node network, wherein each of the nodes being operative to generate sensed data about or around the nodes and/or receive external data from other of the nodes according to a server tracked logical connection between the nodes receiving the external data and the other of the nodes; wherein at least a first subset of the plurality of nodes and a second subset of the plurality of nodes are operative to connect to the server where the second subset of the plurality of nodes act as intermediaries between the other of the nodes and the server; wherein nodes of the first subset of the plurality of nodes are operative to transmit first data messages directly to the server without using any of the plurality of nodes as an intermediary, wherein the first data messages include sensed data generated by the nodes of the first subset of the plurality of nodes about or around the nodes of the first subset of the plurality of nodes; and wherein nodes of the second subset of the plurality of nodes are operative to receive the external data from the other of the nodes and transmit the external data to the server, wherein the external data from the other of the nodes comprises sensed data about or around the other of the nodes. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein the first data messages comprise at least one of profile data, security data, association data, shared data, and sensor data of the first subset of the plurality of nodes. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The system of claim 17, wherein the sensor data comprises data collected from one or more sensors of the first subset of the plurality of nodes. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The system of claim 18, wherein the data collected from the one or more sensors relates to at least one condition of packages associated with corresponding nodes of the first subset of the plurality of nodes. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein each of the nodes of the second subset of the plurality of nodes comprises a wireless transceiver-based node that serves as a bridge to the server for the other of the nodes in the wireless node network. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The system of claim 20, wherein each of the nodes of the second subset of the plurality of nodes implements the wireless transceiver-based node as an integrated circuit. ### Claim 22 (depends on 20) The system of claim 20, wherein each of the nodes of the second subset of the plurality of nodes implements the wireless transceiver-based node as a single chip integrated circuit. ### Claim 23 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein each of the other of the nodes comprises a wireless transceiver-based node to transmit the external data to the nodes of the second subset of the plurality of nodes. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The system of claim 23, wherein the each of the other of the nodes implements the wireless transceiver-based node as a single chip integrated circuit. ### Claim 25 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein the other of the nodes comprises a wireless transceiver-based node operative to communicate with the second of the nodes using a Bluetooth communication path. ### Claim 26 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein the external data of the other of the nodes comprises data collected from one or more sensors of the other of the nodes. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The system of claim 26, wherein the data collected from the one or more sensors relates to at least one condition of packages associated with corresponding the other of the nodes. ### Claim 28 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein each of the nodes of the first subset of the plurality of nodes comprises a wireless transceiver-based node to transmit the first data messages to the server. ### Claim 29 (depends on 28) The system of claim 28, wherein each of the nodes of the first subset of the plurality of nodes implements the wireless transceiver-based node as a single chip integrated circuit. ### Claim 30 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein the each of the nodes of the first subset of the plurality of nodes comprises a wireless transceiver-based node operative to communicate with the server using a cellular communication path.