US 12,406,221 B2
Enhanced systems, apparatus, and methods for positioning of an airborne relocatable communication hub supporting a plurality of wireless devices
Reuben F. Burch, V, Mississippi State, MS (US); David A. Doyle, Hernando, MS (US); and Brian D. Popp, Southaven, MS (US)
Assigned to FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION, Memphis, TN (US)
Filed by FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION, Memphis, TN (US)
Filed on Jul. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/378,887.
Application 17/378,887 is a division of application No. 15/711,136, filed on Sep. 21, 2017, granted, now 11,107,030.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/400,906, filed on Sep. 28, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0004980 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/0833 (2023.01); B64F 1/222 (2024.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); G01S 5/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2023.01); G06Q 10/083 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0832 (2023.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01); H04W 4/48 (2018.01); B64U 10/14 (2023.01); B64U 10/60 (2023.01); B64U 50/37 (2023.01); B64U 101/17 (2023.01); B64U 101/26 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 10/0833 (2013.01) [B64F 1/222 (2013.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); G01S 5/0018 (2013.01); G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); G06Q 10/08 (2013.01); G06Q 10/083 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0832 (2013.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01); H04W 4/48 (2018.02); B64U 10/14 (2023.01); B64U 10/60 (2023.01); B64U 50/37 (2023.01); B64U 2101/17 (2023.01); B64U 2101/26 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An improved method for enhanced positioning of an airborne relocatable communication hub supporting a plurality of wireless devices, the method comprising the steps of:
moving an aerial communication drone operating as the airborne relocatable communication hub to a first airborne deployed position;
detecting, by a directional antenna coupled to a communication hub interface on the aerial communication drone, a plurality of concentrations of the wireless devices, wherein each of the concentrations corresponding to one of a respective plurality of directions from the first airborne deployed position;
relocating the aerial communication drone operating as the airborne relocatable communication hub from the first airborne deployed position directly to a second airborne deployed position based upon a highest of the concentrations of the wireless devices, the second airborne deployed position being in the one of the directions corresponding to the highest of the detected concentrations of the wireless devices; and
linking at least two of the wireless devices using the communication hub interface on the aerial communication drone once repositioned at the second airborne deployed position.