Data processing: measuring – calibrating – or testing – Measurement system – Time duration or rate
Reexamination Certificate
2011-04-12
2011-04-12
Barbee, Manuel L (Department: 2857)
Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing
Measurement system
Time duration or rate
C702S187000, C375S356000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07925469
ABSTRACT:
A Sensor Web formed of a number of different sensor pods. Each of the sensor pods include a clock which is synchronized with a master clock so that all of the sensor pods in the Web have a synchronized clock. The synchronization is carried out by first using a coarse synchronization which takes less power, and subsequently carrying out a fine synchronization to make a fine sync of all the pods on the Web. After the synchronization, the pods ping their neighbors to determine which pods are listening and responded, and then only listen during time slots corresponding to those pods which respond.
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Delin Kevin A.
Jackson Shannon P.
Barbee Manuel L
California Institute of Technology
Law Office of Scott C. Harris, Inc.
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