Patent ID: 11923954
Assignee: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA)
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A system comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
causing a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to release a plurality of wireless relays from the UAVs onto the ground and to create a perimeter area on the ground around one or more portions of a geographical area damaged by a given event; and
upon deployment of the wireless relays by the UAVs:
transmitting network commands to the wireless relays, the network commands instructing the wireless relays to establish a plurality of links between the wireless relays,
forming, from the established links, a wireless network among the wireless relays, and
employing the wireless network to re-establish communication channels that have been damaged by the given event,
wherein the wireless network provides wireless services to one or more user devices within the geographical area.