Patent ID: 9374751
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: G05D,H04B,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for managing control communication between a controller and a mobile craft, to facilitate control of the mobile craft by the controller, wherein the controller includes a respective cellular radio and a respective short-range radio, and wherein the mobile craft also includes a respective cellular radio and a respective short-range radio, the method comprising: the controller and mobile craft engaging in direct short-range wireless communication with each other via a short-range wireless link between their respective short-range radios, wherein, through the direct short-range wireless communication, the controller controls the mobile craft; the controller and mobile craft each independently detecting threshold degradation of the short-range wireless link and each responding to the detecting of threshold degradation by (i) using its respective cellular radio to acquire a respective cellular wireless connection and (ii) engaging in respective communication, via its acquired respective cellular wireless connection, with a control server; and the control server bridging the respective communication of the controller with the respective communication of the mobile craft, to enable the controller to continue controlling the mobile craft, wherein controlling the mobile craft comprises controlling movement of the mobile craft.