Patent ID: 9686732
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: G10L,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for distributing signal traffic in an observation platform, comprising: receiving a signal from a first mobile device comprising a processor, memory, and a network interface card, at a second mobile device comprising a processor, memory, and a network interface card, wherein said first mobile device and said second mobile devices act as a nodes in a first environment which comprises a plurality of nodes, wherein a first characteristic of said signal corresponds to an audible source and a second characteristic of said signal corresponds to information indicative of a geographic position of said first mobile device; deriving, via said second mobile device, context information from said signal based on said first characteristic and/or said second characteristic; determining, via said second mobile device, a third mobile device as a destination for said signal; and relaying said signal from said second mobile device to said third mobile device without relaying said signal to a central server computer system.