Patent ID: 9569448
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G06F,G08G,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of operating a storage network system having a plurality of data collection storages, comprising: identifying, by a computing system associated the storage network system and coupled to a mobile body traveling along a transportation path at a speed below a threshold speed, a geographical location of one or more data collection storages of the plurality of data collection storages arranged along the transportation path: determining, by the computing system and based on the speed of the mobile body and the geographical location, that short range wireless communication can be established between the mobile body and the one or more data collection storages: transmitting, from the computing system to the one or more data collection storages using short range wireless communication, one or more data records for storing by the one or more data collection storages, wherein the one or more data records are received from at least one sensor of the mobile body; receiving, from the one or more data collection storages, an acknowledge (ACK) record including a storage identifier (ID) in response to transmitting the one or more data records; establishing, by the one or more data collection storages, communication with a user storage via a communication network, wherein the user storage is configured to receive the ACK record and receive and store at least one of the data record from the one or more data collection storages identified by the storage ID in the received ACK record; and receiving, at the user storage, the ACK record from the computing system.