Patent ID: 7760665
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of selectively tracking communications nodes in a mesh network, comprising: segmenting, by a data processing apparatus, a node list into a plurality of segments, each segment having a specified node limit specifying a number of nodes that can be included in the segment, each segment also having a segment criteria specifying a node attribute that each node must have to be included in the segment, wherein the segment criteria for each segment specifies a node attribute that is different from node attributes specified for other segments in the node list; identifying, by a data processing apparatus, attributes associated with a first node; determining that the attributes associated with the first node satisfy the segment criteria of a particular segment based on a comparison of the attributes associated with the first node and the segment criteria for the particular segment; determining, by a data processing apparatus, whether the node limit for the particular segment has been satisfied; in response to determining that the node limit for the particular segment has not been satisfied adding, by a data processing apparatus, the first node to the particular segment of the node list; in response to determining that the node limit for the particular segment has been satisfied: