Patent ID: 8989053
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: B65B,B65D,G01C,G01S,G05D,G06K,G06Q,G08B,G16H,H04B,H04H,H04L,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method for association management within a wireless node network having at least a plurality of nodes and a server, the method comprising: identifying, by a second of the nodes in the wireless node network, a first of the nodes in the wireless node network as a potential for associating with the second node, the identifying being based upon a message broadcast by the first node and received by the second node; transmitting an association request by the second node to the server; receiving, by the second node, a permissive response from the server related to the association request; and associating, by the second node, the first node and the second node.