Patent ID: 8818705

Claim:
A method performed on a vehicle, the method comprising: detecting a pilot signal associated with a beacon located inside an indoor data center; navigating, based on a predetermined flight path, towards the beacon; determining, based on the pilot signal, that the vehicle is located within a predetermined range of the beacon, the beacon being associated with a beacon identification; conducting a monitoring pass based on determining that the vehicle is located within a predetermined range of the beacon, wherein conducting the monitoring pass comprises navigating the vehicle to a first location based on determining that the vehicle is located within the predetermined range; determining that the vehicle is located at the first location; generating a first report based on determining that the vehicle is located at the first location, the generating comprising: specifying the beacon identification; recording navigation data that comprises an altitude, a distance from the beacon, and a bearing relative to the beacon; and recording environmental data comprising one or more of a temperature or a level of humidity of the first location; and transmitting the first report from the vehicle to a base station, the first report comprising the beacon identification, the navigation data, and the environmental data.