Patent ID: 8707075

Claim:
An adaptive network including a control module and a plurality of interactive modules adaptively communicating with the control module, the adaptive network comprising: at least one of the plurality of modules configured to be operable in a sleep mode and in an interactive mode as a leaf node in the adaptive network and to selectively transmit a first message, indicating that the at least one module has exited the sleep mode, to the control module via communication channels between one or more of the plurality of modules in the adaptive network; said control module configured to receive and implement instructions to transmit a command to the at least one module, in response to receipt of the first message from the at least one module, instructing the at least one module not to revert to sleep mode; and said control module configured to, in response to receiving the first message from the at least one module, transmit, to the at least one module, a second message acknowledging receipt of the first message and the command instructing said at least one module not to revert to sleep mode.