Patent ID: 7987286

Claim:
A communication method comprising the steps of: a) receiving object of interest detection data from a sensor that is operatively coupled to a first computer node in a wireless network of computer nodes, wherein each computer node has an operating system that behaves in a manner consistent with the Single UNIX® Specification; b) transforming the object of interest detection data into an informational payload of a ping packet using a -p[pattern] option to include the payload in the ping packet; and c) propagating the payload via echo-replies and echo-requests to all computer nodes in the network, wherein the ping packet is archived in each computer node in an archive file with an ICMP packet capture utility, wherein the propagating further comprises the steps of: i) transmitting a first echo request including the payload from the first computer node to a designated computer node; ii) receiving and archiving the first echo-request at all computer nodes within radio range of the first computer node (1st stage computer nodes); iii) transmitting an echo-reply including the payload from the designated computer node back to the first computer node; iv) receiving and archiving the first echo-reply at all computer nodes within radio range of the designated computer node (2nd stage computer nodes); v) transmitting from each of the non-designated, 1st and 2nd stage computer nodes another echo request including the payload to another computer node that, as of step (iv), has not been a recipient or sender of the ping packet; and vi) repeating the pattern established by steps (i-v) to forward the payload from one computer node to another until all the computer nodes in the network have received the payload.