Patent ID: 8447847

Claim:
A system comprising: input hardware for receiving an input request for information, the input request including an authorization level that corresponds to a high priority level for the input request relative to another input request with another authorization level, the high priority level being assigned based on at least one characteristic of a requester associated with the input request, the high priority level providing a higher priority for responding to the input request over the another input request; index hardware for storing an index, the index containing a plurality of characteristics of a network device, the characteristics including a movement, a capability, an availability, and a cost of each of network devices; analyzer hardware for: selecting a first plurality of network devices and one or more network devices distinct from the first plurality of network devices from a second plurality of network devices based on the index and the input request, one or more capabilities of each of the first plurality of network devices being superior to the one or more capabilities of each of the second plurality of network devices, the one or more capabilities including a resolution of image capture; determining that the first plurality of network devices has an insufficient number of network devices to provide the requested information; and in response to the determining that the first plurality of network devices has the insufficient number of network devices to provide the requested information, selecting the one or more data capture devices from the second plurality of network devices; and output hardware for providing a network request for creating a network of devices at least partly based on a result of selecting by the analyzer hardware.