Patent ID: 7324804

Claim:
A method of managing wireless network sensors, the method comprising the steps of: (a) dynamically identifying a plurality of wireless network sensors in a selected network region; (b) selecting for each of the wireless network sensors in the plurality a designation of primary or secondary with respect to the selected network region, the designation of primary or secondary being operable to allocate responsibility for monitoring a first portion of the selected network region, wherein a wireless sensor designated as secondary for a first portion of the selected network region is designated as primary for a second portion of the selected network region; (c) determining a collection agent for the selected network region, the collection agent being operable to collect scan data from the plurality of wireless sensors; (d) communicating an indicator of the determined collection agent to the plurality of wireless network sensors in the network region; and (e) receiving scan data for the selected network region from the collection agent, wherein the received scan data is derived at least in part from data monitored by a wireless network sensor with a primary designation for that network region.