Patent ID: 8023936

Claim:
A method for monitoring real-time navigational data of a mobile node in an ad-hoc network, the method comprising: receiving a navigational message from a messaging system external to the ad-hoc network regarding a real-time navigational status of the mobile node; determining, based on the navigational message and a threshold value, when the mobile node should be joining the ad-hoc network; sending a status message to an entity interested in monitoring the real-time navigational status of the mobile node; determining whether the mobile node has joined the ad-hoc network; generating another status message if the mobile node fails to join the ad-hoc network when it should; and sending a message to a competent entity to begin an investigation into why the mobile node failed to join the ad-hoc network when it should have, if the mobile node failed to join the ad-hoc network when it should have.