IP Library Granted Patent US 7,580,730
Granted Patent B2
US 7,580,730 · App. 11/998,879 · Granted Aug 25, 2009

Mote networks having directional antennas

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Patent No.
US 7,580,730
App. No.
11/998,879
Granted
Aug 25, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mote network having and/or using one or more directional antennas.

Claims (39)

1. A mote system comprising:

a mote having:

(i) at least one of an antenna signal generation unit or an antenna signal detection unit; and

(ii) a directional antenna system operably coupled with said at least one of an antenna signal generation unit or an antenna signal detection unit.

2. The mote system of claim 1 , wherein said directional antenna system operably coupled with said at least one of an antenna signal generation unit or an antenna signal detection unit further comprises:

a beam-forming antenna system.

3. The mote system of claim 1 , wherein said directional antenna system operably coupled with said at least one of an antenna signal generation unit or an antenna signal detection unit further comprises:

a beam-steering antenna system.

4. The mote system of claim 1 , wherein said directional antenna system operably coupled with said at least one of an antenna signal generation unit or an antenna signal detection unit further comprises:

an adaptive-antenna system.

5. The mote system of claim 1 , wherein said directional antenna system operably coupled with said at least one of an antenna signal generation unit or an antenna signal detection unit further comprises:

an array antenna.

6. The mote system of claim 1 , wherein said directional antenna system operably coupled with said at least one of an antenna signal generation unit or an antenna signal detection unit further comprises:

an antenna steering unit.

7. The mote system of claim 6 , wherein said antenna steering unit further comprises:

an electro-mechanical system.

8. The mote system of claim 6 , wherein said antenna steering unit further comprises:

a micro-electro-mechanical system.

9. The mote system of claim 6 , wherein said antenna steering unit further comprises:

an electromagnetic system.

10. The mote system of claim 1 , further comprising:

said mote having said directional antenna system operably coupled with said at least one of an antenna signal generation unit or an antenna signal detection unit.

11. The mote system of claim 10 , further comprising:

a fastener configured to hold at least one of an animate or inanimate unit in physical contact with said mote having said directional antenna system operably coupled with said at least one of an antenna signal generation unit or an antenna signal detection unit.

12. A mote method of making comprising:

forming a mote body; and

emplacing a directional antenna proximate to the mote body.

13. The mote method of claim 12 , wherein said forming a mote body further comprises:

forming at least a part of the mote body from a substrate.

14. The mote method of claim 12 , wherein said emplacing a directional antenna proximate to the mote body further comprises:

forming at least a part of the directional antenna from a substrate.

15. The mote method of claim 12 , wherein said emplacing a directional antenna proximate to the mote body further comprises:

affixing at least a part of the directional antenna to the mote body.

16. A mote method comprising:

integrating a directional antenna proximate to a mote body with at least one unit.

17. The mote method of claim 16 , wherein said integrating a directional antenna proximate to a mote body with at least one unit further comprises:

at least one of affixing the mote body to or encasing the mote body in an inanimate structural component.

18. The mote method of claim 16 , wherein said integrating a directional antenna proximate to a mote body with at least one unit further comprises:

at least one of affixing the mote body to or encasing the mote body in an animate structural component.

Assignments (7)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2023
From: JTT INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC
To: ALARM.COM INCORPORATED
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2020
From: TRIPLAY, INC.
To: JTT INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 18, 2020
From: FORTRESS CREDIT CO LLC
To: TRIPLAY, INC.
Reel/Frame 052156/0955 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 14, 2015
From: INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC; SEARETE LLC
To: TRIPLAY, INC.
Reel/Frame 035643/0702 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2015
From: TRIPLAY, INC.
To: FORTRESS CREDIT CO LLC
Reel/Frame 035120/0862 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 11, 2009
From: SEARETE LLC
To: INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I
Reel/Frame 023503/0501 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 22, 2008
From: TEGREENE, CLARENCE T.
To: SEARETE, LLC
Reel/Frame 020406/0948 →