UNMANNED DEVICE UTILIZATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS
Structures and protocols are presented for configuring an unmanned aerial device to perform a task, alone or in combination with other entities, or for using data resulting from such a configuration or performance.
1 . A system comprising:
one or more articles of manufacture including
circuitry for obtaining first data indicating that a first unmanned aerial device delivered a first item to a first entity; and
circuitry for transmitting via a free space medium the first data to a provider of the first item as an automatic and conditional response to the first data indicating that the first unmanned aerial device delivered the first item to the first entity, the first data indicating at least one of the first item or the first entity or the first unmanned aerial device.
2 . The system of claim 1 in which the circuitry for obtaining first data indicating that a first unmanned aerial device delivered a first item to a first entity comprises:
circuitry for configuring the first unmanned aerial device to perform a first observation of a particular task in a first zone and a second unmanned aerial device to perform a second observation of the particular task in a second zone, the particular task including delivering the first item to the first entity.
3 . The system of claim 1 in which the circuitry for obtaining first data indicating that a first unmanned aerial device delivered a first item to a first entity comprises:
circuitry for configuring the first unmanned aerial device to perform a first observation of a particular task in a first zone and a second unmanned aerial device to perform a second observation of the particular task in a second zone, the particular task including delivering the first item to the first entity, the first zone and the second zone sharing a common boundary.
4 . The system of claim 1 in which the circuitry for obtaining first data indicating that a first unmanned aerial device delivered a first item to a first entity comprises:
circuitry for configuring the first unmanned aerial device to capture normalcy-indicative data relating to a human subject, the first entity including the human subject.
5 - 6 . (canceled)
7 . The system of claim 1 in which the circuitry for obtaining first data indicating that a first unmanned aerial device delivered a first item to a first entity comprises:
circuitry for configuring the first unmanned aerial device to capture normalcy-indicative data relating to a human subject, the first entity including the human subject, at least some of the normalcy-indicative data being indicative of a speech rate or a movement rate of the human subject.
8 . (canceled)
9 . The system of claim 1 in which the circuitry for obtaining first data indicating that a first unmanned aerial device delivered a first item to a first entity comprises:
circuitry for transmitting a wireless signal indicative of a delivery of a package to a device associated with a recipient of the package, the wireless signal indicating at least one of the first unmanned aerial device or the package or a sender of the package, the first item including the package, the first entity including the recipient.
10 . (canceled)
11 . The system of claim 1 in which the circuitry for obtaining first data indicating that a first unmanned aerial device delivered a first item to a first entity comprises:
circuitry for transmitting navigation guidance via a speaker of the first unmanned aerial device while a primary motor of the first unmanned aerial device is not moving the first unmanned aerial device.
12 . The system of claim 1 in which the circuitry for obtaining first data indicating that a first unmanned aerial device delivered a first item to a first entity comprises:
circuitry for identifying an operating mode of the first unmanned aerial device audibly or visibly while a primary motor of the first unmanned aerial device is not moving the first unmanned aerial device.
13 . (canceled)
14 . The system of claim 1 in which the circuitry for obtaining first data indicating that a first unmanned aerial device delivered a first item to a first entity comprises:
circuitry for causing another unmanned aerial device to capture delivery data relating to the first unmanned aerial device, the delivery data relating to the first unmanned aerial device depicting at least one of the first unmanned aerial device or a vicinity of the first unmanned aerial device.
15 . The system of claim 1 in which the circuitry for obtaining first data indicating that a first unmanned aerial device delivered a first item to a first entity comprises:
circuitry for configuring the first unmanned aerial device not to be equipped with any light sensors.
16 . The system of claim 1 in which the circuitry for obtaining first data indicating that a first unmanned aerial device delivered a first item to a first entity comprises:
circuitry for configuring the first unmanned aerial device not to be equipped with any light sensors, the circuitry for configuring the first unmanned aerial device not to be equipped with any light sensors being operably coupled with a releasable mechanical linkage, the releasable mechanical linkage being configured to support a data handling unit, the data handling unit including at least one light sensor.
17 - 20 . (canceled)
21 . The system of claim 1 in which the one or more articles of manufacture further comprise:
circuitry for configuring the first unmanned aerial device to transmit a wireless signal indicative of having performed a particular task and not to store any indication of having performed the particular task, the particular task including delivering the first item to the first entity.
22 - 24 . (canceled)
25 . The system of claim 1 in which the circuitry for transmitting via a free space medium the first data to a provider of the first item as an automatic and conditional response to the first data indicating that the first unmanned aerial device delivered the first item to the first entity, the first data indicating at least one of the first item or the first entity or the first unmanned aerial device, comprises:
circuitry for signaling a decision whether or not to reserve a specific resource by associating the specific resource with the first unmanned aerial device or with the first entity, the decision being an affirmative decision to reserve the specific resource, the specific resource including the first item.
26 - 28 . (canceled)
29 . The system of claim 1 in which the circuitry for transmitting via a free space medium the first data to a provider of the first item as an automatic and conditional response to the first data indicating that the first unmanned aerial device delivered the first item to the first entity, the first data indicating at least one of the first item or the first entity or the first unmanned aerial device, comprises:
circuitry for causing a modular observation unit to be lifted and activated within at most about an hour of the modular observation unit becoming part of the first unmanned aerial device.
30 . (canceled)
31 . The system of claim 1 in which the circuitry for transmitting via a free space medium the first data to a provider of the first item as an automatic and conditional response to the first data indicating that the first unmanned aerial device delivered the first item to the first entity, the first data indicating at least one of the first item or the first entity or the first unmanned aerial device, comprises:
circuitry for causing the first unmanned aerial device to execute a delivery of a single dose of a therapeutic material to a human hand within one minute of an image capture of a portion of the human hand, the first item including the single dose of the therapeutic material.
32 . (canceled)
33 . The system of claim 1 in which the circuitry for transmitting via a free space medium the first data to a provider of the first item as an automatic and conditional response to the first data indicating that the first unmanned aerial device delivered the first item to the first entity, the first data indicating at least one of the first item or the first entity or the first unmanned aerial device, comprises:
circuitry for causing the first unmanned aerial device to execute a delivery of a particular object to a human recipient contemporaneously with an image capture of a portion of the human recipient, the first item including the particular object, the first entity including the human recipient.
34 . (canceled)
35 . The system of claim 1 in which the one or more articles of manufacture comprise:
the first unmanned aerial device, including circuitry for responding to a determination of whether or not a received signal expresses a first name of the first unmanned aerial device and whether or not the received signal expresses a second name of the first unmanned aerial device.
36 - 40 . (canceled)
41 . A system comprising:
one or more articles of manufacture including means for obtaining first data indicating that a first unmanned aerial device delivered a first item to a first entity; and
means for transmitting via a free space medium the first data to a provider of the first item as an automatic and conditional response to the first data indicating that the first unmanned aerial device delivered the first item to the first entity, the first data indicating at least one of the first item or the first entity or the first unmanned aerial device.
42 - 69 . (canceled)
70 . A method comprising:
obtaining first data indicating that a first unmanned aerial device delivered a first item to a first entity; and
invoking circuitry for transmitting via a free space medium the first data to a provider of the first item as an automatic and conditional response to the first data indicating that the first unmanned aerial device delivered the first item to the first entity, the first data indicating at least one of the first item or the first entity or the first unmanned aerial device.
71 . The method of claim 70 in which the obtaining first data indicating that a first unmanned aerial device delivered a first item to a first entity comprises:
configuring the first unmanned aerial device to perform a first observation of a particular task in a first zone and a second unmanned aerial device to perform a second observation of the particular task in a second zone, the particular task including delivering the first item to the first entity.
72 - 82 . (canceled)
83 . The method of claim 70 in which the obtaining first data indicating that a first unmanned aerial device delivered a first item to a first entity comprises:
causing another unmanned aerial device to capture delivery data relating to the first unmanned aerial device.
84 - 102 . (canceled)
103 . The method of claim 70 in which the invoking circuitry for transmitting via a free space medium the first data to a provider of the first item as an automatic and conditional response to the first data indicating that the first unmanned aerial device delivered the first item to the first entity, the first data indicating at least one of the first item or the first entity or the first unmanned aerial device, comprises:
configuring the first unmanned aerial device to execute a delivery of a particular material to a vicinity of a portable device within one minute of an image capture of the vicinity of the portable device, the first item including the particular material.
104 - 108 . (canceled)
109 . An article of manufacture comprising:
one or more physical media configured to bear a device-detectable implementation of a method including at least obtaining first data indicating that a first unmanned aerial device delivered a first item to a first entity; and
transmitting via a free space medium the first data to a provider of the first item as an automatic and conditional response to the first data indicating that the first unmanned aerial device delivered the first item to the first entity, the first data indicating at least one of the first item or the first entity or the first unmanned aerial device.
110 . The article of manufacture of claim 109 in which a portion of the one or more physical media comprises:
one or more signal-bearing media configured to transmit one or more instructions for
causing the first unmanned aerial device to undertake a performance observation task of a job that includes a performance task and the performance observation task.
111 . An article of manufacture comprising:
one or more physical media bearing a device-detectable outcome indicating an occurrence of obtaining first data indicating that a first unmanned aerial device delivered a first item to a first entity; and
transmitting via a free space medium the first data to a provider of the first item as an automatic and conditional response to the first data indicating that the first unmanned aerial device delivered the first item to the first entity, the first data indicating at least one of the first item or the first entity or the first unmanned aerial device.
112 . The article of manufacture of claim 111 in which a portion of the one or more physical media comprises:
one or more physical media bearing a device-detectable output indicating an occurrence of
signaling a decision whether or not to configure the first unmanned aerial device to continue observing a first person responsive to a prior observation of the first person, the first entity including the first person.
113 . The system of claim 35 in which the circuitry for transmitting via a free space medium the first data to a provider of the first item as an automatic and conditional response to the first data indicating that the first unmanned aerial device delivered the first item to the first entity, the first data indicating at least one of the first item or the first entity or the first unmanned aerial device, comprises:
circuitry for signaling a decision whether or not to reserve a specific resource by associating the specific resource with the first unmanned aerial device or with the first entity, the decision being an affirmative decision to reserve the specific resource;
circuitry for responding to an indication of the first unmanned aerial device becoming within a proximity of a mobile device by transmitting via the free space medium the first data to the provider of the first item as the automatic and conditional response to the first data indicating that the first unmanned aerial device delivered the first item to the first entity;
circuitry for signaling a decision whether or not to configure the first unmanned aerial device to continue observing a first person responsive to a prior observation of the first person, the prior observation of the first person having resulted from the first unmanned aerial device delivering the first item to the first entity, the first entity including the first person; and
circuitry for configuring the first unmanned aerial device to execute a delivery of a particular material to a vicinity of a portable device within one minute of an image capture of the vicinity of the portable device, the first item including the particular material.
114 . The system of claim 1 in which the circuitry for transmitting via a free space medium the first data to a provider of the first item as an automatic and conditional response to the first data indicating that the first unmanned aerial device delivered the first item to the first entity, the first data indicating at least one of the first item or the first entity or the first unmanned aerial device, comprises:
circuitry for signaling a decision whether or not to reserve a specific resource by associating the specific resource with the first unmanned aerial device or with the first entity, the decision being an affirmative decision to reserve the specific resource, the specific resource including the first item;
circuitry for responding to an indication of the first unmanned aerial device becoming within a proximity of a mobile device by transmitting via the free space medium the first data to the provider of the first item as the automatic and conditional response to the first data indicating that the first unmanned aerial device delivered the first item to the first entity, the first data indicating at least one of the first item or the first entity or the first unmanned aerial device; and
circuitry for causing the first unmanned aerial device to execute a delivery of a single dose of a therapeutic material to a human hand within one minute of an image capture of a portion of the human hand, the first item including the single dose of the therapeutic material.
115 . The system of claim 114 in which the circuitry for obtaining first data indicating that a first unmanned aerial device delivered a first item to a first entity comprises:
circuitry for configuring the first unmanned aerial device to perform a first observation of a particular task in a first zone and a second unmanned aerial device to perform a second observation of the particular task in a second zone, the particular task including delivering the first item to the first entity, the first zone and the second zone sharing a common boundary;
circuitry for configuring the first unmanned aerial device to capture normalcy-indicative data relating to a human subject, the first entity including the human subject;
circuitry for causing the first unmanned aerial device to undertake a performance observation task of a job that includes a performance task and the performance observation task, the performance task not including delivering the first item; and
circuitry for configuring the first unmanned aerial device not to be equipped with any light sensors.
116 . The system of claim 1 in which the circuitry for obtaining first data indicating that a first unmanned aerial device delivered a first item to a first entity comprises:
circuitry for transmitting a wireless signal indicative of a delivery of a package to a device associated with a recipient of the package, the wireless signal indicating at least one of the first unmanned aerial device or the package or a sender of the package, the first item including the package, the first entity including the recipient;
circuitry for identifying an operating mode of the first unmanned aerial device audibly or visibly while a primary motor of the first unmanned aerial device is not moving the first unmanned aerial device; and
circuitry for causing another unmanned aerial device to capture delivery data relating to the first unmanned aerial device, the delivery data relating to the first unmanned aerial device depicting at least one of the first unmanned aerial device or a vicinity of the first unmanned aerial device.
117 . The system of claim 116 in which the circuitry for transmitting via a free space medium the first data to a provider of the first item as an automatic and conditional response to the first data indicating that the first unmanned aerial device delivered the first item to the first entity, the first data indicating at least one of the first item or the first entity or the first unmanned aerial device, comprises:
circuitry for signaling a decision whether or not to reserve a specific resource by associating the specific resource with the first unmanned aerial device or with the first entity, the decision being an affirmative decision to reserve the specific resource, the specific resource including the first item;
circuitry for responding to an indication of the first unmanned aerial device becoming within a proximity of a mobile device by transmitting via the free space medium the first data to the provider of the first item as the automatic and conditional response to the first data indicating that the first unmanned aerial device delivered the first item to the first entity, the first data indicating at least one of the first item or the first entity or the first unmanned aerial device, the indication of the first unmanned aerial device becoming within a proximity of a mobile device including an indication of the first unmanned aerial device being close enough to the mobile device to be detected by the mobile device;
circuitry for causing a modular observation unit to be lifted and activated within at most about an hour of the modular observation unit becoming part of the first unmanned aerial device; and
circuitry for causing the first unmanned aerial device to execute a delivery of a single dose of a therapeutic material to a human hand within one minute of an image capture of a portion of the human hand, the first item including the single dose of the therapeutic material within the package.