Personal communication drone
View Patent ↗A system of using a drone for network connectivity, the system may comprise: a connectivity module to: detect an error associated with network traffic on a network connection utilized by a user device; query a connection datastore to retrieve at least one access point location that at least one device of the user has utilized within a predetermined period; a drone coordination module to: transmit configuration settings to a drone, the configuration settings including the at least one access point location and a mode of operation for the drone; and route at least a portion of the network traffic of the user device to the drone for transmission according to the configuration settings.
1. A system of using a drone for network connectivity, the system comprising:
a connectivity module to:
detect an error associated with network traffic on a network connection utilized by a user device;
query a connection datastore to retrieve at least one access point location that at least one device of the user has utilized within a predetermined period;
a drone coordination module to:
transmit configuration settings to a drone, the configuration settings including the at least one access point location and a mode of operation for the drone; and
route at least a portion of the network traffic of the user device to the drone for transmission according to the configuration settings.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein to detect the error associated with network traffic, the connectivity module is to:
monitor the throughput of the network traffic.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the drone coordination module is to:
present an option to a user to utilize the drone for the network traffic on the network connection; and
receive an indication that the user has accepted the option before routing the at least a portion of the network traffic of the user device to the drone.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the drone coordination module is to:
determine the mode of operation based on a classification of the error.
5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the mode of operation is a batch data gathering mode when the classification indicates the network connection has insufficient bandwidth for a network activity.
6. The system of claim 4 , wherein the mode of operation is a forwarding mode when the classification indicates no network traffic is being transmitted on the network connection.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the drone coordination module is to:
determine the mode operation based on the at least one access point location relative to a location of another user device.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the drone coordination module is to:
store credentials of a network service utilized by the user; and
transmit the credentials to the drone when the network traffic indicates the user device is connected with the network service.
9. The system of claim 1 wherein the drone coordination module is to:
in response to a determination that the location of an access point is within connectivity range of another user device, set the mode of operation to a relay mode.
10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the drone coordination module is to:
transfer a digital rights management token for a video to the drone when the network traffic indicates the video is attempting to be played over the network connection.
11. A method of using a drone for network connectivity, the method comprising:
detecting an error associated with network traffic on a network connection utilized by a user device;
querying a connection datastore to retrieve at least one access point location that at least one device of the user has utilized within a predetermined period;
transmitting configuration settings to a drone, the configuration settings including the at least one access point location and a mode of operation for the drone; and
routing at least a portion of the network traffic of the user device to the drone for transmission according to the configuration settings.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein detecting the error associated with network traffic comprises:
monitoring the throughput of the network traffic.
13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
presenting an option to a user to utilize the drone for the network traffic on the network connection; and
receiving an indication that the user has accepted the option before routing the at least a portion of the network traffic of the user device to the drone.
14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
determining the mode of operation based on a classification of the error.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the mode of operation is a batch data gathering mode when the classification indicates the network connection has insufficient bandwidth for a network activity.
16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the mode of operation is a forwarding mode when the classification indicates no network traffic is being transmitted on the network connection.
17. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
determining the mode operation based on the at least one access point location relative to a location of another user device.
18. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
storing credentials of a network service utilized by the user; and
transmitting the credentials to the drone when the network traffic indicates the user device is connected with the network service.
19. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
in response to determining that the location of an access point is within connectivity range of another user device, setting the mode of operation to a relay mode.
20. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
transferring a digital rights management token for a video to the drone when the network traffic indicates the video is attempting to be played over the network connection.
21. At least one machine-readable medium including instructions, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
detecting an error associated with network traffic on a network connection utilized by a user device;
querying a connection datastore to retrieve at least one access point location that at least one device of the user has utilized within a predetermined period;
transmitting configuration settings to a drone, the configuration settings including the at least one access point location and a mode of operation for the drone; and
routing at least a portion of the network traffic of the user device to the drone for transmission according to the configuration settings.
22. The least one machine-readable medium of claim 21 , wherein the operation of detecting the error associated with network traffic comprises:
monitoring the throughput of the network traffic.
23. The least one machine-readable medium of claim 21 , the operations further comprising:
presenting an option to a user to utilize the drone for the network traffic on the network connection; and
receiving an indication that the user has accepted the option before routing the at least a portion of the network traffic of the user device to the drone.
24. The least one machine-readable medium of claim 21 , the operations further comprising:
determining the mode of operation based on a classification of the error.
25. The least one machine-readable medium of claim 24 , wherein the mode of operation is a batch data gathering mode when the classification indicates the network connection has insufficient bandwidth for a network activity.