Systems and methods of positioning a flag on a flagpole

1. A system of positioning a flag on a flagpole, comprising:

a movement mechanism attached to the flagpole;

a power source configured to provide power to the movement mechanism;

a halyard mechanism coupled to the flag and the movement mechanism to move the flag along the flagpole; and

a control unit configured to selectively actuate the movement mechanism to drive the halyard mechanism to position the flag at a predetermined location of the flagpole according to instructions communicated to the control unit from a centralized controller;

wherein the system further comprises a cover, a cleat mount, a chassis and a motor, the cover defining a slot extending along a longitudinal direction and passing through the perimeter of the cover; the slot configured to receive the cleat mount, and wherein the cleat mount is configured to be mounted on a flag pole; the motor mounted on a first surface of a chassis opposite a second surface of the chassis; the second surface facing the sprocket such that the motor and sprocket are axially aligned with respect to one another along a horizontal rotational axis of the motor and sprocket;

wherein the halyard mechanism includes a sprocket and a halyard, wherein said halyard includes a periodic textured pattern configured to reciprocally pass through the sprocket without slippage, and wherein the control unit is configured to track movement of the flag based on the periodic textured patter of the halyard.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are configured to actuate the movement mechanism to move the flag to the predetermined location of the flagpole at a specified time and date.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the centralized controller is configured to communicate the instructions to subscriber control units, and/or wherein the instructions are configured from a flag honors event including one or more of a reason, extent, and duration of the flag honors event.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions comprise source- level data gathered from individual state governments.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are communicated to the centralized controller based on data from online news sites or broadcast news sources.

6. The system of claim 3 , wherein the flag honors event is collected from federal, state, or local government orders.

7. The system of claim 3 , wherein the flag honors event is pushed to the centralized controller using one or more of electronic mail, text messaging, and social media posts.

8. The system of claim 3 , wherein the centralized controller is connected to a worldwide web for access by one or more subscriber controllers, wherein the system includes a display unit to display details of the flag honors event on subscriber own web sites, mobile applications, or dedicated devices to inform interested parties.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the power source comprises a battery and a solar array configured to charge the battery.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the power source comprises continuous power including household current converted to lower voltage before distribution to the flagpole.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein communication to the control unit is provided by any one of local area network, broadband wireless, or Bluetooth.

12. The system of claim 1 , including a power management unit configured to selectively distribute power to the power source and to supervise charging of a backup battery.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein a motor driver acting on signals received from the control unit is configured to provide power from the power management unit to actuate a gear motor of the movement mechanism to move the flag up or down the flagpole.