Granted Patent B2

US 12,432,023 · App. 18/450,712 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Inventors: Aaron T. Ganick (Boxford, MA); Scott Kelly (North Andover, MA); Brian Rheaume (Westford, MA)

Assignee: Preddio Technologies Inc.

H04L5/0044

Abstract

Claims (40)

1. A method for implementing a guaranteed observance window comprising:

determining an available message size for a message;

determining an observance window;

setting a time slot sensitivity based on the available message size and the observance window;

detecting a first event;

setting a first bit of the message to a logic high; and

updating a location of the first bit such that the location of the first bit corresponds to a first number of time intervals that have elapsed since the detecting of the first event,

wherein each of the time intervals corresponds to the time slot sensitivity.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining whether a second event has been detected;

in response to detecting the second event, setting a second bit of the message a logic high; and

updating a location of the second bit such that the location of the second bit corresponds to a second number of the time intervals that have elapsed since the detecting of the second event.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising transmitting a first data packet including the message.

4. A device for implementing a guaranteed observance window comprising:

a processor configured to:

detecting a first event;

setting a first bit of a data packet to a logic high; and

updating a location of the first bit such that the location of the first bit corresponds to a first number of time intervals that have elapsed since the detecting of the first event.

5. The device of claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

determining whether a second event has been detected;

in response to detecting the second event, setting a second bit of the data packet to a logic high; and

updating a location of the second bit such that the location of the second bit corresponds to a second number of the time intervals that have elapsed since the detecting of the second event.

6. The device of claim 4 , further comprising:

a communicator coupled to the processor,

wherein the processor is further configured to transmit the data packet through the communicator.

7. The device of claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine an available message size for the data packet;

receive an observance window; and

set a time slot sensitivity based on the available message size and the observance window.

8. A method for implementing a guaranteed observance window comprising:

detecting a first event;

setting a first bit of a message to a logic high in response to the detecting of the first event; and

updating a location of the first bit after a first time period has elapsed since the detecting of the first event,

wherein the first time period is based on a time slot sensitivity.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

determining an available message size for the message;

determining an observance window; and

setting the time slot sensitivity based on the available message size and the observance window.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein updating the location of the first bit includes advancing the first bit by one bit position.

11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising transmitting a first data packet including the message.

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