A communication method comprising the steps of: a) receiving object of interest detection data from a sensor that is operatively coupled to a first computer node in a wireless network of Unix-like computer nodes; b) transforming the object of interest detection data into an informational payload of a...http://www.google.de/patents/US7987286?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7987286 - Distributed situation awareness ping-based communication system (DAPICS)