公开(公告)号：US20180086452A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-29

申请号：US15279133

申请日：2016-09-28

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Simon Hunt ,  Neeta Srivastava

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  G06Q10/08

CPC classification number: B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/128 ,  B64C2201/14 ,  B64C2201/205 ,  B64C2201/206 ,  B64C2201/208 ,  G06Q10/0835

Abstract: In an example, there is disclosed a drone operator computing apparatus having: a network interface; and one or more logic elements providing a broker agent to: communicatively couple to a drone brokerage engine via the network interface; send a carrier request comprising a request for a carrier to carry a drone through a prohibitive zone; receive a brokered carrier response comprising an engage point; and dispatch the drone to the engage point. There is also disclosed a drone having a navigation engine to proceed to the engage point and engage a carrier. There is also disclosed a brokerage engine to broker a carrier request from the drone operator, receive a carrier response from a carrier operator, and broker the carrier response.