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(12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9.223,058 B1 Uy (45) Date of Patent: *Dec US009223058B1 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9.223,058 B1 Uy (45) Date of Patent: *Dec. 29, 2015 (54) PLATFORM, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR (56) References Cited UTILIZING CROWDSOURCED SENSOR NETWORKS TO GENERATE U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL DATA REPORTS 6,811,113 B1 1 1/2004 Silansky et al. 7.440,848 B2 10/2008 Anderson (71) Applicant: BLUE TRIBE, INC., Solana Beach, CA 7,751,977 B2 7/2010 Winkler et al. 8,725,462 B2 5, 2014 Jain et al. (US) 8,731,835 B2 5, 2014 Chidlovskii et al. 8,793,062 B2 7, 2014 Fino (72) Inventor: Michael G. Uy, Solana Beach, CA (US) 9,014,983 B1* 4/2015 Uy .................................... 7O2/3 2012/013.0625 A1 5, 2012 Srivastava (73) Assignee: BLUE TRIBE, INC., Solana Beach, CA 2012, 0215446 A1 8/2012 Schunder et al. 2013,0222369 A1 8, 2013 Huston et al. (US) 2014/0201251 A1 7/2014 Bao et al. 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